Bilbao Car Hire
We have joined forces with CarTrawler who offer the best rates for car hire at every Spanish Airport that we have come across. You can obtain a free online quote for your Spanish car hire here.
There are four main companies offering Bilbao Airport car hire are listed below, together with their contact details:
The car hire companies are: The car hire companies are: Avis at Bilbao Airport, Europcar at Bilbao Airport, Hertz at Bilbao Airport and National Atesa at Bilbao Airport
To give you some indication of costs of car hire through our own booking engine: a Peugeot 206 or similar hired for seven days during the last week in September (Saturday to Saturday) will cost in the region of 110GBP (quotation includes collision damage waiver, theft protection, third party liability, VAT, unlimited mileage and airport fees).
Car Hire in Bilbao
It is certainly worth renting a car from Bilbao Airport, as although it is only 12 kilometres from the city centre it offers wonderful transport communication links with northern Spain: The A-8 leads to Santander in the West and San Sebastian and the French border in the East. The AP-68 connects with Bilbao with the cities of Vitoria, Logroño, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Burgos and Madrid.
Whether driving a hire car or your own vehicle in Spain remember to carry your driving licence at all times well as a certificate of insurance and car rental/ownership ownership documents. You may be fined if you are stopped by the police and fail to present these documents (taking them into the police station the following day is not acceptable here).
The Spanish police are empowered to collect fines on the spot, and al foreigners must pay up immediately unless they can present a Spanish bail bond or address of a Spanish friend or company who will guarantee payment. If the fine cannot be paid or guaranteed the vehicle will be impounded and the driver imprisoned until the fine is paid. The good news is that if you pay your fine immediately there is normally a discount of between 20-30%. The police will issue you with a Boletin de Denuncia which details the offence and the amount of the fine. There are English instructions on the back of the document and you can write your appeal in English should you wish to dispute it.
