Hiring from Madrid-Barajas Airport

Hiring a people carrier is one of the many options when visiting Spain. All cars including MPV's with seven seats are available from Madrid-Barajas Airport. To check availability through our recommended experts, www.carrentals.co.uk.

Travelling to and from Madrid-Barajas

Madrid-Barajas is an international airport some nine miles outside Spain's capital city Madrid. It is Spain's main airport in terms of the number of commercial flights taking off and landing. This is the main center for the Spanish airline Iberia. It has three main terminals. Terminal 1 is the biggest and serves as the main terminal for international flights. Terminal 2 handles a majority of European departures and arrivals and Terminal 3 is mostly for domestic flights.

The major motorways serving the airport include the M12, the R2, the M11, the M13 and the M50. Each of these motorways has exits leading directly to the parking areas

There is both short and long term parking available

Other transport options are the airport-city center metro and regular bus services.

Rental Options

Seven Seat Passenger Vehicles are a great way of transporting your family or friends to and from Madrid or even on a road trip through the rest of Spain.

These can be booked in advance through a number of websites, such as www.carrentals.co.uk. This provides an easy, friendly interface through which to search for an ideal quote. The Rental Companies at Madrid-Barajas Airport include www.carrentals.co.uk, who are a rental comparison company that compare the following companies; holidayautos.co.uk, carhiresaving.co.uk, sixt.co.uk, 121carhire.com, arguscarhire.com, auto-europe.co.uk, ebookers.com, hirecars.co.uk, carhire3000.com, netflights.com, nationalcar.co.uk and opodo.co.uk.

It is immediately apparent that Spain has plenty of rental options, with many companies available. A recent search using CarRentals quoted the cost of hiring in Madrid for two weeks during May as low as £437.99. This quite included unlimited kilometers, third party insurance premium location fee, additional driver and loss damage waiver.

Don’t Forget Options

Renting a vehicle in Spain typically comes with optional extras such as snow chains and ski racks. Standard options include a GPS navigational system, baby and children's seats. Common features of rentals are unlimited mileage, mandatory insurance, collision damage waiver, theft waiver, airport surcharges, third party insurance and the airport fees.

Driving in Spain

Driving requirements in Spain include dipped headlights in tunnels, children's seatbelts for children shorter than 135 cm (adult seatbelts for children taller than this), and compulsory inclusion of a spare wheel, tire repair kit and a warning triangle. Common types of entertainment systems, such as DVD players and video, should not be directly visible to the driver.

In built up areas, it is prohibited to sound the car horn at any time of the day, except in emergencies.

Things to See and Do

Madrid is a major cultural and historical center and the capital city of Spain. Navigating the city and its surroundings area can be a great way to explore. If you are travelling with children, Madrid has two large theme parks: Parque Warner Bros, some 15 miles south of the city near San Martin de la Veja. Parque de Attracions is open from May to August on a daily basis and on weekends during the rest of the year.