After our six nights in Sevilla, we plan to rent a car to explore smaller Andalucia towns for seven nights. Looking at car rental agencies at Santa Justa, the Google reviews are depressing and generally terrible!
Has anyone rented a car here and have a recommendation? Any input is appreciated.
You will find several of the major agencies available at the Santa Justa station: Avis, Budget, Europecar & Hertz. I recommend using Auto Europe, who is a consolidator: www.autoeurope.com
I usually take a taxi from my hotel in Sevilla to the airport, which is just outside of town and pick up a car there. Car rentals are often more expansive at an airport location, but you don't have to deal with traffic and getting on the Autovia is easy.
We’ve been using Enterprise on our recent trips and it too has an office at San Justa. Which agency you choose shouldn’t make much of a difference. Personally, I stay clear of local only rental companies and stick with the major agencies.
Depending on the route you take to the small towns, you may never get onto an autovía (Autostradas are what highways are called in Italy, not Spain). A toll highway in Spain is an autopista. The main road heading south from Sevilla is the AP-4 and it’s a toll road. Since you have a few days, I recommend avoiding the autopista and take the smaller back roads to get to whichever towns you want to visit. As the distances are short the additional time it will take won’t be much and you’ll get to see countryside you’d otherwise miss.
Thank you for your input....makes me feel a bit better! And I appreciate the suggestion to avoid the autopista.
