Car rental for foreigners

A week of driving from Valencia to the Albufera, Sagunto and the Cullera coast starts with the right car — and for a foreign licence holder that means paperwork that actually works. Rent-Trip keeps 138 cars in Valencia, from €13 a day in Economy to €1,488 a day in the top class, and delivers the car to any address in Valencia and to Valencia Airport (VLC).

Documents a foreign driver needs for car rental in Valencia

Everything else — the card, the age, the surcharge — is settled with a manager when the booking is agreed.

Which licence works for hiring a car here

An EU/EEA driving licence — including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — is fully valid in Spain while it remains unexpired, and no international driving permit is needed alongside it. A third-country licence is valid for driving as a tourist, and the six-month clock starts only once you take up ordinary residence in Spain; after that the licence must be exchanged. If your permit is not written in Spanish, it is accepted when it follows the model of Annex 9 of the Geneva Convention or Annex 6 of the Vienna Convention, or when you carry an official certified translation into Spanish. For licences in Cyrillic, Arabic or character scripts, that in practice means either an international driving permit or a certified translation. The DGT advises getting the permit before the trip rather than counting on a translation at the counter.

Passport, card and the driver named on the booking

• Card: which cards are accepted for the deposit is agreed when booking.
• Minimum age and driving experience: driving in Spain starts at 18 for category B, while the rental minimum and the young-driver surcharge are the company's condition, not a rule of law.

Because the card and the age terms differ by company and by class, confirm them when the booking is agreed rather than at the moment the car arrives — the terms of the deposit and the card are set out in the rental agreement.

Car rental for foreigners in Valencia and driving licence rules

Spain drives on the right, and every car in our fleet is left-hand drive, so drivers from right-hand-traffic countries will find nothing reversed. The limits, the alcohol rules and the child-seat requirements are national, not municipal — they apply the same on the V-30 as on a street in Ruzafa. What does change is the low-emission zone, which has its own separate section below.

Speed limits and the rules that catch foreign drivers

• Autopista and autovía: 120 km/h for cars, motorcycles and motorhomes up to 3,500 kg.
• Conventional road outside town: 90 km/h, and the road owner may raise it to 100 km/h.
• City street, two or more lanes each way: 50 km/h, with bus and taxi lanes not counted as lanes.
• City street, one lane each way: 30 km/h, and a municipality can raise it to 50 km/h with a sign.
• Single-platform street: 20 km/h — the shared surface where the pavement and the roadway are one level.
• Alcohol: 0.25 mg/l of breath, and 0.15 mg/l for drivers in their first two years and for professionals.
• Phone in the hand: €200 and 6 points; child seats are mandatory up to 135 cm, and the driver answers for a child without one.

Speed fines run from €100 with no points to €600 with 6 points, and there is a 50% discount for paying within 20 calendar days.

Automatic or manual for a foreign driver

Manual is the base in Spanish hire and automatic sits in a separate, higher class — our fleet carries both, and the Toyota Yaris and Jeep Renegade come with automatic transmission. Match the transmission to what you actually drive at home.

What a day of driving costs by class

Weekly works out at the daily rate times six and monthly at the daily rate times twenty-one, so the longer you keep the car, the lower the day rate falls. Our prices start at €13 per day, and the exact car, class and dates are confirmed with a manager when you book.

Low-emission zone rules for car rental in Valencia

The ZBE València (Zona de Bajas Emisiones) covers 27.8 km² inside the Ronda Nord, the avenidas de Tarongers and Serradora, and the Bulevard Sud.

Does the low-emission zone affect a hire car

The phases run 01.12.2025–31.12.2026 for stickerless cars registered outside the province, 2027 for those registered outside the city, and from 01.01.2028 for all category A cars including residents. Enforcement is by cameras, round the clock, 365 days a year.

The fine and the electric option

If you would rather not think about it at all, our Electric class starts at €22 per day with the Fiat 500e, Peugeot e-208 and Renault 5 E-Tech, and the Nissan Leaf at €30 — nine electric cars in total, all automatic. A DANA moratorium also applies: until 31.12.2027 the restrictions are not enforced against stickerless cars whose owners are registered in municipalities hit by the 2024 DANA, and residents of the pedanías El Palmar, Pinedo and Castellar-Oliveral get a further year of deferral to 31.12.2028.

