Rent a Car in Málaga

Málaga is far more than its old town and the Picasso museum. The coast stretches for miles in both directions — Torremolinos, Fuengirola and Marbella to the west, Rincón de la Victoria and Nerja to the east — while just inland the landscape turns dramatically with the white villages of the Axarquía, the gorge at El Chorro and Ronda perched on its cliff. The cercanías train follows the western coast and the metro covers the city, but the moment you want the mountains, the wine villages of Cómpeta or a quiet cove, the timetables run out.

With your own car you skip the connections and the rigid bus schedules, and you decide whether today is a beach day in Maro or a drive up to Antequera and the Torcal limestone formations. For a week's holiday, car hire almost always works out cheaper and more flexible than chaining together organised day trips — and it lets you reach the corners of the province that coaches simply don't bother with.