Car rental at Seville Airport (SVQ) - desks in the arrivals hall. Compare rates for Seville city, Cadiz, the white villages and the Donana.
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Sample prices for a 7-day rental. Final price, deposit and terms are confirmed on Localrent.
Desks in one terminal
Every supplier sits in the single arrivals hall at Seville Airport (SVQ).
No-deposit options
About a third of cars in Spain come with no deposit hold at pickup - look for the "No deposit" badge.
Full insurance
Zero-excess cover available on most cars - nothing taken from the deposit if something happens.
Free cancellation
Cancel free on most bookings, often up to 48 hours before pickup.
The desk mix at SVQ covers economy, automatics and 7-seaters.
Small & budget
Cheapest off the plane and easy to park near the centre. Mid-size cars are the most rented here.
Automatic
In short supply across Spain, so reserve an automatic before you fly.
7-seater & van
Room for the family and luggage on the run to Jerez or Cadiz.
Luxury & SUV
Start the Andalusia road trip in something larger straight from arrivals.
Seville Airport (SVQ), also called San Pablo, sits about 10 km northeast of the centre and handled 9.2 million passengers in 2024. It is a single-terminal airport, so the pickup is simple once you know where your supplier keeps its cars.
The terminal has two levels - the ground level for arrivals and the first level for departures, open from 04:30 to 01:30 all year round. The rental desks line the arrivals hall on the ground floor. After you finish the paperwork, your car is usually waiting in the on-site parking lot a short walk from the terminal doors.
The split to watch is on-site versus shuttle. Some companies keep their offices off-site and run a free shuttle from the airport to reach them. For a shuttle supplier, you leave the terminal, cross the road and walk towards the long-stay car park P2, where the meeting point and shuttle stop are signed. Your voucher names the exact pickup, so read it before you land.
Suppliers at SVQ
The exact desk or shuttle point for your booking is confirmed on your rental voucher - check it before you fly.
Payment and deposit
When you book you pay only a small upfront amount - usually 15-20% of the hire cost. The rest is settled at the desk on pickup. The deposit in most cases is fully refundable, and about a third of cars in Spain are handed over with no deposit at all - those are marked in the results. If you only have a debit card, pick a no-deposit rate or a cash-deposit option: nothing gets frozen on your card.
Have your voucher, passport, driving licence and the booking card ready at the desk to keep the queue short. Suppliers at SVQ require a valid driving licence held for at least two years, your ID or passport, and a credit card, and drivers from outside the EU may also be asked for an International Driving Permit. The terminal closes overnight and some desks shut earlier - for example, one major supplier's office inside the terminal is only open until midnight, with an after-hours key box outside for returns. If your flight lands late, check your supplier's closing time before you book. Inspect the car for existing scratches and photograph them before you drive off. Many providers apply a young-driver surcharge and the minimum age generally starts at 21 depending on the car group.
SVQ sits right on the A-4, the Madrid-Cadiz road, so you are on a dual carriageway within a minute of leaving the car park. Along the A-4 it is only about 15 minutes to the city centre, longer at the morning and evening peaks. For the centre, take exit 533, keep left at the fork onto the A-4, then take the exit towards Sevilla Centro Ciudad.
From the same road you can skip the city. The A-4 runs northeast to Cordoba, the AP-4 heads south to Cadiz, and the A-92 carries you east into the rest of Andalusia. So nearby towns are a clean motorway run from the airport: Cadiz is straightforward and Cordoba is about an hour and a half away. Jerez sits roughly an hour south on the AP-4.
Low-emission zone (ZBE) - good news for rentals
Seville's first low-emission zone was introduced on 1 January 2023 in La Cartuja, the former Expo 92 site across the river, and it became fully enforced with fines from 1 July 2024, while plans for a city-centre zone are still under discussion. The good news for you: cars hired at SVQ are modern and already carry the DGT environmental sticker the zone requires, so a rental can drive in with no extra paperwork. Any modern car is fine and any rental car will be okay in these areas - it is older diesel cars that are the problem. The standard fine of EUR 200 targets non-compliant or foreign-plated private cars, not your hire car.
When you return, fuel up before the airport, as on-site fuel costs more, then follow the "car rental" or "rental car" signs to your supplier's car park. Have a member of the supplier's team check and sign off the car as okay - only then is the deposit released back onto your card. If you plan a one-way drop in another city, flag it when you book rather than at the desk.
All in one place. SVQ has a single terminal, and the rental desks line the ground-floor arrivals hall. Most suppliers keep their cars in the on-site car park a short walk away.
A few are off-site and run a free shuttle from the P2 meeting point - your voucher states which applies to your booking.
Yes. Cars rented in Spain already carry the DGT environmental sticker the zone requires, so you can drive into the city and the La Cartuja zone with no extra registration.
The EUR 200 fines only apply to non-compliant private or foreign-plated cars.
The terminal is open until about 01:30, but individual desks close earlier and hours vary by supplier - one major company's desk shuts at midnight, with a key box for after-hours returns.
If you land late, check your supplier's closing time before you book.
About 15 minutes via the A-4 in normal traffic, longer at the morning and evening peaks. Take exit 533 and follow signs for Sevilla Centro Ciudad.
From the same road you can head straight to Cordoba, Cadiz or Jerez without entering the city.
A credit card is not always required - it is needed to hold the security deposit. At pickup the supplier freezes the deposit amount on the card: the money is not charged and is released when you return the car undamaged.
Without a credit card you still have options: choose a cash-payment rate (the «Cash» filter option) or a no-deposit rate, and nothing is held.
The deposit is an amount the rental company holds as a guarantee for the car. Road fines or damage can be deducted from it.
If the car comes back without problems, the deposit is released in full. It is a temporary hold on your card, not a charge.
It depends on the car class and the supplier - you can see the exact amount on each car's card.
You can set a maximum deposit in the filter and the catalogue shows only matching offers. The lower you set it, the fewer cars remain.
Yes. To see cars with no deposit, use the «No deposit» filter option. There are also cars with a small deposit or cash payment.
Note that "no deposit" means no hold at pickup, not no booking payment - a small upfront amount is still taken when you book. If nothing suits, contact our support team.
The deposit is the amount frozen on your card at pickup and released when you return the car undamaged.
The excess is the part of any damage you pay yourself even with insurance - anything above it is covered by the insurer.
In practice, damage is taken from the deposit up to the excess, so the deposit is often set to match it. A full, zero-excess policy removes both: you do not pay for damage and the hold is usually waived.
Cover comes in levels:
You see the available rates on each car's card when booking.
If you would rather not depend on the deposit and excess, choose the full rate.
Yes, some cars can be paid in cash - use the «Cash» filter option.
You pay a small upfront amount by debit or credit card when booking (usually 15-20% of the total), and the rest in cash at pickup in the terminal.
Yes, paying for the car with cryptocurrency is possible - contact our support team to arrange it.
Yes. In the search, set a pick-up and a drop-off point - for example collect at SVQ and return in Cordoba, Cadiz or Malaga.
By default the car is returned to the same place you collected it.
Most are manual, as across Spain. Automatics are in shorter supply and cost more, so book one well ahead if you need it. The same applies to 7-seaters in summer.
You need a passport, a driving licence and the rental voucher - the voucher can be shown on your phone or tablet.
It states the final price with your chosen options and insurance, so the amount due at the desk will not change.
To hire through our rental companies you need at least 2 years of driving experience.
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