Citroen C3 Aircross, Crossover
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By car to the Costa Brava
Kenan AlkanCity and intercity driver
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Car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava starts with a choice of 44 cars, from €38 to €72 per day. We deliver the car to you in Barcelona — the exact hand-over point and time are agreed with a manager when you book. Weekly bookings run from €228, monthly from €798.
Why car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava beats any fixed timetable
With a self-drive booking for a trip to Costa Brava you decide when the day starts and where it ends.
What a self-drive rental changes about the trip
We hand over a car you drive yourself, so the day is yours — leave at dawn for Cadaqués or stop at Girona on the way north. The same car also covers Sitges, Montserrat, Penedès wine country and Tarragona and PortAventura. Our cars are delivered to you and the booking is agreed with a manager, which means the hand-over is agreed when booking. If a morning on the coast turns into an afternoon inland, nothing in the arrangement has to change — the car is already yours for the day.
What that means in practice
- Timing: you set the departure, so a sunrise run to a quiet bay is possible before the car parks fill.
- Weather changes: if the coast turns grey, you can turn inland the same morning instead of losing the day.
What our car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava fleet gives you
Our fleet for this route holds 44 cars, picked from 1,771 across the site, with daily rates from €38 to €72.
Classes and daily prices at a glance
| Class | Cars | From, per day | Weekly from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossover | 13 | €38 | €228 | two people, coastal hops |
| Comfort | 10 | €40 | €240 | longer motorway legs |
| SUV | 13 | €42 | €252 | hill roads inland, more luggage |
| Minivans | 8 | €52 | €312 | groups, 7 seats |
Crossover is the entry class at €38 a day; Comfort starts at €40, SUV at €42 and Minivans at €52. Weekly pricing is daily multiplied by six, monthly by twenty-one, so a Crossover booked for a month comes to €798.
Fuel and transmission across the fleet
- Hybrid: Ebro S400, Toyota Corolla, Toyota C-HR, Nissan Qashqai, Kia Sportage and Dacia Jogger, among others.
- Petrol: Citroen C3 Aircross, Citroen C4, Ford Focus, Hyundai i30, Kia Ceed, Seat Arona, Opel Mokka and Volkswagen Golf.
- Petrol/Hybrid: MG ZS, Ford Puma, Nissan Juke, Renault Captur, Hyundai Kona and Peugeot 308.
- Petrol/LPG: Dacia Duster, the only 4x4-capable option at this price level.
- Petrol/Electric: Jeep Avenger, the one part-electric car on the page.
- Automatic or Manual: Automatics sit in the dearer classes — Ebro S400, Opel Astra, Peugeot 308, Toyota Corolla, Toyota C-HR, Peugeot 408, Citroen C5 Aircross, Jeep Compass, Peugeot 3008, Seat Tarraco and Nissan X-Trail.
Choosing your car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava by class and price
Four classes cover this page — Crossover, Comfort, SUV and Minivans — spread from €38 to €52 a day, and the model you name at booking decides how the coastal run feels. Below is what each class costs and what sits inside it.
Classes and daily prices at a glance
| Class | Cars | From, per day | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossover | 13 | €38 | two people, coastal hops |
| Comfort | 10 | €40 | longer motorway legs |
| SUV | 13 | €42 | hill roads, more luggage |
| Minivans | 8 | €52 | groups, 7 seats |
Models worth knowing before you pick
The cheapest car here is the Citroen C3 Aircross at €38 a day — Crossover, 5 seats, Petrol, Manual, 1.2 L, 110 hp. Step up in the same class and you meet the MG ZS at €39 (Petrol/Hybrid, 1.5 L, 106 hp), the Ebro S400 at €40 with a 211 hp Hybrid and an Automatic, and the Seat Arona, Ford Puma, Jeep Avenger, Nissan Juke, Opel Mokka and Renault Captur between €41 and €43. Comfort opens with the Citroen C4, Ford Focus, Hyundai i30 and Kia Ceed at €40–€41, all Manual Petrol hatchbacks. The SUV line starts at the Dacia Duster, €42 with Petrol/LPG and a choice of Front-wheel or 4x4.
How the booking for car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava is agreed
Booking runs through a manager, not a checkout form: you tell us your dates, your route up the coast and how many people are travelling, and we confirm the car and the hand-over. Nothing is fixed until that conversation closes.