Where the zone sits on a normal route

• Port of Valencia: 9.9 km by road from Plaça de l'Ajuntament, roughly 17 minutes.

Parking inside the zone

Zona azul runs Monday to Saturday, 09:00–14:00 and 16:00–20:00 in the centre; the orange rotation hours differ by district, with Ciutat Vella on 9:00–20:00 and Ruzafa, El Botànic and La Roqueta on 9:00–19:00, and Saturday 9:00–15:00 everywhere.

Our fleet for car rental in Valencia

We hold 138 cars on this page, split into 14 classes from €13 to €1,488 per day. Every car is delivered to your address in the city or to Valencia Airport (VLC), and the delivery address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. Below is what actually sits in each class, so you can match the car to the trip rather than to a photograph.

Which class fits which trip

• Crossover — 14 cars from €33: the Kia Stonic, Jeep Avenger, Nissan Juke and Toyota Yaris Cross sit higher, which suits day trips out to Albufera and El Saler.
• Electric — 9 cars from €22: the Fiat 500e, Peugeot e-208, Renault 5 E-Tech and Nissan Leaf — all automatic, and no fuel bill at all.
• Passenger vans — 10 cars from €68 and Minivans — 8 cars from €52: the 7, 8 and 9-seat options for a group arriving on one booking.
• Premium — 13 cars from €51, Luxury — 9 cars from €336, Exotic — 12 cars from €800, Sports — 4 cars from €588: the upper end, up to the page maximum of €1,488 per day.

Automatic or manual, petrol or electric

Manual is the base in the Spanish market and automatic is a separate, higher class — our fleet carries both. The Toyota Yaris, Jeep Renegade, Toyota Yaris Cross, Peugeot e-208 and Nissan Leaf are automatic; the Ford Fiesta, Nissan Micra, Kia Picanto, Dacia Sandero and Seat Ibiza are manual. Fuel types across the 138 cars run from Petrol and Diesel through Hybrid, Mild Hybrid / Diesel and Plug-in Hybrid to pure Electric, and the cars are left-hand drive because traffic here drives on the right.

Seats, gearboxes and the rest of the specification

A second one is seats — a 4-seat Kia Picanto or Fiat 500 will not take five. Rent-Trip supplies the car clean and with a full tank, and it comes back full; the fuel and refuelling details sit in the rental agreement.

Prices for car rental in Valencia

Rent-Trip prices for car rental in Valencia run from €13 to €1,488 per day across 138 cars on this page. Longer bookings are calculated on the same daily rate: weekly from €78, monthly from €273. The deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery charge are set out in the rental agreement, not in the price you see.

What drives the daily price

• Transmission: automatic cars cost a little more than the manual equivalent — the Toyota Yaris at €15 against the Ford Fiesta at €13.
• Fuel type: Electric starts at €22 per day, petrol Economy at €13, hybrid crossovers from €34.
• Seats and body: 5-seat hatchbacks sit at the bottom, 7 to 9 seats push the daily rate up sharply.

Class by class, from the cheapest upward

The cheapest cars on the page are the Ford Fiesta and the Nissan Micra at €13 per day, both 1.0-litre petrol manuals with five seats. The Kia Picanto follows at €15, the Toyota Yaris at €15 with a hybrid automatic, and the Dacia Sandero at €16. At the other end, the Exotic class starts at €800 per day, and the page tops out at €1,488.

Weekly and monthly rates

Weekly pricing is the daily rate multiplied by six, and monthly pricing is the daily rate multiplied by twenty-one. A car at €13 per day therefore comes to €78 for a week and €273 for a month. If you are staying longer than a few days, ask the manager to quote the weekly or monthly figure for the exact model you want — the arithmetic is fixed, but which class is still available is not.

One practical note: the gap between Economy and Crossover is €20 a day, which over a month is €420.

