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 Car Hire & Driving in Zaragoza, SpainWelcome to Zaragoza Car Hire, Spain; available at Zaragoza Airport.Zaragoza Car HireThe capital of the region, Zaragoza, as a population of around 600,000. When visiting Zaragoza in your hire car you will find few monuments indicating Zaragoza’s past grandeur since time, neglect and two terrible sieges of Zaragoza suffered during the Napoleonic Wars destroyed a great deal. The old part of Zaragoza, on the south bank of the Rio Ebro, is the place to head for first in your hire car. This area of Zaragoza contains most of the sights to see in your hire car and plenty of hotels as well as lively bars and restaurants. Zaragoza has two important religious structures that you can visit in your hire car, the Catedral de San Salvador, known as La Seo, which was consecrated in 1119 on the site of the old mosque in Zaragoza, and the basilica, known as El Pilar, built in honour of Spain’s patron saint, the Virgin of Pilar; both worth a visit in your hire car while in Zaragoza. The day of El Pilar, October 12th, is a national holiday and is attended by lavish celebrations in Zaragoza with city processions of cardboard giants that really should be witnessed in you are in Zaragoza in your hire car at this time of year. The Aljaferia to the west of old Zaragoza in your hire car has been fully restored. It was first built in the 11th century by the ruling Islamic king and could well have been taken from the ‘Arabian Nights’, according to testimonies of the time. The Museo Camon Aznar which you will find on Calle de Espoz y Mina in Zaragoza is another place to visit in your hire car and has a large collection of Spanish art, but the main draw are the fine etchings by Goya. Goya was born in the village of Fuendetodos, which lies 30 miles (50km) directly south of Zaragoza in your hire car. The house where he was born is now a museum, after being abandoned for years and is worth a visit in your hire car while on a trip from Zaragoza. There are fine examples of Mudejar architecture throughout the province of Zaragoza that you can visit in your hire car. Yarazona, 45 miles (72km) north west of Zaragoza in your hire car, is known as ‘The Mudejar City’ and offers a spectacle of Islamic and Sephardic history for you to see in your hire car on a trip from Zaragoza. If you want to understand Spain’s more recent history you should visit Belchite, which lies 25 miles (40km) south east of Zaragoza in your hire car. This town was the site of one of the most ferocious battles of the Spanish Civil War, and its ruins have been preserved as a reminder of the horrors of war. A new town, completed in 1954, was built alongside the original devastated site that you can visit in your hire car on a trip from Zaragoza. Also south east of Zaragoza in your hire car is the town of Azaila, which has been declared a national monument of Spain due to the discovery of an ancient Celtic-Roman hill fort that you can visit in your hire car in a trip from Zaragoza. To the north of Zaragoza is the city of Huesca, the capital of the province of the same name. Huesca’s age of splendour was the 13th century; however the cathedral that your can visit in your hire car dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and was built on earlier foundations of the old mosque. One final place of interest to visit in your hire car is Catatayud, which lies 35 miles (60km) south west of Zaragoza in your hire car on the N-II. Calatayud is justly famous for its Mudejar towers, the best example of which rises above the Colegiata de Santa Maria and are worth a visit in your hire car while in Zaragoza. Zaragoza Airport Car HireZaragoza Airport lies 5 miles (9km) from Zaragoza in your hire car. Zaragoza Airport has just one passenger terminal which is open from 04:45 to 22:00 during the summer and between 05:45 and 22:00 in the winter. At Zaragoza Airport there is plenty of parking for your hire car, should you need to leave your hire car at Zaragoza Airport. Zaragoza Airport has all the facilities you would expect, including auto exchange machines, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, a VIP lounge, travel agent, first air facilities and car rental desks. Zaragoza Airport also has a tourist information desk which can provide advice on what to see and do in your hire car while in Zaragoza. 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. Aragon region Car HireThe towns and cities of the little known region of Aragon offer a feast of Mudejar architecture that you can investigate in your hire car while. In sharp contrast Aragon also offers the dramatic landscapes of the Parque Nacional de Ordesa for you to discover in your hire car while. Aragon is known throughout Spain for the highest Pyrenees, the snowiest ski stations and as the home of the ‘jota’, Spain’s best known folkloric music and dance. If visiting Aragon in the winter in your hire car you can join the skiers in their search of the perfect slopes in the Pyrenees which you will find while in your hire car in Aragon. While in Aragon you can also investigate the Romanesque churches, beautiful villages and walled cities in your hire car, which you will find in abundance in this region of Spain. Geographically the Aragon region is divided into three areas that roughly correspond to its three provinces: the Pyrenees define Huesca, the Ebro River Valley defines Zaragoza and the Iberian Mountains define Teruel, all of which can be investigated in your hire car. Aragon is the least densely populated region of Spain, lending itself to peaceful touring in your hire car.
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