What we ask you for first
- Travel dates and length: the day you want the car and the day you return it — the weekly rate is six times the daily one, the monthly rate is twenty-one times.
- Route and stops: whether you plan Blanes and Lloret de Mar in one push or want the car for Girona and Cadaqués as well, since the class you need follows the roads you take.
- Passengers and luggage: how many seats and how much boot space.
- Driver details: who will be behind the wheel, so the agreement is drawn for the right person.
- Your preferred class: Crossover, Comfort, SUV or Minivans — we can hold a specific model such as the Citroen C3 Aircross or the Dacia Duster if it is free on your dates.
Where the car is handed over
We deliver the car to you, and the exact point — your hotel, an address in the city or another spot that suits your first morning — is agreed when booking. What you need to bring is set out in the rental agreement. If the model you booked is not available on the day, Spanish consumer rules let you ask for another car at no extra cost, even a class above — worth knowing before you accept the keys.
Driving your car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava up the coast
What changes the drive is where you pick the car up and how early you set off.
Which roads take you north from the city
C-16 and Túnels de Vallvidrera: the paid tunnel route out toward Sant Cugat and the Vallès if your first stop is inland.
Tolls, the low-emission zone and fuel
Two things to sort before you leave the city. The Zona de Bajas Emisiones Rondas de Barcelona (ZBE Rondes BCN) covers more than 95 km² — the whole municipality apart from the Zona Franca industrial area and Vallvidrera – el Tibidabo i les Planes, plus L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs and parts of Esplugues de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat — and it operates on working days, Monday to Friday. Fuel is the other line: Gasolina 95 E5 averages 1.953 in the municipality, with a median of 1.987 across the 74 stations surveyed, a low of 1.758 and a high of 2.059.
Rules that shape a car rental run from Barcelona to Costa Brava
Spanish road rules and the ZBE low-emission zone are the two things that decide how a Costa Brava run actually goes. Both are worth knowing before you leave the city.
The ZBE Rondes de Barcelona zone
- Hours: working days, Monday to Friday.
Speed, alcohol and the fines behind them
| Rule | Limit or penalty |
|---|---|
| Alcohol and drugs fine | €500–€1000 and 4–6 points |
| Phone in hand | €200 and 3–6 points |
| Seat belt, helmet, child seat | €200 and 4 points |
Child seats are required for anyone under 135 cm; from 135 cm a standard belt is allowed. A 50% discount applies if a fine is paid within 20 calendar days — worth remembering, because the paperwork side of a ticket is set out in the rental agreement.
Tolls and parking on the way north
Our Barcelona fleet runs from €38 a day, with crossovers, SUVs, comfort hatchbacks and seven-seat minivans, so the car you take north can be picked to match the road rather than the other way round.
Keeping your car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava trouble-free
Two things spoil a coastal day out: a scratch you did not record before leaving, and a fuel tank you filled at the wrong place. Both are settled in minutes if you handle them at the right moment.
Record the car before you drive off
The consumer authority in Spain requires every scratch and dent to be written into the agreement or the inspection sheet before you leave, signed by both sides, with a copy kept by the driver. What you photograph at hand-over and how the paperwork is signed is agreed when booking — we do not promise a format here. If a mark is missing from the document, ask for it to be added before the keys change hands. Our cars leave with a full tank and come back full — the lleno a lleno policy.
If something happens on the road
The mandatory third-party cover is in every rental by Spanish law and applies even when the driver at the wheel was not named in the agreement; the limits are set out in the rental agreement. That cover does not touch the car itself or the driver, so the franquicia printed in the contract is what you actually pay after a collision. The deposit, the excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement.
What to settle before you confirm car rental in Barcelona for a trip to Costa Brava
Two things decide how smoothly the Costa Brava run goes: the class of car you take and what the agreement says before you drive off. Both are settled with a manager, not left to chance at the counter.
Match the car to the road you are actually driving
If the boot is your deciding factor, check the model list before you commit rather than after.
Read the agreement before you sign it
- Fuel policy: lleno a lleno means you collect full and return full.
What we need from you at booking
Give us the dates, the class and the number of drivers, and we confirm the car and the hand-over on the call. Rent-Trip delivers the car to you, so the meeting point and the hour are part of the same conversation. Any further conditions of the agreement are set out in the rental agreement and agreed when booking, and they change what you pay. Book the 7-seaters early for peak weeks.