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 Car Hire & Driving in Barcelona, SpainWelcome to Barcelona Car Hire, Spain; available at Barcelona Bus Station.Barcelona Car HireBarcelona is the capital of Catalunya and Spain’s second city and principal port. Barcelona’s medieval past lives on in the old Barr Gotic, which the elegance of the 19th century, shown in the Placa Reial, contrasts with the unique flamboyance of Gaudi-designed buildings. The coast south of Barcelona is known as Costa Daurada ‘Golden Coast’ which becomes progressively wider, wilder and lonelier as you progress along it in you Barcelona hire car. An hour north of Barcelona in your hire car is the thriving provincial capital of Vic, with a beautiful central square and cathedral famous for the energetic murals of painter Josep Maria Sert. Cardona, 50km (30 mies) to the west of Barcelona in your hire car, is notable for its Parador Nacional at the sire of the ancient castle and church that overlook the Vall de Cardoner. Solsona, further north west in your Barcelona hire car, a town steeped in medieval mystery is known for its Catedral and its Museu Diocesa, where you can view local archaeological finds. Barcelona Bus Station Car HireEstacio del Nord is the larger of the two bus stations in Barcelona from which you can obtain your hire car. It handles buses to most major Spanish cities as well as hosting international buses. You will find Barcelona Bus Station on Carrer d’Ali Bei in your hire car, near to the Arc de Triomf metro station. Barcelona also has two train stations, Estacios (stations) Sants and Franca. Barcelona Sants services destinations and a few international trains, while most long distance trains, from Geneva, Milan, Paris and Zurich, depart from Barcelona Franca train station. Additionally Barcelona can be reached by air. Barcelona Airport is 8 miles (13km) from the city of Barcelona and has three terminals. Your hire car can be collected from Barcelona Bus Station, Barcelona Train Station or Barcelona Airport, plus many more destinations within Barcelona. Get a car hire quote to obtain a full list of destinations in Barcelona where car hire services are available. Spain Car HireSpain. To the ancient Greeks, Spain was the land where Hercules’ golden apples grew; to the Arabs, Spain was the ground floor of heaven; to writers such as George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway, Spain was an area where history skittered between heroic feats and tragedy, and bullfighters flirted with death in work of an afternoon. Few other places so dramatically stimulate the imagination as Spain, as you will be able to discover in your hire car. Despite the steady traffic from Spain’s coastal resorts, Spain has remained in the eyes of outsiders a mysterious, half-mythical country. Spain’s long stretches of isolation from the rest of Europe began with Spain’s peninsular geography and were underscored by history. 700 years of Moorish occupation, were followed by a powerful empire that colonised the New World, the failure of which led via the Spanish Civil War 1936-9 to the oppressive regime of General Franco, all of which have left their mark of Spain, as you will be able to discover while touring in your hire car. However years of isolations for Spain has made it far from homogeneous. Spain embraces four languages and around seven dialects, and climate ranges go from the Subtropical south, sweet with its mangos ,and hibiscus, to the emerald north, with its gorse and heather and plunging fjords, providing you with so much choice of country side to investigate while touring Spain in your hire car. During your trip to Spain you will find some constants while in your hire car. One is light, the glorious sunshine that northern Europeans flock to bask in; but don’t make a mistake of just lying by the pool while, with so much to see and do, take advantage of the glorious light to tour the sights in your hire car. The other constant is a tremendous vitality, which you can observe in cafes and strolling Sunday evening crowds, in haughty urbanites and exuberant fiesta crowds while touring Spain in your hire car. Spain covers an area of 194,885 square miles (504,880sq km) with its capital, Madrid, situated almost in the centre. The Kingdom of Spain is a constitutional monarchy under King Juan Carlos I of the House of Bourbon, which has been on the Spanish throne since the death of Franco in 1975. Spain is divided into 17 autonomous regions, each with its own legislature. Spain is a member of the European Union, accepting the euro as its currency in 2002; the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Foreign motorists must have either an international driving licence from their country of origin and this also applies when using a hire car, so make sure your driving licence is packed before you leave for Spain. Spain has about 195,850 miles (317,000km) of highway for you to explore in your hire car; however only a few thousand kilometres of them are fast, convenient and relatively safe motorways. There are toll fees payable if using the modern motorways in your hire car while, which have rest areas, bars and service stations, and roadside telephones are also places at convenient intervals, to enable you to call for assistance in the case of emergency or breakdown in your hire car. The speed limits while driving in your hire car are 120kph (75mph) on motorways, 100kph (60mph) on all other roads and 60kph (35mph) when driving through cities and towns. In Spain seatbelts must be worn by the driver and all passengers in your hire car, and your hire car should be quipped with a spare set of head and rear-light bulbs or you could face a penalty fine. To hire ca car you have to be at least 19 years of age with either an international licence or a valid licence from your own country. With so much varied countryside around Spain it’s recommended to have a hire car to really be able to explore Spain’s full potential without having to worry about public transport. A hire car will also enable you to investigate the more remote areas of Spain where public transport may not be readily available. Catalonia region Car HireCovering the area from the Pyrenees in the north of Spain to the Mediterranean in the east of Spain and the Ebre valley in the south west of Spain, the region of Catalonia offers diverse scenery and attractions to discover in your hire car while. Catalonia appears to have everything for you to see in your hire car while: rocky coasts, sandy beaches, lush plains, steppe, foothills and high sierra, all within a couple of hours of the major European metropolis of Barcelona in your hire car. There are historic cities and towns, tiny fishing villages, mountain hamlets, some 1,000 Romanesque chapels, Roman bridges, centuries-old farmhouses, vineyards, wheat fields, orchards, trout streams and wild boar, all to discover in your hire car driving around the Catalonia region of Spain. Catalonia’s 12,320 square miles (31,910sq km) comprise 6% of Spain’s share of the Iberian peninsula, and are divided into four provinces that you can explore in your hire car, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. But the most obvious components of Catalonia for you to investigate in your hire car are the Mediterranean coast of the Costa Brava, the Pyrenees and the interior.
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