There are 11 ways to get from Oxford to Coimbra by train, plane, towncar, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
best- Take the train from Oxford 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
7h 18m€243–413Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane LHR - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-Btrain
8h 27m€147–459Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Oxford to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Coimbracar
30h 26m€286–1,011Bus
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- 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 53m€159–264Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading 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 31m€255–429Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- 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
8h 27m€271–504Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- 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
8h 17m€290–528Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BRS - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
8h 25m€257–448Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Porte Dauphine to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
34h 3m€162–189Train, bus
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Bragabus
- Take the train from Braga to Coimbra-Btrain Ic
34h 34m€313–509Bus #2
- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Coimbra - Bus Stationbus
36h 22m€169–274
Oxford to Coimbra by train, subway, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Oxford to Coimbra is to bus via Paris which costs €160 - €190 and takes 34h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Oxford to Coimbra is to train and fly and towncar which takes 7h 18m and costs €240 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Oxford to Coimbra. However, there are services departing from Queens Lane and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via London Victoria and Paris, Quai de Bercy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 53m.
The distance between Oxford and Coimbra is 1583 km.
The best way to get from Oxford to Coimbra without a car is to bus which takes 32h 53m and costs €150 - €270.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Oxford to Coimbra, including transfers.
Oxford to Coimbra bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, depart from Queens Lane station.
Oxford to Coimbra bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, arrive at Green Line Coach Station.
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There are 604+ hotels available in Coimbra.
What companies run services between Oxford, England and Coimbra, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Queens Lane to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Paris, Quai de Bercy in around 32h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- 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
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Braga to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Queens Lane to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Coimbra - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- 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
- 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 - Porte Dauphine to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- 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
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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