Delivery and hand-over for car rental in Valencia

We deliver the car to any address in Valencia and to Valencia Airport (VLC). The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed — nothing about the hand-over is decided at the kerb.

Where we bring the car

• Any address in the city: your hotel, apartment or a friend's flat — give the address and the manager confirms whether it works for the chosen date.
• Valencia Airport (VLC): the terminal in Manises, 12.6 km by road from Plaça de l'Ajuntament, about 26 minutes without traffic.
• Joaquín Sorolla station: the high-speed rail station, convenient if you arrive by train rather than by plane.
• Feria Valencia: Avenida de las Ferias s/n, 46035 València (Benimàmet), for exhibition and congress weeks.

Fixed before the booking, not at the kerb

Delivery outside Valencia is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site, so ask before you book rather than after.

Fuel and condition at hand-over

• Full-to-full: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank (lleno-lleno). Anything else — the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee — is charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Clean car, full tank: that is the condition you receive it in, and a full tank is what we expect back.
• No other fuel option: a pre-paid tank or full-to-empty is not offered.
• Inspection at hand-over: scratches and dents are written into the rental agreement or the inspection sheet before you drive away; both sides sign and you keep a copy.

Insurance, deposit and the rental agreement for car rental in Valencia

Every car we hand over in Valencia carries Seguro Obligatorio de Responsabilidad Civil, the compulsory third-party cover that Spanish law attaches to any vehicle legally on the road. It runs with the car, not with the driver on the paperwork, and it pays third parties — never your own vehicle and never you. The statutory limits are 70,000,000 EUR per incident for personal injury, however many people are hurt, and 15,000,000 EUR per incident for property damage (Real Decreto Legislativo 8/2004, article 4.2, as amended by Ley 5/2025, in force since 26.07.2025). Damage to the vehicle itself is a separate question, and that is where CDW and the excess come in.

• CDW (Collision Damage Waiver): an option that removes your liability for damage to the car in a collision with another vehicle or an object, except for the excess. Vandalism is excluded unless it happened while the car was in your use.
• THW (Theft Protection): an option covering full or partial theft and vandalism damage, again except for the excess.
• Excess (franquicia): the amount you pay yourself when there is damage. It is printed in the agreement.

The deposit is held against possible damage and extras; the card and the amount are agreed when booking. What we do fix is the fuel rule: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank. Full-to-full, lleno-lleno. If it comes back short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the agreement.

Before you drive off, walk the car with whoever hands it over and get every scratch and dent written into the agreement or the inspection sheet — both sides sign it and you keep a copy. Spanish consumer rules put the burden on you otherwise: without that record, existing damage can be pinned on the renter. If the model you booked is not available, you may ask for another car at no extra cost, even a higher class; if you are given a lower class, the price should come down. Cards accepted, minimum age, the young-driver surcharge and the territory you may drive in are not fixed by Spanish law and are not our standing terms either — they are agreed with a manager when booking, and confirmed before the booking is fixed.

What to settle before you book car rental in Valencia

The booking is not confirmed by the form on the site — it is confirmed by a manager, and the details that decide your trip are settled in that conversation. Here is what to have ready.

The delivery point, date and time

• Address: any address in the city works, including the airport at Manises — the exact point, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

The driver, the licence and the card

• Main driver: the documents the main driver has to present are set out in the rental agreement and confirmed when booking.
• Licence format: if yours is not in Spanish and not in Annex 9 or Annex 6 format, sort out an IDP or a certified Spanish translation before you fly.
• Deposit and cards: the deposit, the excess, the minimum age and the young-driver surcharge are set out in the rental agreement and confirmed when booking — they are not fixed by Spanish law, so ask rather than assume.

The car itself

• Fuel: the car comes clean with a full tank and goes back full — full-to-full, lleno-lleno; no other fuel option is offered.

One practical note from our side: the ZBE phases run through 2028, but a car with a sticker is not restricted — so if you plan to drive into the centre daily, put the sticker question in the same message as the delivery address and it is resolved in one reply.