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 Car Hire & Driving in Castellon, SpainWelcome to Castellon or Castello de la Plana Car Hire, Spain; available at Castellon Train Station.Castellon or Castello de la Plana Car HireSituated on the Costa del Azahar in the Valencia and Murcia region, Castellon or Castello de la Plana lies on the east coast of Spain, providing you with plenty of places to see in your hire car from Castellon or Castello de la Plana. The provincial capital Castellon or Castello de la Plana centres on a 16th century bell tower, El Fadri, which is worth visiting in your hire car. Castellon or Castello de la Plana’s most important museum is the Sala de Arte Contempororaneo and should definitely be explored while touring Castellon or Castello de la Plana in your hire car. Other visitor attractions in Castellon or Castello de la Plana that you may wish to explore in your hire car include the Convento de las Madres Capuchinas, which houses a collection of paintings thought to be by Zurbaran; the Planetarium which you will find near the beach in Castellon or Castello de la Plana in your hire car; and a new Museo de Bellas Artes which you will find at Avenida Hermanos Bon 28 in your hire car in Castellon or Castello de la Plana. But touring in your hire car is not limited to Castellon or Castello de la Plana. To the north of Castellon or Castello de la Plana in your hire car there are several main resorts that you can explore in your hire car, Vinaros, Benicarlo, Orpesa and Benicassim, but the most appealing one to visit in your hire car from Castellon or Castello de la Plana is Peniscola, a fortified town with the Castell del Papa Luna at its heart built on a rocky headland that is definitely worth a visit in your hire car from Castellon or Castello de la Plana. While to the south of Castellon or Castello de la Plana in your hire car you will find the capital of the Valencia region, Valencia city. If you want to find out more of what you can see and do on a trip from Castellon or Castello de la Plana to Valencia in your hire car, visit our Valencia Car Hire link. Further south of Castellon or Castello de la Plana lies the famous Costa Blanca and the popular resorts of Benidorm and Alicante which should definitely be visit in your hire car from Castellon or Castello de la Plana. If you want to find out more of what to see and do on a trip from Castellon or Castello de la Plana to Benidorm and Alicante on the Costa Blanca in your hire car, visit our Benidorm Car Hire and Alicante Car Hire links. Castellon RENFE Train Station Car HireCastellon RENFE Train Station can be located on the old N-340 to Valencia in your hire car in Castellon or Castello de la Plana at Pintor Oliet S/N, Estacion RENFE Castellon. The state-run railroad company RENFE covers a large number of railway lines connecting all the regions and major cities including Castellon or Castello de la Plana. Castellon RENFE Train Station also offers high speed trains from Valencia and Madrid. 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. Valencia and Murcia region Car HireTogether, these two regions of Spain are often known as the Levant. Valencia and Murcia between them enjoy more than half of Spain’s eastern coastline, stretching from Catalonia to Almeria, providing you with plenty of scope for exploring in your hire car. The 9,000 square miles (23,300sq km) of the Communidad Valencia is split into three provinces that you can explore in your hire car: Valencia, Castellon and Alicante. This region approximately follows the boundaries of the old Kingdom od Valencia, which was captured from the Muslims in the 13th century by an army of Catalans, who left their language in Valencia in the form of the ‘valenciano’ dialect. Valencia, according to the ‘paso doble’ that has become the Valencia regions unofficial anthem, ‘is the land of flowers, light and love’, and you can see if you agree while touring the Valencia region in your hire car. Thanks to an equable Mediterranean climate, all good things seem in abundance in the Valencia region. Sunshine saturates Valencia’s many attractive beaches that you can visit in your hire car, and warm temperatures make for an active outdoor life day and night, almost all year round, so it does not matter when you visit the Valencia region in your hire car. Covering just 4,369 square miles (11,317sq km), Murcia is one of Spain’s smallest comunidades. Compaired with its larger neighbours, Andalusia and the Comunidad Vanlenciana, Murcia is little known but it has superlatives too, as you can discover in your hire car while touring the Murcia region of Spain.
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