Car hire Barcelona

Barcelona is the second most important airport in Spain. Car hire in Barcelona is a cost-effective option on many occasions, even though you can move around Barcelona by other means of transport like trains, metro, buses or taxis.

Short breaks to Barcelona are increasingly popular, specially because of the many low cost airlines flying to the airport El Prat. A rent a car is a great way of discovering the city, specially if you plan to do some daytrips to the Costa Brava. The biggest advantage is that a rental vehicle in Barcelona will allow you to visit many attractions in a short period of time.

Plan your stay and book ahead to get the cheapest car hire in Barcelona and avoid high prices from rent a car companies with a desk inside the airport terminal, specially during the summer season or the Christmas holidays. You will find mainly multinational companies inside the terminal, with a convenient petrol policy, but a high insurance excess. There are also local car rental companies in Barcelona offering meet and greet or a courtesy bus service who are usually cheaper and accept all kind of credit cards to pay for your rental vehicle.

Car hire in Barcelona is convenient to get to your holiday address on the Costa Brava like Rosas, Lloret de Mar, Calella or to visit the surrounding region and the attractions of Catalunya. The city itself has got so much to offer and a rental vehicle in Barcelona is not always the best choice. Stroll along the Ramblas, a long boulevard which joins the Placa de Catalunya and the Columbus monument by the Port Vell, the old port of Barcelona converted into a modern leisure area with restaurants, bars, restaurants and lots of shops as well as the Imax cinema and the Barcelona.

Continue along the seafront and you will reach Barceloneta, a neighbourhood with narrow streets crossing one another all the time. A stay in Barcelona is not complete without a visit to the Sagrada Familia, Montjuic, a hill that overlooks Barcelona from the southwest and the medieval Gothic buildings the Gothic Quarter, just east off the Ramblas in the old centre of Barcelona.

After visiting the attractions and the monuments of the city it is time to get into your hire car to discover the area around Barcelona. For instance Sitges, a famous beach resort on the Costa Brava, the medieval town of Tossa de Mar or Girona with the second most important airport of northern Spain. If you drive to the south towards Tarragona you find the Portaventura theme park in Salou. And if you prefer the mountains, get in your rental car and visit Montserrat or the nearby Pyrennees. If you travel during the winter season make sure to ask your car hire company in Barcelona for snowchains or winter tyres.