Barcelona Car Hire
You can obtain a free online quote for your Barcelona car hire here.. Because there are so many companies offering Barcelona Car Rental we have tried to make your selection quicker and easier by running a price comparison on them.
The four main companies who offer good value for money car rental are all located in the main terminal buildings B and C.
There are many other rent a car companies situated on the outskirts of the airport, but again for easy access and speedy collection of your hire car the companies listed below will be able to provide you with a competitive quote:.
Avis at Barcelona Airport Atesa at Barcelona Airport Europcar at Barcelona Airport Hertz at Barcelona Airport Solmar at Barcelona Airport
When looking for a rent a car it is well worth obtaining quotes from CarTrawler who are an internet company offering excellent rates for car hire at every Spanish Airport.
They have formed partnerships with car hire companies and then match your requirements against their databases to find the best quotation to meet your requirements. You can obtain a free online quote for your Barcelona car hire here, but just to give you some indication of costs: a Ford Fiesta or similar hired for seven days during the last week in September (Saturday to Saturday) will cost in the region of GBP123 (quotation includes collision damage waiver, theft protection, third party liability, VAT, unlimited mileage and airport fees).
Car Hire at Barcelona Airport
Barcelona airport is just off the C31 motorway. It offers very good transport access to other parts of the Iberian Peninsula and France. If you want to travel around, Barcelona is an excellent base to operate from and a hire car is the most cost effective way to give you the necessary freedom and flexibility.
To give you some indication of the travel distances from Barcelona Airport the city centre is a 12km journey; Sitges is 33km: Girona 125km: Madrid 830km and Malaga is just over 1000km. One option you have when hiring a car is to collect it at Barcelona Airport and drop it off at Girona, Madrid or Malaga Airport – all depending on how much travelling you are planning to do.
When driving around you should be aware that there is law operating in Spain regarding the use of indicators on motorways which is being strictly enforced. You risk being fined by not indicating before overtaking and again before pulling back to the nearside lane after overtaking. Make sure you do not cross the solid white line as you enter the motorway from a slip road and only do so when the line is broken.
As a guide the speed limits in Spain are 120 km/hour on the motorways: 90-100 km/hour on the open road and 50 km/hour when driving in a town. If you are breathalysed the legal limit is 0.5 milligrams of alcohol per millilitre of blood which is lower than the 0.8 which is law in the UK.
