Introduction: Sao Paulo to Curitiba Bus
After checking our options, it seems the best way to reach Curitiba from Sao Paulo was to take a bus. This would as well as be the cheapest. The journey is not that long and last for around 6 hours.
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Mapping the day
Booking a ticket
The easiest way to get a bus ticket is using “clickbus” a local website in Portuguese. We do not speak Portuguese but google is nowadays doing a great job at translating web page. BusBud is apparently another great choice to book ticket as the platform is already in English. We compared both but we preferred clickbus as we could choose our seat.
The bus terminal
The bus terminal we had to reach was the Tiete bus terminal in the north of the city near the national airport. To reach the bus terminal, we simply used an Uber as it was a 20min ride to arrive at 9am and would cost around 15 Real.
As we booked with clickbus, we had e-tickets for the 9:29am bus with Cometa. From our e-ticket we got the information that our gate was the number 10 (there are around 50 gates in this terminal, don’t miss it). We waited 10min before boarding the bus.
The bus
It was a huge double decker bus with a semi-leito (half reclinable) class on the upper deck and a more luxurious one on the lower deck.
The bus layout was 2 + 2 seats. There really was lots of space and it was comfortable. There also were USB charger, foldable armrest and footrest. There was toilet in the rear of the upper deck and a mini fridge with water (free).
The ride
The bus left on time at 9:30am, after 30min of really bumpy road we arrived at a train station in the south of Sao Paulo. That part of the ride wasn’t comfortable at all.
Later on, we reach the highway and drive on it until 12:30pm where we made a 30min break in a gas station before going on directly to Curitiba. We arrive around 4:00pm to Curitiba and call an Uber to get us to the city center.
Where to Stay in Sao Paulo
Your accommodation in Sao Paulo is really important, so here is where we stayed:
“Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” – Asian Proverb
