Which airport, and what the journey costs
Airports for Albufeira
Albufeira is 45 km from Faro airport, thirty-five to forty-five minutes west along the Algarve. It is the busiest transfer route on this coast and it has the deepest choice of any route on this site: five products, three of them with a published price.
The airport
Getting to Albufeira
Faro Airport (FAO)45 km by roadAlbufeira- Driving
- 35–45 min
- Private transfer, per vehicle
- €47.73
Book a transfer to Albufeira
8 bookable transfers for this route, most reviewed first
Shown in the comparison
Faro Airport Private Transfer to Albufeira
- Door to door
- Up to 8 in one vehicle
- 848 reviews
Private Faro Airport Transfer to Albufeira (up to 4 passangers)
- Door to door
- 15 reviews
Private Faro Airport Transfer to Albufeira (up to 8 passangers)
- Door to door
- 10 reviews
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The vehicle decides the price, not the supplier
The spread on this route is 39 EUR to 67.50, and it is almost entirely about how many seats you are buying. Four-seat cars sell at 39 and 40; a vehicle that takes eight is 54.50 to 67.50. If there are four of you the cheaper cars are a third less, which is not true of every route in the Algarve.
Two roads, seven minutes apart
Our two routing engines returned 45.40 and 45.42 kilometres, agreeing to twenty metres, and then 37.0 and 44.1 minutes. The gap is not traffic: the quicker route is a road that a toll-avoiding router will not take. A transfer driver takes the fast one and the cost is inside the fixed price, which is not how a hire car works on this coast.
What the journey costs
From 39 EUR for a four-seater and 54.50 to 67.50 for up to eight, for the vehicle rather than per head, checked at Viator on 10 September 2026. Eight people at 54.50 is 6.81 each, the lowest per-head transfer figure anywhere on this site.
Frequently asked questions
Which airport should I fly into for Albufeira?
Faro, at 45 km. It is the Algarve's only airport.
How much is a private transfer?
From 39 EUR for a four-seater, 54.50 to 67.50 for up to eight, checked 10 September 2026.
How long does it take?
Thirty-five to forty-five minutes, depending on which road the driver takes.
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Where these facts come from
Every figure on this page is checked against a named source and dated. We do not publish a number we cannot point at.
- Facts last checked
OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Road distance · checked Sep 10, 2026
Valhalla routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Journey time by road · checked Sep 10, 2026