There are 12 ways to get from Glasgow to Portimão by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport, train
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane GLA - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
7h 49m€47–156Train, bus via Bordeaux
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Lisbon Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
31h 22m€480–912Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Portimãocar
38h 53m€376–1,117Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Portimãocar
30h 17m€575–792Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane EDI - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
8h 37m€62–178Train to Glasgow/Prestwick, fly to Faro Airport, train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airporttrain
- Fly from Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane PIK - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
8h 4m€77–236Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Faro Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane NCL - FAO
- Take the train from Faro to Portimaotrain
10h 23m€106–359Fly Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane GLA - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunestrain
10h 24m€116–304Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunestrain Ic
38h 41m€603–1,077Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Glasgow Central 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 Lisbon to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
39h 54m€415–776Bus, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- 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 Lisbon to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
44h 6m€327–606Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimãobus
2d 1h€191–543
Glasgow to Portimão by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Portimão is to fly and train which costs €45 - €160 and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Portimão is to fly and train which takes 7h 49m and costs €45 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Portimão. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Glasgow and Portimão is 2199 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Portimão without a car is to train and bus via Bordeaux which takes 31h 22m and costs €480 - €950.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Glasgow to Portimão, including transfers.
Glasgow to Portimão bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Portimão bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Book your Glasgow to Portimão bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 7779+ hotels available in Portimão.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Portimão, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy, and Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newcastle to Faro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Faro to Portimao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Tunes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €136
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Lisbon Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Portimão
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- €8–17
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Perpignan - Bus Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- 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
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
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