Car rental in
Costa Adeje,
to your hotel.

Will they deliver the car to my hotel in Costa Adeje?

Yes, and in Adeje delivery is the only way to get one. City delivery is the one handover place offered for Adeje: the car comes to the address you give when you book, whether that is a hotel or an apartment, and there is no office or building to collect it from.

Whether delivery costs anything depends on the car, not on the town. Some cars include it and others add a charge, and each listing shows which before you book, so two cars at the same daily rate can differ once delivery is counted. Search with Costa Adeje as the pick-up and the delivery terms sit on every car in the results.

The drop-off is set in the same search as the pick-up. If the last day is a flight home, handing the car back at the airport instead is a one-way with its fee shown in the price. Tenerife South Airport is about 30 minutes and 22 km from Costa Adeje without traffic.

What do you need ready when the car arrives?

The same documents as at an airport handover, because every booking runs under the same rental conditions. At a hotel delivery the place of handover is the address, so have all four with you there:

• The licence card itself. Valid, with its details in Latin script, and in date until the end of the rental. Copies and electronic licences are not accepted.
• The card in the main driver's name. Physical and embossed: a credit card, or a debit card where the booking and the voucher say one is accepted.
• A phone you will answer. The number on the booking, with its country code, has to be reachable from the day before pick-up to the end of the rental, by call or on Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram. A complaint about the service is not accepted if you could not be reached.
• A driver who fits the car.The minimum age and driving experience are listed on each car's page, and the agent may refuse the handover if the driver does not meet them.

Can I rent in Costa Adeje itself instead of the airport?

You can, and the case for it is the days you would not drive. Rental is charged in 24-hour periods, so a car delivered on the morning of day three costs nothing for the first two days, while a car collected at the airport in the south is charged from the day you land. The airport is about 30 minutes and 22 km from Costa Adeje without traffic, and that first journey has to be made either way.

The same delivery arrangement covers one-way car rental in Playa de las Américas, about 8 minutes and 6 km south of Costa Adeje without traffic, and car rental insurance in Los Gigantes, about 27 minutes and 26 km up the coast. If you want something specific, such as an automatic or seven seats, the airport has the widest choice of cars on the island.

How does the return work, and where do you fill up?

Return the car at the fuel level it had when it was delivered. Below that level the difference is charged at the rental company's rates, and above it you are not compensated. Costa Adeje has three stations for the last fill: the BP at Siam Mall on Avenida Siam, open 24 hours; the DISA at San Eugenio, open 08:00 to 17:30; and the TGAS Trébol at the La Caleta and Adeje junction on the TF-1.

Two more conditions apply at the return. A car handed back so dirty that it cannot be inspected is washed at your expense. And the minimum chargeable period is 24 hours, so if you want the car for longer than booked, tell the rental agent in advance.

Cover is chosen per car when you book. At the standard level of cover the wheels, the undercarriage, the windscreen and the interior are excluded, and the higher levels a car offers are listed and priced on that car.

How far is it from Costa Adeje?

Short, for the places a hotel stay tends to need. Playa de las Américas is about 8 minutes and 6 km away without traffic, Los Cristianos about 13 minutes and 8 km, and Tenerife South Airport about 30 minutes and 22 km.

Which car should you have delivered?

Decide the gearbox first. The thin supply of automatics sits mainly in the compact and crossover classes, so book an automatic for a hotel delivery early.

Families should look at seven seats and the luggage that goes with them before settling on a large estate, because seven seaters are scarce on this island. Spanish law puts children of 135 cm and under in an approved restraint, in the rear seats as the rule, and in a seven seater the third row counts as the rear, which decides where the child seats can go.