| The island of Formentera lies just off the coast of Spain and enjoys long sunny days for the majority of the year. The transport around the island isn't spectacular and walking will take too long and force you to miss out on some fascinating tourist spots. Formentera is a cosy compact island with quality roads that following the intriguing crystal blue coast line. Formentera car rental is the perfect answer to any travel questions. The car rental companies are able to supply the traveller with the perfect car for their needs whether they are on business, quick weekend excursion or long stay.
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Formentera is part of the Balearic Islands of Spain and indeed the most southerly of them. The island is relatively small about a quarter the size of its raucous neighbour Ibiza, the population of the island is about 7000 with no airport. Access to the island is by a very frequent ferry from the Spanish mainland or Ibiza.
The island is split into 14 districts or 6 major cities, each able to offer fantastic accommodation, lovely eateries and traditional bustling bars. The food is mainly sea food caught in very close proximity to where you sit, so you know it's fresh. Other types of food are also delicious in the restaurants; the Spanish are very passionate about their food quality and choose to eat healthy produce.
Formentera is in the Mediterranean and therefore enjoys warm temperatures and cloudless days. Because of the island size and shape a cooling breeze sweeps off the ocean keeping temperatures down. Temperatures in summer reach 30 degrees in the day offering 12 hours of sunshine, and a mild 17 at night.
Being the one of smaller islands of the Spanish Balearics you have lots of time to travel around and see the entire island and all it has to offer. In the way of culture, the San Francisco church once fortified eighteenth century built to oppose pirate sieges. Perhaps Can Blai a Roman encampment dating back four thousand years a very nice way to break up the day and get you out of the hot mid-day sun. The Sunday market at La Mola is a lovely day trip that should be considered, a perfect place to buy various gifts and traditional hand-made craft for friends and family.
From May through to early December is known as festival season, with six colourful and vibrant spectacular festivals to watch or get involved in. A warning must be said that some beaches in Formentera are nudist. The locals invite you onto the beach to join them and give it a go.
The car hire companies offer long term and short term rentals with specials on prices depending on your criteria. Extras such as roof racks, bike racks and front and back window sun blocks are available at all companies.
Travelling around Formentera in a big group is made easy by Formentera car rental, as they own large vehicles such as people carriers, mini buses and station wagons. The roads are generally of a good standard, the odd sandy road is conquered easily by most cars, but if you want a 4x4 they are at hand. All the above cars mentioned have sun roofs, electric windows, CD players and air-conditioning.
Family saloons and compact cars are another perfect and economical way of travelling around this 78km island, a GPS system is supplied in these cars although it may not be needed. The 3 or five door vehicles all have the clean and comfortable interior as well as power steering and ABS (advanced braking system). Most of the cars run on petrol but diesel vehicles are also available upon request, the cars have regular services before and after rental. A 21 point check is conducted before departure from the forecourt.
If your feel like cruising this island and making the most of its glorious weather, Formentera car rental have vehicles to suit in the shape of a soft top. The brand new vehicles are sure to take you around this island in style and comfort.
Another advantage of a soft is the amount of viewing space on offer from the car. Only the latest series vehicles are on offer from these companies such as Renault, Mercedes and BMW. These vehicles encompass all that is luxury and have accessories to suit in the form of in car DVD players to leather interiors the cars are beautiful.
The car rental companies offer sim card and local cell phone rental to help you with your trip which makes booking accommodation and phoning home easy. The cars are all covered by a first class recovery service and will replace your vehicle at any point of your trip in the unlikely event the vehicle fails on you, at no extra cost.
The staff are all English speaking and extremely friendly, helpful and punctual. They will give you some local information about the area maybe suggest a couple of places to eat or visit. These companies really have thought of every criterion that may be needed in their vehicles. The only thing left to do is choose your vehicle, accept your keys and map found in the welcome pack, decide which sites you would like to see first and drive out of the forecourt.
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