Car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

125 cars for Costa Brava, delivered to Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc from €22 a day, with weekly rates from €132 and monthly from €462. We bring the car to the address you agree with a manager, whether that is a hotel in Palafrugell, a villa above Calella de Palafrugell or a seafront flat in Llafranc.

What car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc covers

This page covers self-drive car hire in Palafrugell, Calella de Palafrugell and Llafranc, with the vehicle brought to the address you name. Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) and Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) are hand-over points too, and every detail is settled with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Where we deliver a rental car on the Costa Brava

We deliver the car to any address in the Costa Brava towns we have a page for, and to Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) and Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN). That means a villa above Llafranc, an apartment block in Palafrugell or a hotel in Calella de Palafrugell — you give the address, we bring the keys to it. Nothing about the hand-over is left to guesswork: the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so the car arrives where and when you said. Delivery outside those areas is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site — ask the manager before you plan the route.

125 cars on this page and what the fleet includes

125 cars are available on this page, from €22 to €1,100 per day, across 13 classes. The spread runs from Economy hatchbacks through Crossover, Comfort, Sedan, SUV, Premium, Passenger vans, Minivans, Commercial, Convertibles, Electric, Luxury and Exotic, so the choice is made on seats, fuel and gearbox rather than on a badge. There are 20 Economy cars from €22, 20 Crossover from €38, 15 Comfort from €35 and 12 Premium from €50; Electric starts at €40 and Exotic at €500. Fuel types are Diesel, Electric, Hybrid and Petrol; transmissions are Automatic and Manual. Seat counts run 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, so a group can be matched by seats rather than by class name.

What the price you see already covers

• Delivery to your address: the car comes to the place you named in Palafrugell, Calella de Palafrugell, Llafranc, GRO or BCN; any delivery fee is set out in the rental agreement.
• A full tank at hand-over: the car is supplied clean with a full tank and returned full — full-to-full, lleno-lleno in Spain.
• The rental agreement: insurance, deposit and any excess are set out in the rental agreement, not in a headline price.

How delivery and hand-over work for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and the car arrives clean with a full tank. The hand-over is arranged when booking.

Agreeing the delivery address, date and time

The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. Tell the manager the street and the number in Palafrugell, Calella de Palafrugell or Llafranc, or the arrival time at Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) or Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), and the hand-over point is set from that message. Fixing the address first avoids a second trip — the hand-over point is the one you named.

Full-to-full fuel and the condition of the car

The car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank (full-to-full; in Spain: lleno-lleno). Otherwise the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. No other fuel option — a pre-paid tank, full-to-empty — is offered on the site, so the last refill is part of your route planning, not a formality at the end. Check the fuel gauge and the bodywork together at hand-over and note anything you see before you drive off — a scratch recorded at the start is a scratch nobody argues about at the end.

Daily rates by class

Weekly is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21, so the class sets the rate and the length of the booking sets the total. The full range on this page runs from €22 to €1,100 per day, and the deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement.

Classes and prices for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

Thirteen classes sit between Economy and Exotic on this page, and every price is a daily rate you can multiply out. The table below gives the entry figure for each class and how many cars we hold in it.

Prices by class

Weekly is daily × 6 and monthly is daily × 21, so the cheapest Economy car costs €132 for a week and €462 for a month, and the top of the range runs to €1,100 per day. Multiply the class rate you need before comparing two bookings — a longer hire changes the total, not the class you drive.

Named models you can book

Citroen C1, Ford Ka+, Kia Picanto, Peugeot 108, Smart Forfour and Toyota Aygo X are the €22–€23 entry models, all four-seat hatchbacks.

Above Economy, Rent-Trip holds twenty Crossovers from €38, fifteen Comfort cars from €35, twelve Premium from €50 and nine SUVs from €50. For a group, the seat counts run 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, so a party of six or seven is matched by seats rather than by class name. Nine-seat passenger vans start at €90, seven-seat minivans at €60, and two- and three-seat Commercial vans at €60. Fuel types across the fleet are Diesel, Electric, Hybrid and Petrol; transmissions are Automatic and Manual, with the manual cars dominant in the cheaper classes.

