Car rental at the Barcelona cruise port

One hundred and thirty-six cars are available for car rental at the Barcelona cruise port, with prices from €19 per day and weekly rates from €114. The car is delivered to you, and the booking is agreed with a manager.

What car rental at the Barcelona cruise port includes

Car rental at the Barcelona cruise port with Rent-Trip means the car comes to you, not the other way round. We deliver a self-drive vehicle to the Port of Barcelona cruise terminals at Moll Adossat, and the booking itself is agreed with a manager before you travel.

How the car reaches you at the cruise port

Rent-Trip delivers the car to you at the Port of Barcelona cruise terminals (Moll Adossat), so you collect it where you disembark rather than at a downtown desk. Moll Adossat is the long pier carrying Terminals A, B, C, D and E, and the walk from ship to terminal exit is the part of the journey you cannot shorten. The exact meeting point — which terminal, which kerb, which side of the arrivals hall — is agreed when you book, and so is the time.

How the booking is agreed with a manager

The booking is agreed with a manager, who confirms the car, the dates and the hand-over point before you travel. What that conversation settles, in practice:

• Car and class: the manager confirms the exact model or its class, so the boot size matches your luggage rather than a website photo.
• Dates and hand-over point: the drop-off and collection times, and the terminal where the car meets you, are fixed in writing.
• Deposit and excess: the deposit, the excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement — no figure is fixed by a form alone.
• Documents: what the main driver must carry is confirmed at booking, and the rental agreement states the rest.

Ask about the deposit and the excess when you book: those are the two lines that decide what the rental actually costs you if something goes wrong, and they are agreed, not guessed.

Car rental at the Barcelona cruise port vehicle choice

We keep 136 cars on this page across 14 classes, so the choice comes down to luggage, seats and gearbox rather than to a single size of vehicle. Cruise passengers arrive with fixed bags and a fixed timetable, which makes the boot and the seat count the two numbers worth checking before anything else.

Fleet classes and what each one suits

Named models you can book

• Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto: both Economy hatchbacks with 5 seats, Petrol, manual, 1.0 L, 67 hp, €19 a day.
• Dacia Sandero: Economy, 5 seats, Petrol/LPG, manual, 1.0 L, 90 hp, €22 a day.
• Toyota Yaris: Economy, 5 seats, Hybrid, automatic, 1.5 L, 116 hp, €29 a day.
• Citroen e-C3 and Fiat 500e: Electric, automatic, 113 hp and 118 hp, €34 a day; the e-C3 seats 5, the 500e seats 4.
• Dacia Duster: SUV, 5 seats, Petrol/LPG, manual, 1.2 L, 130 hp, €42 a day, with front-wheel or 4x4 drive.

The cheapest cars we deliver to the port are the Fiat Panda, Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto, all at €19 a day. Most of the entry models come with a manual gearbox, and only a few of them are automatic — the Lancia Ypsilon at €26 and the Toyota Yaris at €29 are the cheapest automatics on this page, so if you do not drive manual, book early rather than on the morning your ship docks. Whatever you pick, the model is confirmed with a manager when the booking is agreed, so ask for the exact car rather than the class alone.

Prices for car rental at the Barcelona cruise port

Prices for car rental at the Barcelona cruise port start at €19 a day and reach €1,490 a day for the top end of the fleet. A week begins at €114 and a month at €399. The figure you are quoted depends on the class you pick, the dates and how long you keep the car — everything is confirmed with a manager before you travel.

Daily, weekly and monthly rates

Our prices on this page run from €19 to €1,490 per day; a week starts at €114 and a month at €399. Weekly pricing is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21. At the cheap end, the Fiat Panda, Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto all sit at €19 a day, and a week in any of them starts at €114. Move up to a Crossover at €38 or an SUV at €42 and the monthly figure for the Dacia Duster lands at €882.

What the price includes and what is agreed at booking

Every booking includes the Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil, as Spanish law requires.

• Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil: the compulsory third-party cover, included in every booking by law and valid even if the driver at the wheel was not named on the agreement.

Picking up your rental car at the cruise port

Collecting a car at Moll Adossat is a short, agreed procedure: you tell us the ship, the terminal and the time you clear the gangway, and the car is waiting when you walk out. Nothing is fixed by a desk or a queue — the hand-over point and the moment are settled when you book.

Where the car meets you at Moll Adossat

Rent-Trip delivers the car to the Port of Barcelona cruise terminals, so you collect it where you disembark rather than travelling to a depot. Moll Adossat carries Terminals A, B, C, D and E along one pier. Tell the manager your terminal letter and your ship's arrival slot when you book, and the car is positioned for that terminal.

