There are 13 ways to get from Cambridge to Coimbra by plane, towncar, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly London Stansted Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
best- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane STN - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
6h 47m€228–396Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane LTN - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-Btrain
8h 9m€89–359Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
26h 44m€262–442Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cambridge to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Coimbracar
31h 37m€288–973Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cambridge to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Coimbracar
20h 35m€451–605Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane LTN - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
7h 39m€232–416Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane LGW - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
8h 11m€272–427Fly London Stansted Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane STN - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-Btrain
7h 27m€105–349Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BHX - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
8h 42m€275–518Train, bus
- Take the train from Cambridge to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Guardabus
- Take the train from Guarda to Coimbra-Btrain Ic / ...
31h 16m€260–426Train, bus via Narbonne
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Narbonnetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Narbonne to Vilar Formosobus
- Take the train from Vilar Formoso to Guardatrain Re
- Take the train from Guarda to Coimbra-Btrain Ic / ...
32h 10m€438–710Bus
- Take the bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 491
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
32h 50m€161–268Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cambridge to Tottenham Haletrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Viseubus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Viseu to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
34h 41m€186–229
Cambridge to Coimbra by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Coimbra is to bus which costs €160 - €270 and takes 32h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cambridge to Coimbra is to fly and towncar which takes 6h 47m and costs €220 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Cambridge to Coimbra. However, there are services departing from Parkside and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via London Victoria and Paris, Quai de Bercy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 50m.
The distance between Cambridge and Coimbra is 1533 km.
The best way to get from Cambridge to Coimbra without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 26h 44m and costs €260 - €450.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Cambridge to Coimbra, including transfers.
Cambridge to Coimbra bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Parkside station.
Cambridge to Coimbra bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Book your Cambridge to Coimbra bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 610+ hotels available in Coimbra.
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Coimbra, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Parkside to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris, Quai de Bercy in around 32h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Luton Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Thameslink
- 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
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- 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
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Guarda to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Vilar Formoso to Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Guarda to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Cambridge to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Narbonne to Vilar Formoso
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Viseu
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Parkside to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Viseu to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- 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
- €110–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- VM Transfers
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