Recommended Car Hire Companies

For car hire we recommend comparing the prices on the car hire broker sites as well as the individual hire companies as they often offer a hugely reduced rate. These include:

Argus Car Rentals

Holiday Autos UK        

Holiday Autos Ireland

Rhino Car Hire

Car Jet                     

Auto Hire Online   

easyCar    

Car Hire companies serving each airport

Reus:AurigaCrown, Avis, Europcar,Goldcar Europa, Hertz.
Barcelona:Avis, Europcar, Hertz, National Atesa
Girona:AurigaCrown, Avis, Europcar, Goldcar Europa, Hertz, National Atesa
Valencia: AurigaCrown, Avis, Europcar,Goldcar Europa, Hertz

AurigaCrown
      
Avis
                      
Europcar 
              
Goldcar Europa

Hertz

National Atesa

Our nearest airport is Reus (REU) a 50 minute drive away, from where you can rent a car or we can arrange an airport pickup.  Other airport options are Barcelona (BCN) less than 2 hours north, Valencia (VLC)  2¼ hours south and Girona (GRO)
2½ hours north.

You can use our detailed driving directions from Reus, Valencia, Barcelona, and Girona Airports, or use one of many route planners which are available on sites like ViaMichelin and The AA.

AIRPORTS


REUS 50 minutes drive.
Ryanair -
March to October:
Flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels (Charleroi), Cork, Dublin T1, Düsseldorf (Weeze), East Midlands, Eindhoven, Frankfurt (Hahn), Glasgow (Prestwick), Liverpool, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester T2.
Jet2- Flights from Manchester, Newcastle (from 1 June).
Thomas Cook - May to October Flights from Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle.
Thomson - May to October Flights from Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Doncaster Sheffield, Derry, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Shannon.

BARCELONA (EL PRAT) less than 2 hours drive.
International airport used by many airlines including:
Ryanair - Brussels (Charleroi), Cagliari, Dublin, Düsseldorf (Weeze), East Midlands, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Glasgow (Prestwick), Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Jerez, Lanzarote, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool, London Stansted, Malaga, Milan (Bergamo), Oslo (Rygge), Palma Mallora, Paris (Beauvais), Porto, Poznan, Rome (Ciampino), Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife South, Trieste, Valencia, Valladolid, Venice (Treviso), Vilnius.
Iberia - National Spanish airline with flights all over Europe, USA, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America.
American Airlines - Flights from JFK New York.
Blue Air - Flights from Bacau and Bucharest.
Continental - Flights from Newark.
Delta - Flights from JFK New York.
Easyjet– Flights from Amsterdam, Basel, Belfast International, Berlin, Bristol, Dortmund, Geneva, Lisbon, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Southend, London Stansted, Lyon, Milan (Malpensa), Newcastle, Nice, Paris (Charles de Gaulle).
BmiBaby – Flights from Birmingham, Budapest, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, East Midlands, Hanover, London Stansted, Munich, Rosstock, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich.
Monarch – Flights from London Gatwick and Manchester,
Jet2 – Flights from Glasgow, Leeds Bradford and Manchester T1.
Transavia – Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol, Eindhoven and Rotterdam/The Hague.
Vueling – Flights from a large number of European airports including Amsterdam, Athens, Brussels, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Milan (Malpensa), Moscow, Naples, Paris, Rome (Fiumicino), Southampton, Venice, Vienna.

GIRONA  2 hours 30 minutes drive.
Bmi– Flights from Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester.
Ryanair – Flights from a large number of European airports including Birmingham. Bournemouth, Bristol, Dublin, Cork, Doncaster, East Midlands, Eindhoven, Frankfurt (Hahn), Glasgow (Prestwick), Hamburg (Lubeck), Knock, Liverpool, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester T2, Milan (Bergamo), Newcastle, Paris (Beauvais).
Thomson - May to October Flights from Manchester and Birmingham.
Transavia – Flights from Amsterdam Schiphol.

VALENCIA  2 hours 15 minutes drive.
Easyjet – Flights from London Gatwick.
Blue Air - Flights from Bacau and Bucharest.
Jet2 – Flights from Leeds Bradford.
Ryanair – Flights from a large number of European airports including Bristol, Brussels (Charleoi),  Dublin, East Midlands, Frankfurt (Hahn), Liverpool, London Stansted, Manchester T2, Milan (Bergamo), Paris (Beauvais), Pisa, Rome (Ciampino).
Transavia – Fights from Amsterdam Schiphol and Eindhoven.
Vueling - Flights Amsterdam, Brussels, Ibiza, Milan, Paris, Rome.

AIRPORT/TRAIN STATION PICKUPS

If you fly into Reus we can arrange an airport pickup for up to 4 people at €50 each way. If you fly into any other airport we will give you advice on public transport to get you to the nearest train station and can arrange a pick up there for €15 each way.

             
FERRIES

From the UK there are many ferry options either direct to Spain (Bilbao and Santander), or to a large number of French ports. There are also many online discount ticket websites. Eg. Ferry Bookers It is worth checking them all to see what their latest deals are.

From Ireland there are ferries to France, either direct from Rosslare to Cherbourg and Roscoff, or landbridge via the UK.  Irish Ferries and Stenaline

If you are intending to bring your car to drive down you can do the journey in 13.5 hours from Cherbourg (tolls of around €62.90) or Calais, (tolls of around €93.45), but it is recommended to stop off along the way. Formule1 hotels are a good cheap and basic hotel chain with rooms for 3 people at around €30 a night.

To drive from Bilbao or Santander would take between 5 and 6.5 hours with tolls of around €35.70.

TRAINS

For an incredibly informative site about travelling around Europe and the rest of the world by train you should check out The Man in Seat 61 . For European timetables go to BAHN and for the Spanish train website RENFE

BUSES

European coach travel information can be found on Eurolines and for Spanish bus information check out HIFE and ALSA both of which are only in Spanish..