For fans of exploring the unknown on the car Alicante will be an excellent starting point in Spanish adventures. Travel around the neighborhood of Alicante will give you many wonderful moments - while driving a comfortable foreign car you will see even more amazing corners of the Costa Blanca and will long stretch such short rest days.

Traveling around the surroundings of Alicante will give you many wonderful minutes - while driving a comfortable foreign car you will see even more amazing corners of the Costa Blanca and for a long stretch such short rest days

You can get to Benidorm and see what New York is like in Spanish style, visit Torrevieja - picturesque chickens surrounded by many lakes, enjoy the seclusion in the ancient Gandia, in Altea with its abundance of art galleries and museums, add to your impressions your cultural treasury, and in Calpe you can take beautiful photos from the observation deck on Mount Ifach.

From Alicante you can get to to other major Spanish cities: for example, the A-7 route takes you to Valencia (160 km), and along the M-40 you will reach Madrid and Toledo (just over 400 km).

Rental conditions

Terms and conditions in Alicante are the same as in the rest of the region Spain. Most companies cooperate with customers who have reached the age of 21 and have had more than one year of driving experience, only a part of firms put forward more stringent conditions: the minimum age of their clients should be 22-25 years, and the driving experience - more than two years.

To conclude an agreement rent from you will need a passport, driver's license (in network companies, they always require an international standard, in a local firm they can accept Russian, but it's better not to take risks), a credit card for booking a deposit. It is necessary to present the originals of all documents, not copies.

The cheapest network rental offices in Alicante are easiest to find at the airport or at the railway station. The rental price will depend mainly on the season, the class of the car and the number of days. It is possible to focus on 20-30 EUR per day for Ford Focus, Citroen C4 or Renault Scenic, 40-50 EUR for cars like Citroen C5 and Peugeot 308, convertibles, SUVs and multi-seat cars will cost more.

If you travel with children , it is better not to play with fate and solve the issue with a child seat, especially in some companies this service is provided free of charge. In case you are stopped by a policeman and the child is not in the chair, the car will be sent to the parking lot, and you will receive a fine, except for the spoiled rest.

How to rent a car in Alicante

You can rent a car in Alicante for example, directly on arrival . At the international airport of Alicante, which is located 10 km from the city limits, several rent-ins are represented: a large Atesa company has branches in several cities of the country, in addition, one of its offices is open on the railway train station A ikante - it is convenient for travelers arriving by train; a well-known international company Hertz with rather stringent requirements and high prices, but also impeccable service (there is also an office at the railway station); Also in the airport there are Gold Car, Rent Rent a Car, SolMar, Avis, budget Drivalia and Firefly offices and others . The offices of rental companies are located in the arrival hall and next to the terminal .

It is recommended to book a car in advance with the help of the Internet, this option is indispensable in the hot season, when huge queues accumulate on the renttakar counters at the airport, and you can not find an available option in the city offices - everything is dismantled.

Another option, after you have settled on the spot , take a walk and enjoy the first few days at sea, to one of the companies at the hotel or directly in the city, but again - in the peak of summer holidays there may not be anything but Alfa Romeo.

Petrol

In Alicante you can refuel with diesel fuel, and also unleaded petrol Gasolina 95 and Gasolina 98. The average cost of gasoline at city stations is 1, 40 EUR per 1 liter Gasolina 95; 1, 60 EUR per 1 liter of Gasolina 98, and 1, 30 EUR for 1 liter of diesel fuel. Almost all refuellings in the vicinity of Alicante are open until 23:00, there are very few 24-hour petrol stations.

Parking in Alicante

With free parking in Alicante there are difficulties almost always, this problem is more acute in the summer, and is especially evident in days of national holidays and festivals .On solemn and festive dates, all the central areas of Alicante (by the way, like many other Spanish cities) are turned into pedestrian areas, overlapping for traffic, it is almost impossible to find a parking place for cars. . In such cases, it is more convenient to use paid underground parking: you will not get it, but you'll save your nerves and time accurately . The number of available places near these parking lots is indicated .


The information on prices is given in September 2014