SIXT Car Rental at Gran Canaria Airport

Gran Canaria Airport is located on the island of Gran Canaria, about halfway up the island's eastern coastline, and approximately 18 km from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and 25 km from popular southern holiday resorts. Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, found nearby Tenerife, and is home to an airport that handles over nine million passengers per annum, which makes it the largest airport on the Canaries, and also the fifth largest airport in Spain. Gran Canaria Airport is a hub for Binter Canarias, Islas Airways, Naysa and Ryanair, and consists of a single terminal building well-equipped will all kinds of facilities. Gran Canaria Airport car hire companies include Sixt, and many passengers arriving at the airport choose Sixt for their unique and innovative car rental services.

Sixt is a car hire company with many options that make the car rental process very quick and simple for customers. Everyone fond of hiring a vehicle from Sixt can apply for the Sixt Express Card, and make use of the Sixt Quick-Check-In terminals, and the services of Sixt Mobile-Check-In and Sixt Online-Check-In. The terminals allow customers to bypass the rental counters, and create their own rental contract in three easy steps. They will simply insert their Sixt Express Card or credit card into the machine to access their reservation, choose one of the three vehicles available and print their rental agreement. There are three kinds of Sixt Express Cards available. A conventional one with many benefits for all customers, occasional and frequent, the Sixt Ladies Card, whereby ladies can benefit from their partner’s corporate rates and the Sixt Gold Card, especially for more frequent renters and with additional benefits and discounts.

Sixt Gran Canaria Airport is found along with the other car hire companies in the passage connecting the international arrival area to the European Union arrival area, on the ground floor of the terminal building. This area can easily be accessed from the baggage reclaim areas or from the main arrival lobby. Although a fairly large airport, passengers will have no trouble finding their way around, as each facility is well signposted, in English, German and Spanish. Once passengers have arranged their car from Sixt, they will find the vehicles parked on the lower floor of the airport's parking lot, and Sixt will show you exactly where yours is parked. Customers who would like to make an advanced reservation can go online, to Sixt's website at www.sixt.com.

Before leaving Gran Canaria Airport, ensure that your rented car has been check for all existing damages, scratches etc. and that the details have been accurately recorded. The car will be checked again upon its return, and you don’t want to be held liable for damages you did not cause. Find out which type of fuel your vehicle will require, and where to find the emergency numbers should an accident or breakdown occur. Personnel of Sixt will also be happy to explain any workings of the vehicle before you leave. The main road heading both north and south on the eastern coastline of Gran Canaria is the GC-1 motorway, and this road provides easy access to the capital city in the north.

At Gran Canaria Airport, a one way hire may be useful for customers who wish to return their car to another Sixt rental location, should they not be coming back to the airport, and hand controls for disabled drivers may be used free of charge. Hand controls from Gran Canaria Airport car rental companies will operate the brake and accelerator pedals of an automatic vehicle, and may also come with a steering wheel knob for additional driving assistance. The device does not however control other functions of the vehicle, such as the lights, blinkers or windshield wipers. Hand controls should be reserved in advance. It is also recommended to reserve all additional and optional equipment for your rented car as early as possible, as items such as baby seats and satellite navigation systems are subject to availability.

Sixt has a large fleet of vehicles in Spain, all of which are only the latest models, and extremely well maintained. All cars are regularly checked for safety, and customers can therefore expect to receive a car in good mechanical condition. Popular vehicles for hire from Sixt are the VW Polo, Peugeot 207, Opel Corsa, Renault Clio and Hyundai i30. Anyone 18 years of age or older can hire these smaller vehicles from Sixt. Larger cars will have a higher minimum age requirement, such as the Opel Insignia, VW Passat, Renault Laguna SW and BMW Series 3, with the primary renter needing to exceed the age of 21. Customers 25 years and older will be able to hire the Mitsubishi Outlander, Audi Q5, Range Rover and BMW Series 7.

Vans for larger groups of passengers can be hired from Sixt, at Gran Canaria Airport. For five, there is the VW Touran, Renault Grand Scenic and Peugeot 5008, while the VW Caddy Maxi Life and Mercedes-Benz Viano are ideal for seven. Larger vans for nine include the Peugeot Expert, VW Transporter and Renault Traffic.

Sixt, at Gran Canaria Airport, is open from 07:00 to midnight, and can be called directly for all further enquiries.

Address: Gran Canaria Airport
Arrival Hall
35230 Telde (Gran Canaria)

Telephone Number: +34 871180192

Fax Number: +34-928-579-377