• Economy: 20 cars from €22 — the entry band, all hatchbacks with four or five seats.
• Convertibles and Exotic: 7 from €70 and 5 from €500 — open-top and high-performance driving on the coastal stretches.
• Electric: 5 automatic cars from €40, starting with the Fiat 500e, a four-seater with a 24 kWh battery.

If you want an automatic, book it early: in Economy only three of the twenty cars have one.

Choosing your car for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

The right car here is decided by three things: how many seats you need, how much boot space the luggage takes, and whether you are willing to drive a manual. Our fleet on this page runs from 2 seats to 9, so a family of five and a group of eight are matched differently — not by class name, but by the seat count that actually fits everyone.

Matching seats and luggage to the trip

• Two couples sharing costs: Mini One 5-door or Peugeot 308 — automatic, 5 seats, €40 per day, and the driving is shared without anyone fighting a clutch.

Automatic, hybrid or electric

If you want to plug in rather than refuel, Fiat 500e at €40 per day is the cheapest of the five electric cars here, with 4 seats and a 24 kWh battery.

When a bigger car is the wrong answer

Pick the smallest car that carries your group, then spend the difference on the days you actually drive.

Driving and parking around car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

Speed limits, the ZBE badge and the blue parking zones are the three things worth knowing before you leave the hand-over point.

Speed limits you will meet on the coast roads

The Girona low-emission zone and rental cars

The Zona de baixes emissions (ZBE) de Girona applies from 15.09.2025, Monday to Friday on working days, 7:00–20:00, covering the area from la Devesa park to c. d'Emili Grahit and from c. del Riu Güell to c. del Carme and Barri Vell. Cars without a DGT environmental badge that are not registered in Girona are the ones restricted; enforcement is by cameras reading number plates, so there is no sticker to display and nothing to arrange at the roadside. Spanish fleets carry the DGT badge, which means a car from Rent-Trip is not affected by the restriction. Visitors get 24 days a year inside the zone during restricted hours without a permit, and foreign plates can obtain a temporary authorisation where the vehicle meets the technical and environmental requirements.

Parking along the Costa Brava

• Zona blava, Girona: Monday to Saturday on working days, 09:30–13:00 and 16:00–20:00, at €1.20 per hour with a two-hour maximum, so €2.40 for the full stay.
• Zona verda, Girona: non-residents pay the same €1.20 per hour for up to two hours; hours differ between Pedreres–Vista Alegre and Güell–Devesa.
• Lloret de Mar, Can Lloranes: 160 spaces, around €15 per day from 23 June to 11 September, free outside that window.
• Lloret de Mar, Avinguda Alegries: 200 park-and-ride spaces, free when you stay longer than 12 hours, with a free bus ticket into the centre, from 15 June to 15 September.
• Lloret de Mar, zona blava: zone A (Tarradellas, Francesc Macià) runs all year with seasonal hours; zone C (Fenals, Canyelles, Boadella, Can Lloranes) runs 23 June–11 September.

Tolls and fuel on the way

The AP-7 corridor between Barcelona, Girona and the French border has been toll-free since 01.09.2021, and the C-32 Maresme and C-33 Barcelona–Montmeló barriers came down the same year, so the classic airport runs carry no peaje. What remains in Catalonia is the C-16 (Cadí, Vallvidrera, Sant Cugat–Terrassa–Manresa) and the southern C-32 towards Castelldefels–Sitges–El Vendrell, with the Vallcarca barrier at €8.42 and Cubelles at €5.03 in category 2 — neither sits on a Costa Brava route. Petrol 95 E5 averages €1.94 a litre across the province of Girona and €1.956 along the coast, with 250 filling stations in the province and 58 on the coast; diesel averages €1.922 provincial and €1.932 coastal. Fill up away from the seafront where you can — the coast stations run a couple of cents above the provincial average, and the car goes back full-to-full anyway.

Documents, insurance and deposit for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

Everything else, including the deposit and the excess, is set out in the agreement you sign with us on the Costa Brava.

