EUROPCAR Car Rental at Mallorca Airport

As one of the world's most popular provider of leisure car rental, Europcar at Mallorca Airport can cater for pretty much every requirement and budget, be it for holidaymakers, second home owners on the island or for business travelers looking for something a little bit special when it comes to car hire.

The Palma-Santanyi motorway connects the airport with Palma and the 8 km/5 mile trip by car only takes 15 minutes or less. The Europcar Mallorca Airport car rental desk is conveniently located in the arrivals hall of the terminals and on the ground floor of the main car parking building. For enquiries and reservations customers should contact the company directly, either by telephone, fax or email or via Europcar's website:

Europcar Mallorca Airport, tel +34 971 746 540 / 902 105 055 (bookings), fax +34 971 789 143, www.europcar.es

Palma has wonderful historic parts, where you can stroll through cobbled streets under shady palm trees, stop off at a cosy restaurant for lunch or explore the many small souvenir shops, before heading off to Palma's main promenade to go shopping at the designer fashion outlets. At night Palma comes to life with stylish bars at the Passeign d'es Born throwing open their doors to clientele from around the world, who have fallen under the Mediterranean spell of Mallorca.

Palma's ancient roots can be seen throughout the city, none more so than along the ancient city walls that once fortified the city. At the top run galleries and a walkway provides wonderful views. The architecture ranges from 10th century to modern 21st century splendour. The 17th century city hall, also known as Ajuntament, is located at the Placa Cort, a vibrant shopping district of Palma.

While many tourist attractions within Palma can be explored on foot or by taking an open-top, double decker city tour bus, the 80 or so wonderful beaches of Mallorca are best visited by hiring a car.

For a couple on honeymoon or their first holiday together Europcar Mallorca Airport can provide a vehicle from their Mini range – something like the Renault Clio or the VW Polo for example. Both cars are economical, particular for city driving, are environmentally friendly and have manual transmission. Both can be hired with unlimited mileage and come with air-conditioning.

Vehicles from the Compact category include the Fiat Linea and the SE Leon 1.9, while the Intermediate range of cars includes the Seat Altea XL and the Renault Fluence.

If you are travelling with your family and wish to visit the popular beach resort Magaluf, you'll need plenty of space for towels, inflatable crocodiles, bottles of sun lotion and a supply of drinks in a cool-box. Little ones won't stop pestering until you've taken them to Aquacity in the resort of S'Arsenal, where they can splash about safely and the plastic crocodile can be let loose, too. This amusement park has water-slides, several playground areas, large pools and small ones - and a café for Mum and Dad to get a rest.

Families need more spacious cars and here Europcar car hire Mallorca Airport can help with their range of medium range and full-sized cars like the Standard Seat Alhambra for example. For even more space - should your kids wish to take their dinghy – mini buses like the Mercedes Vito can seat up to 9 passengers and have plenty of space for luggage too.

Some of the beaches you can visit by hire car are the Portals Nous Beach, the Cala Portals Vells Beach, and the Badia de Palma area close to Palma or C'an Pere Antoni Beach, also near Palma. An outing to Marineland will please everyone in the family – the amusement park boasts the largest shark collection in Europe and also has real crocodiles and snakes on display in their zoo. A parrot circus adds to the other entertainments provided by shows with dolphins and sea lions.

For slightly less "fishy" outings, a short drive by hire car will take you to the 13th century Valldemosa Monastery and to Castell de Bellver; both are located just outside the city walls of Palma. The imposing Gothic castle with its three tall towers and four storeys, moat, museum, inner court yards and battlements is a splendid backdrop for impressive photographs to send home to friends and family.

For further information about Europcar car hire Palma de Mallorca Airport, please visit the above Europcar website or go to the official airport website at www.aena.es