Alicante and ALC airport
The region’s main rental hub: around eight desks inside the ALC arrivals hall, plus a dozen more companies handing over cars via shuttle just outside the terminal. The widest choice and the sharpest pricing on the coast.
What it costs
There is no public per-class price list for this town: the big companies price dynamically by date. As a benchmark from price aggregators (Kayak, DiscoverCars, November 2026), a small car on the Costa Blanca costs around €25–40 per day off-peak, and two to three times that in summer.
Where to rent
- Centauroairport onlychain
- Europcarairport onlychain
- Fireflyairport onlychain
- Goldcarairport onlychain
- Hertzairport onlychain
- Sixtairport onlychain
- Solmarairport onlylocal
- Victoria Carsairport onlylocal
- Malco Rent a Carairport onlylocal
- Hertz / Avis / Enterpriseoffice in townchain
Good to know
- Desks inside the terminal (Centauro, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt, Goldcar, Solmar and others) are the convenient option: shuttle-based companies — Record Go, Drivalia, Wiber, Clickrent — look cheaper but add a transfer to their office and a queue.
- The AP-7 ring road around Alicante is toll-free — the exemption has been extended indefinitely.
- The city centre and Postiguet beach area are covered by the paid ORA blue zone.
- You don’t need a car for Alicante itself — the centre is compact and walkable. You need it for trips along the coast.
Rental terms in Spain
- The deposit (fianza) is blocked on a credit card: usually €800–2,000 depending on the class. Major chains often refuse debit cards. Buying out the excess at the desk costs €15–30 a day; a third-party policy bought in advance is cheaper.
- Minimum age is typically 21 with at least a year of driving experience. Drivers under 25 pay a young-driver fee of €10–25 a day, and some classes are off limits to them entirely.
- Russia, Ukraine and Belarus are parties to the Vienna Convention, as is Spain, so national licences are legally valid. But they are in Cyrillic, and in practice both rental desks and traffic police expect an International Driving Permit alongside the national one — bring it.
- Choose full-to-full: pick the car up with a full tank, return it full. Full-to-empty schemes almost always mean overpaying. Refuel within 10–15 km of the drop-off and photograph the dashboard and the receipt.
- Add a second driver when booking: at the desk it runs from €2 a day with some companies to €12 with others. The desk is also where you will be offered “super insurance” at a higher price than the same cover bought online.
- The AP-7 along the whole Costa Blanca and up to Valencia is currently toll-free, including the Alicante ring road. Paid sections remain only south of Crevillente.