Car hire in Catalonia

With almost 8 million inhabitants, Catalonia is one of the Spanish Communities offering a greater diversity. Made by four legendary provinces, historically significant in the creation of Spain as we know it today, Catalonia is a fantastic door to a Europe in a constant state of flux.

Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona present the traveller a colourful range of experiences with no room for boredom or indifference –culture, art, cuisine, landscapes, architecture, sports, beach, mountain, snow, sun, cosmopolitan towns and small rural villages.

This perfect-fit puzzle is a perfect destination for car rental. Catalonia has things to do both for tourists wishing to relax and for experts in business, technology, research, innovation, development or communications.

Catalonia is a unique universe in Northern Spain, provided with the best communications and easily accessible by any means of transport. When arriving in Catalonia, hiring a cheap car on pepecar.com is surely the best alternative to discovers all its charms.

Located in the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, bathed by the Mediterranean Sea and bordered by the Pyrenees to the North, in Catalonia you’ll enjoy both sun and mountain landscapes. Constituted by the provinces of Barcelona, Gerona, Lérida and Tarragona, it’ll take you deep into a cultural, artistic and gastronomical route where it’ll be impossible to get bored. Our route will take you to the different provinces and the most interesting areas of each.

Barcelona

If you arrive at El Prat Airport, rental cars are available at its premises. To reach the city centre, take B-22, and then change to Autovía de Castelldefels and Avenida de la Granvia de l’Hospitalet to Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes in Barcelona.

Once you’re there, take a tour to see las Ramblas, la Sagrada Familia and Picasso’s Barcelona. Stroll through the neighbourhoods of Graçia, el Raval o el Born.

One of the most appealing alternatives is to go up Montjuïc Mountain –home of attractions such as CaixaForum, Estadi Olímpic, or Palau Sant Jordi.

Finish this brief tour visiting one of the many beaches in Barcelona. Interesing options are

Y para cerrar este pequeño recorrido podemos visitar cualquiera de las playas que tiene como la playa de Sant Sebastiá –in the known town of Sitges–, la Barceloneta o la Mar Bella.

Tarragona
Now is the time to decide if we move north or southward. Okay, let’s head to Tarragona.  We’ll drive along C-32 and AP-7 for one hour and fifteen minutes.  On the shores of the Mediterranean, the former Roman city of Tarraco displays its incredible heritage of monuments, together and its beaches. Several routes can be taken in the province, driving along its beautiful coast from the calm, shallow waters of the ‘Golden Coast’ to the medieval Tarragona.

Lleida

After driving along the Costa Dorada (‘Golden Coast’), we now enter the fertile meadow of the River Segre. To reach Lleida, we’ll take C-14 and AP-2.

This multicultural province presents an excellent cuisine and an amazing natural space –the Leridan Pyrenees. Some of the best ski slopes and hiking trails are located here.

Girona

To finish our tour of Catalonia, we’ll move from Lleida to Girona along C-25 y A-2 (2 hours approx.) We’ll go into the so-called ‘City of the Four Rivers’, where we’ll find the down town –la Força Vella. We cannot forget that the privileged location between the Pyrenees and the Costa Brava make its beaches, mountains and cuisine the perfect place to get lost.

These are the main destinations within the Autonomous Community of Catalonia:

• Barcelona
• Badalona
• Hospitalet de Llobregat
• Sabadell
• Terrasa
• Tarragona
• Girona
• Lleida

These are some of the main destinations in Spain where you can reserve your rental car online:

Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and many more destinations in Spain.

The main car hire destinations in the Balearic and the Canary Islands are:

Menorca, Majorca, Ibiza, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and more destinations in the Islands.

By using Pepecar you can also pick up and return your rental car in the most important airports and railway stations:

Madrid Barajas - Adolfo Suárez, Barcelona El Prat, Palma de Mallorca Airport, Menorca Airport, Madrid Atocha - AVE railway station, Chamartín railway station, Barcelona AVE - Sants railway station,  Seville Santa Justa railway station  o Malaga María Zambrano railway station