Rent a Car in Torremolinos: Car Hire Guide for UK Travellers

Torremolinos is compact. Playa del Bajondillo and the Bajondillo cave, with its early human fossils, sit in the centre, and Playa de la Carihuela is barely half a mile along the shore. The Jardín Botánico Molino de Inca is a little over a mile away. For a beach fortnight based in town, many travellers manage without a car at all.

Where car hire in Torremolinos pays off is for the spread of sights just beyond walking range. Sea Life Benalmádena, Selwo Marina and the Castillo de Bil Bil are clustered around Arroyo de la Miel, about 2.5 miles west, while Playa de San Julián, Playa de Guadalmar, Bodegas Quitapenas, the Museum of Airports and Air Travel and Cerro del Villar all lie three to four miles towards Málaga. A car lets you string several of these into one day, and it suits families carrying beach kit or golfers heading to the Parador de Málaga Golf Club.

Málaga Airport (AGP) is the obvious collection point. It has direct flights from the United Kingdom and is around six minutes' drive from Torremolinos and eight from Arroyo de la Miel, so you can collect on arrival and be at your hotel almost before the paperwork is dry. Returning the car before your flight home is equally painless.

If you only want a car for a couple of days mid-holiday, look at the options for car rental in Torremolinos, Spain, or nearby Arroyo de la Miel, so you are not paying for days spent on a sunbed. Those arriving by sea will find Málaga's ferry port about 8 miles away, with Motril roughly 55 miles and Algeciras about 60 miles along the coast.

Most journeys here are short hops along the coast: the main sights sit within about four miles of the town centre, so you will rarely spend long behind the wheel. Remember that traffic keeps to the right, and give yourself time to get used to roundabouts on your first trip out of the airport.

The weather shapes the driving too. July and August reach around 31°C, so a car with working air conditioning matters and a shaded spot will spare you a scorching steering wheel. October is the wettest month, with about 112 mm of rain over 11 days, and March is also showery, so allow extra time on wet roads in those months. April to September and November are the most settled periods for exploring.

Choose a full-to-full fuel policy where you can: you collect the car with a full tank and return it full, paying only for the fuel you use. Check the excess carefully, as the standard figure can be high, and decide before you travel whether you want the rental desk's cover or a standalone excess policy bought in the UK.

If you are travelling with children, reserve child seats when you book rather than at the desk, and confirm the sizes. For anyone after cheap car hire in Torremolinos, booking early for school-holiday dates usually widens the choice, and the live comparison on this page lets you set suppliers side by side, alongside hotel prices and tours and tickets for the sights you plan to drive to.