Driving licence, passport and the International Driving Permit

• EU/EEA licence: valid in Spain exactly as issued, for as long as it has not expired — nothing extra is required, and no IDP is needed.
• Non-EU licence: DGT recommends getting an International Driving Permit before the trip and carrying it together with your passport and your national licence.
• Licence not in Spanish: it is valid either with an official sworn translation into Spanish or if it was issued under Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention.
• Permiso Internacional de Conducción: a supplementary document only — it is shown together with the passport and the national licence, never on its own, and it is valid for one year.
• Six-month rule: six months after you take up ordinary residence in Spain, a third-country licence stops being valid and must be exchanged.
• Passport or ID: the original, in the name of the main driver — a company requirement, not a DGT rule.

Insurance that comes with the car and the cover you can add

Compulsory third-party cover is included in every booking and applies always — even if the person driving was not named in the agreement. Under Spanish law it pays 70,000,000 EUR per incident for personal injury, however many people are hurt, and 15,000,000 EUR per incident for property damage; it does not cover the driver or the car itself. The excess itself is printed in the agreement whatever cover you buy, and the deposit is agreed when booking.

What to check before you drive away

Spanish consumer rules give you two useful rights at hand-over. Every scratch and dent must be written into the agreement or the inspection sheet before you leave, the document is signed by both sides and you keep a copy — otherwise the damage is charged to you. And if the model you booked is not available, you may ask for another car at no extra cost, even one class higher; if you are given a lower class, the price must come down. If the car does not match the agreed conditions — automatic gearbox, four doors — you can cancel the booking and get the prepayment back.

Driving rules that affect your cover

Speeding fines run from 100 EUR with no points to 600 EUR with six, and exceeding the limit by more than 60 km/h in town or 80 km/h outside it becomes a criminal offence rather than an administrative one. Alcohol limits are 0.25 mg/l of breath for most drivers and 0.15 mg/l for the first two years and for professional drivers; above 0.60 mg/l it is a crime. Using a phone in your hand costs 200 EUR and six points, and a child under 135 cm needs an SRI seat. Fines are paid at 50% if settled within 20 calendar days — worth knowing before you hand the car back and fly home.

Longer bookings and the return point for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

How weekly and monthly rates are calculated

Weekly hire in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc is charged as the daily rate multiplied by six, and monthly hire as the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one. At the entry price of €22 per day that puts a week at €132 and a month at €462; the same multipliers apply up the whole range, so a Premium car from €50 per day comes to €300 weekly and €1,050 monthly. If your dates straddle a weekend, compare the weekly total against the daily figure before you confirm: on a seven-day booking the multiplier of six is what makes the difference, and it is worked out from the daily rate of the class you actually chose, not from the cheapest car on the page.

Where the car goes back

A return in a different place from the delivery is not promised on the site — ask about it when you book, not on the last day.

What to confirm before a long booking

• Length of hire: the multiplier is applied to the daily rate of your class, so a month at €35 per day is €735, not a flat monthly price.
• Fuel on return: the car comes with a full tank and goes back full (lleno-lleno); the last refill belongs before the return, not after it.
• Deposit and excess: both are set out in the rental agreement, and the amount is confirmed before you sign anything.

Practical takeaways for car rental in Palafrugell, Calella and Llafranc

A car turns three separate resorts into one coastline.

Book by seats, not by class name. Our fleet on this page runs from 2 to 9 seats, so a family of five fits an Economy hatchback as easily as a larger, pricier model.

• Two to four travellers: Economy from €22 per day — Citroen C1, Kia Picanto, Peugeot 108 and Toyota Aygo X all seat four.
• Seven to nine seats: Passenger vans from €90 per day, with 7-seat minivans from €60.
• Longer trips: weekly is daily x 6 (from €132) and monthly is daily x 21 (from €462).

Sort the practical side before you arrive. The delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed — and the car comes to you clean and with a full tank, which you return full (lleno-lleno). The AP-7 corridor from Barcelona to the French border has been toll-free since 01.09.2021, and the C-32 Maresme route towards Blanes and Lloret de Mar is free too — the two remaining tolled stretches sit far to the south and west, away from any Costa Brava itinerary.

Insurance, the deposit and the excess are set out in the rental agreement, and any question about them is worth clearing with the manager while the booking is still being agreed rather than at the hand-over. One more thing worth knowing: Girona's Zona de baixes emissions (ZBE) applies from 15.09.2025, 7:00–20:00, Monday to Friday on working days, and cars without a DGT environmental badge that are not registered in Girona are the ones restricted.