Jávea (Xàbia)
No international offices in town, but a dense network of local family-run rental firms — the list is confirmed by the town hall’s own tourism portal. Jávea spreads across three widely separated areas, so a car genuinely helps here.
What it costs
There is no public per-class price list for this town: the big companies price dynamically by date. As a Spain-wide benchmark, expect around €90 per day off-peak and around €175 in August.
Where to rent
- Autos Jávea (Cannon Rent-a-car)office in townlocal
- BlancaCarsoffice in townlocal
- Eurorent Jáveaoffice in townlocal
- Jávea Carsoffice in townlocal
- Solcar rent a caroffice in townlocal
Good to know
- The town has three parts — the old Jávea Pueblo, the port and Arenal beach, plus the Cap de la Nau — with real distances between them and weak public transport.
- BlancaCars delivers free of charge across the northern Costa Blanca and to both Alicante and Valencia airports — handy if you would rather not collect at the airport.
- Paid-zone hours and tariffs for Jávea are not published online — go by the road markings on the spot.
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.