There is a wide range of car hire companies at Mallorca Airport. We recommend that especially for Summer and Fall 2020 you check online for special offers at an early stage and book a hired car online in our comparison service. This way you save money and know in advance that you will get a hired car at Palma de Mallorca airport. Once you have received the key to your rented car, you can make many beautiful excursions on the island. For example, we recommend a drive to the old town of Palma or to the seaside resort of Cala Millor. With a hired car, you are flexible on the island and can discover beautiful places on Mallorca that you would not be able to reach without a hired car.
The months July and August are ideal for a holiday on the beach with temperatures up to 31 degrees and over 10 hours of sunshine. In September you can still expect summer temperatures, while the water is still warm. The October in Mallorca is the perfect escape to catch some sun with temperatures up to 23 degrees and ideal for a road trip.
Drive with the hired car through Mallorca
Explore Palma de Mallorca
You will find the pick-up points for the hired car at Mallorca Airport in the arrivals hall directly behind customs. Some car hire companies do not have their own counter in the departure lounge. However, these car hire companies offer a shuttle service to the pick-up points. Look in front of the departure hall for minibuses with the name of the respective car hire company. You will then receive the keys for the hired car at the pick-up station, where you will also have to pay the deposit for the hired car, which in most cases will be paid by credit card. You can then pick up your hired car in the parking garage on the ground floor P0 in front of the airport terminal.
Via Driveboo.com you can hire a car online with all major car hire companies at Mallorca Airport. Simply compare the different offers online and find a good deal for your holidays.
If you book with one of these car hire companies, just take a look at the shuttles to get to the parking when arriving at the airport. After a quick shuttle ride, you can pick up your hired car.
The nearest petrol station at Palma de Mallorca Airport is located in the immediate vicinity of the airport area on the feeder road (Repsol petrol station). A cheaper one is the BP gas station in ARENAL/PLAYA DE PALMA (Avenida América 18,07600 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain). The BP petrol station in Arenal is occupied from 6.00 a. m. to 10.00 p. m., which may well be during the time of arrival of the flights at Palma de Mallorca airport. As a rule, you can hire the rental cars cheaply on the Internet with a full tank at delivery. Compare car hire deals for Mallorca best a few weeks before your holiday. This way you can get early booking offers for your hired car at Palma de Mallorca Airport.
If you have booked a hired car without a Fair Tank Plan, you will need a petrol station immediately after picking it up at the airport to fill the almost empty tank of your car. Only with the selection of "Fair Tank Regulation" you will get the hired car with a full tank from the car hire company at the airport PMI provided. Another petrol station, about 5 km from the airport, is open until midnight. For your holiday with the hired car, which you could hire cheaply through the online price comparison, you have to know that the petrol station network on the island of Mallorca is very dense. The island has many petrol stations, especially on the highways and expressways, as well as in the larger towns along the arterial roads. Ask in advance at the pick-up point of the car hire company what you need to refuel the car, which you could hire at a reasonable price. For example, at petrol stations like ours there is the Super, as well as the Super Plus. Often the fuel is a little more expensive on Mallorca than in Spain on the mainland.
| City name | Distance to the Airport PMI | Driving time from PMI |
|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca down town | 9 km | 12 Minuten |
| Alcudia | 62 km | 45 Minuten |
| Sa Coma | 65 km | 60 Minuten |
| Paguera | 32 km | 30 Minuten |
| Can Picafort | 65 km | 50 Minuten |
| Cala Ratjada | 77 km | 60 Minuten |
Streets in the old town of Alcudia
Enjoy the sun in Port de Soller
If you have rented your car, which you could already book in advance in the online price comparison at the pick-up point, then you will quickly reach Palma de Mallorca by car. The airport is only a 10-minute drive from the city of Palma and has good road connections in all directions on the island.
To get to Palma de Mallorca, you need to take the Ma-19 motorway that takes you directly to the centre of the capital by car hire company. To the north you drive by car of the car hire via the motorway Ma-13 as well as to the east via the motorway Ma-15, both of which can also be reached via the feeder road.
The driveways are all well signposted, so you won't have any problems finding your way to your holiday accommodation with your local car hire company. Of course, taxis are also available at Palma de Mallorca airport, but longer journeys are not so cheap. You will also have to pay extra for your baggage if you take a taxi. There is also a bus line directly to Palma de Mallorca at Palma de Mallorca airport.
But with a car hire company at the airport, which you could hire cheaply before your holiday via the Internet, you are independent of public transport or local tour operators during your entire holiday on the beautiful Balearic island and can therefore plan your trips to Mallorca individually.
Since Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is very clearly arranged with only one international terminal, you can also reach Palma de Mallorca quickly from the baggage carousel through the airlock, the pick-up point of your car hire company, which you could already book in advance via the price comparison on the Internet.
You can already see the different providers with their pick-up station and you don't have to search for a long time. Since the island of Mallorca is very frequented during the summer months, you have to be prepared for a waiting period when picking up your pre-booked hired car. If you have been able to hire the car cheaply through the Internet price comparison, there is also the option of express rental. Then the waiting time is shortened. Many holidaymakers on the island have also booked a hired car, which they now want to pick up. In addition, the journey from the airport to city centre Palma de Mallorca takes only about 10 minutes.
If you are planning your next holiday on the beautiful island of Mallorca, the capital Palma de Mallorca offers you a lot. Here you can spend a quiet beach day on one of the beautiful, remote beaches, or celebrate all day long on a beach near the city.
With its many boutiques of renowned designers, the old town offers many shopping opportunities, while the small taverns and cafés between the shops invite you to linger. And in the evening, many bars, discotheques and nightclubs offer endless celebration possibilities. The Cathedral of Palma is enthroned above all directly at the beautiful marina. For the city and the surrounding area, if you want to be independent of public transport and local travel agencies, you need a car hire service provided directly at the Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) collection point. You can find and hire this hired car on the Internet before you start your journey by comparing prices.
The Palma de Mallorca (PMI) international airport, or Aeropuerto de San Juan in Spanish, is the only airport on the Balearic island of Mallorca. However, it is also the third-largest airport after Madrid and Barcelona of the whole of Spain and handles daily many flights from Europe airports.
Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) is about eight kilometres from the island's capital, Palma. With a hired car from a local car hire company you will reach your destination quickly. We recommend to use our price comparison. Although Palma de Mallorca Airport has four terminals, it is quite clearly arranged. International flights usually arrive at the main terminal. The offer for shops ranges from the typical leather goods, jewellery, shoes, toys, clothing to tobacco articles, delicacies, sweets and flowers. You will also find a wide range of food and drinks at the Palma de Mallorca (PMI) airport. There are cafés, bars, bistros, restaurants and fast food.
Hire a car and explore the landscape of Mallorca
Visit the cathedral in Palma de Mallorca