The papers you carry and the rules that follow you

European Union and European Economic Area licences are valid in Spain as they stand; a licence issued outside that area is accepted if it is valid, if you are old enough for the equivalent category, and if less than six months have passed since you took up ordinary residence in Spain. A licence not written in Spanish is accepted either with an official certified translation or if it was issued on the Appendix 9 of the Geneva Convention or Appendix 6 of the Vienna Convention model — the DGT advises getting a Permiso Internacional de Conducción before you travel, and it is shown only together with your passport and your national licence. Fines for parking and for unpaid tolls fall on the owner or the keeper of the car, while moving offences, alcohol and drugs fall on whoever was driving.

Driving a rental car from the cruise port into the city

From Moll Adossat to the city centre is roughly 5 km, and you drive it yourself in the car we hand over at the terminal. Traffic in Spain moves on the right and every car we supply is left-hand drive.

Driving into the ZBE Rondes de Barcelona

The Zona de Bajas Emisiones Rondes de Barcelona (ZBE Rondes BCN) covers more than 95 km² — the whole municipality except the Zona Franca industrial estate and the Vallvidrera – el Tibidabo i les Planes neighbourhood, plus L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs and parts of Esplugues de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat. It runs on working days, Monday to Friday.

Parking and paying for the road

Paid street parking is split into AREA Blava A at €2.5 per hour and AREA Blava B at €2.25 per hour, and the meters operate during set hours. Fuel is Gasolina 95 E5, averaging 1.953 across 74 filling stations in the municipal survey. Fill up before you hand the car back.

Day trips from the cruise port in a rental car

A cruise call in Barcelona is usually a single day, and the car you collect at Moll Adossat decides how far that day reaches. Here is what the fleet actually opens up.

What you can reach in a day from the cruise port

• Montserrat: the mountain monastery inland, about an hour by motorway.
• Girona: the old quarter and the cathedral, around 100 km north-east, comfortable in a Comfort class car from €40.
• Penedès wine country: the vineyards west of the city, under an hour.

Driving out of the city in a rental car

The first fifteen minutes are the part worth planning. From Moll Adossat the Rondes B-10 and B-20 take you around the city rather than through it — the general limit on those two is 80 km/h inside the built-up area, and 120 km/h once you are on the autopista beyond it. The C-16 towards Sant Cugat and the Vallès runs through the Túnels de Vallvidrera, a toll section. The city sits inside the Zona de Bajas Emisiones Rondas de Barcelona, which covers more than 95 km² of the municipality and extends into L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs and parts of Esplugues de Llobregat and Cornellà de Llobregat; it operates on working days, Monday to Friday.

Fuelling on a day trip

On a petrol or diesel car the tank policy is lleno a lleno — you collect it full and return it full — and the fuel you will find on the forecourt is gasolina 95 or gasóleo A. Whatever your route, the hand-over time at the terminal is agreed with a manager when you book, so a late return from Girona is a conversation, not a surprise.

Documents, insurance and rules for your rental car

Spain requires every car on the road to carry Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil, and it comes with your booking by law: 70,000,000 EUR per incident for personal injury and 15,000,000 EUR for property damage. What that policy does not cover is the car itself or the driver. Ask the manager what applies to the class you booked before you confirm.

Licences and documents

• EU/EEA licence: fully valid in Spain while it has not expired, with nothing extra required and no international permit needed.
• Permiso Internacional de Conducción: an additional document only — it is shown together with your passport and your national licence, never on its own, and it runs for one year.
• Third-country licence: valid if it is current, if you are old enough for the equivalent Spanish category, and if six months have not passed since you took up ordinary residence in Spain; the DGT advises getting an international permit before the trip.
• Licence not in Spanish: valid with an official certified translation into Spanish, or if it was issued on the Appendix 9 Geneva or Appendix 6 Vienna model.

What the price must include

A declared price in Spain has to include every mandatory charge you cannot legally drive without — the obligatory third-party policy, the young-driver surcharge and the like. At hand-over, all scratches and dents must be written into the contract or the inspection sheet before you leave, signed by both sides, with a copy for you; without that record, the damage is charged to you. If the model you booked is not there, you can ask for another car at no extra cost, even a class above, and if you are given a lower class the price must come down. Driving under the influence, using a phone in your hand and skipping a child seat are all fined separately, and the driver is the one who answers for them.