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 Car Hire & Driving in Malaga, SpainWelcome to Malaga Car Hire, Spain; available at Malaga Airport.Malaga Car HireSituated on the south coast of Spain, in the Andalusian Heartland, Malaga boasts it is the capital of the Costa del Sol. However Malaga is not a resort but a bustling port originally founded by the Phoenicians. Malaga’s historical ruins are all worth a visit in your hire car while in Malaga and can be found mainly on the high ground at the eastern end of the city. The first of which to visit in your hire car is the Islamic Alcazaba in Malaga, a maze of pretty gardens and courtyards. Leaving your hire car at the Alcazaba, you can walk through to the ruined 14th century Islamic Castillo de Gibralfaro , where you can see great views over Malaga harbour and down on to Malaga’s bullring. The 16th century Catedral in Malaga lies further west in your hire car, on Calle Molina Lario, towards the dry river bed of the Rio Guadalmedina. The Cathedral’s east tower was never completed, giving it the nickname La Manquita – ‘the one-armed one’. Between the Alcazaba and the Cathedral in Malaga, at Calle San Agustin 7 in your hire car is the Palacio de Buenauista, which is now a Picasso Museum and worth a visit in your hire car while in Malaga. If you leave the hire car by the museum, it is only a short walk north to the Casa Natal de Picasso, where the artist spent his first years in Malaga. The Picasso Foundation now based here, organises lectures on various aspects of Picasso’s work and promotes contemporary art. If you prefer to drive your hire car to the Foundation, you will find it at Plaza de la Merced 15 in Malaga. For a peaceful and thought provoking haven from Malaga’s careering traffic, visit the English Cemetery, which lies beyond the bullring and is approached along avenues of arrange trees in your hire car. Founded in 1830, it was Spain’s first Protestant cemetery and contains tiny shell-covered graves of a dozen children. About 50km (32 miles) north of Malaga in your hire car on the N-331, Antequera is an attractive town with innumerable churches and convents worth visiting in your hire car from Malaga. Whilst visiting Antequera in your hire car from Malaga seek out the Islamic Castillo, near the 16th century Iglesia de Santa Maria la Mayor, for fine views. Of course situated in the middle of the Costa del Sol, Malaga offers plenty for you to see and do in your hire car. In fact most of this sunshine coast is in the Malaga province, running from east of Gibraltar to the province of Granada. Development has been heavy all along the coast near Malaga, as you will be able to witness in your hire car while exploring from Malaga; however, there are still some nooks and crannies where you can avoid the crowds in your hire car on a trip from Malaga. Other places you can explore in your hire car around Malaga include Marbella, Torremolinos and Nerja. For an idea of what you might expect to find on a trip from Malaga to these places in your hire car, visit our Marbella Car Hire, Torremolinos Car Hire and Nerja Car Hire links. Malaga Airport Car HireMalaga Airport lies 8km (4 miles) from Malaga in your hire car. Malaga Airport has an annual capacity of 10 million passengers, through 60 check-in gates. Malaga Airport operates 24 hours a day. At Malaga Airport there are 1,600 short term and 600 long term parking spaces, should you need to leave your hire car at Malaga Airport. Malaga Airport has all the facilities you would expect, including a post office, bank, bureau de change, auto exchange machine, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, VIP lounge, duty free shop, newsagent/tobacconist, chemist shop, gift shop, car rental services, first aid, baby/parent room, disabled access/facilities and a tourist information desk which can provide assistance on what to see and do in your hire car while in Malaga. 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. The Andalusian Heartland or Andalusia region Car HireThere is so much more to discover in the southern most region of The Andalusian Hartland than the Costa del Sol, as you will find in your hire car, and the three main draws of Seville, Cordoba and Granada are an added attraction to the Andalusia region of Spain when travelling in your hire car.
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