There are 11 ways to get from Birmingham to Alvor by plane, train, car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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Fly Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport, train
best- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BHX - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
8h 42m€59–166Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Birmingham to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Alvorcar
34h 30m€319–1,066Train, bus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Alvor - Centrobus
37h 21m€299–549Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Birmingham to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Alvorcar
25h 56m€526–711Train to East Midlands Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Long Eatontrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane EMA - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
9h 52m€91–234Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BRS - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 14m€95–292Train to Liverpool, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LPL - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 20m€87–188Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane MAN - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 24m€87–200Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane LTN - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 42m€102–563Fly Birmingham Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BHX - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunestrain
10h 56m€106–329Bus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Alvor - Centrobus
44h 45m€115–360
Birmingham to Alvor by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Alvor is to fly and train which costs €55 - €170 and takes 8h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Birmingham to Alvor is to fly and train which takes 8h 42m and costs €55 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Birmingham station to Alvor. However, there are services departing from Birmingham Coach Station and arriving at Alvor - Centro via London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 45m.
The distance between Birmingham and Alvor is 1879 km.
The best way to get from Birmingham to Alvor without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 21m and costs €290 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Birmingham to Alvor, including transfers.
Birmingham to Alvor bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Birmingham Coach Station.
Birmingham to Alvor bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
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There are 6980+ hotels available in Alvor.
What companies run services between Birmingham, England and Alvor, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Alvor - Centro via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy, and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios in around 44h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Friday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–90
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–85
Flights from Luton Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–360
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Faro Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Long Eaton
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Alvor - Centro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Alvor - Centro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–750
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