Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport car rentals guide
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Compare the car rental desks serving Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport and find the right one for your trip. Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport is well covered for car rental companies, offering 15 options to compare. Twelve of them, including Enterprise, Europcar and Avis, are located right at the airport, while the rest sit between 1.1 and 2.6 km from the airport. Common perks on offer include child seat rental, gps rental and additional driver. Check out the list below to find the best option for you, and remember to confirm the details directly with the service provider before travelling.
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Enterprise
At airport
Enterprise operates a car rental desk inside Faro Airport's main terminal building, a short walk from baggage claim with no shuttle required. The Faro location offers a range of rental cars for exploring the Algarve coast and beyond, with pre-bookable extras including child seats and GPS navigation. Additional and young drivers can be added to a booking, and after-hours vehicle returns are available for late-arriving flights.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
After-hours return
Address
Faro International Airport, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Main terminal building, near the baggage claim area — no shuttle required.
Europcar's desk at Faro Airport sits within the arrivals terminal, reached by following signage for car rentals, with the return car park located opposite car park 3. The Algarve location provides cars and vans for travellers heading along the southern coast, with additional drivers, young driver cover, child seats and GPS navigation available to add when booking or at the counter.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
Vans
Luxury cars
Address
Faro International Airport, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Within the arrivals terminal; follow signs for car rentals. Returns go to the car park opposite car park 3.
Avis operates from the arrivals hall at Faro Airport, with its counter positioned on the right as travellers exit baggage reclaim and a rental car park a short walk from the terminal. The Faro branch serves the Algarve region with a fleet ranging from compact cars to estates and people carriers, offering additional drivers, young and senior driver cover, child seats, GPS navigation and one-way rentals.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Senior drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
Address
Aeroporto Faro, Gago Coutinho, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Arrivals hall, on the right as you exit baggage reclaim; rental car park a short walk away.
Budget's rental counter sits within the terminal at Faro International Airport, a short walk from the car lot, serving travellers arriving in the Algarve. The location offers a range of vehicles alongside optional extras such as child safety seats and GPS navigation, with additional and young drivers available to add to a booking. After-hours vehicle returns are available for late arrivals.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
After-hours return
Address
Faro International Airport, Gago Coutinho, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Within the terminal building, arrivals zone; short walk to the car lot.
Hertz maintains a rental desk in the terminal building at Faro Airport, serving visitors to the Algarve with a fleet spanning small, medium, large and family-sized vehicles. Optional extras include GPS navigation and child car seats, with additional drivers able to join a rental agreement for a supplement. Hertz also offers one-way rentals, letting a vehicle picked up in Faro be returned at another Hertz location.
National shares its rental facility with sister brand Enterprise in the main terminal building at Faro Airport, with the counter close to the baggage claim area and no shuttle needed to collect a vehicle. The Algarve location offers additional drivers, young driver cover, child seats and GPS navigation as bookable extras, plus after-hours pickup and return for travellers on early or late flights.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
After-hours return
Address
Faro International Airport, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Main terminal building, near baggage claim, alongside the Enterprise counter.
Alamo's counter sits in the main terminal building at Faro Airport, near the baggage claim area, with the vehicle lot close by. The Algarve location's fleet spans cars, SUVs, vans and pickup trucks, with GPS navigation and child seats available as pre-bookable extras. Additional and young drivers can be added to a rental agreement, and after-hours drop-off is available for late-arriving flights.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
Vans
Trucks
After-hours return
Address
Faro International Airport, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Main terminal building, near the baggage claim area.
Goldcar's rental point is inside Faro Airport's single terminal building, in the arrivals zone on the ground floor, with clear signage leading from the terminal to the counter. The Algarve location's fleet of new and semi-new vehicles can be booked with satellite navigation and child seats as optional extras, and the desk provides an after-hours service for flights arriving outside normal opening times.
GPS
Child seats
After-hours return
Address
Aeroporto Internacional de Faro, 8005-143 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Arrivals zone, ground floor of the terminal building; signposted from the terminal.
Sixt operates a rental counter on the ground floor of the arrivals area at Faro Airport, serving travellers heading into the Algarve. The location's fleet spans everyday cars through to luxury models and full-size vans for larger groups, with additional and young drivers, child seats and GPS navigation available as extras to add when booking or at the counter.
Guerin, Portugal's largest national car rental chain, operates its Faro Airport desk inside the arrivals hall, with the car lot reached by a short tunnel walk and no shuttle required. The station offers additional and young driver cover, a range of child seats, GPS navigation and one-way rentals to other Guerin stations in Portugal, plus out-of-hours vehicle delivery and collection for early or late flights.
Additional driver
Young drivers
Child seats
GPS
One-way rentals
After-hours return
Address
Aeroporto Internacional de Faro, 8006-901 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Arrivals hall; car lot reached via a short tunnel walk from the terminal.
Dollar Rent A Car serves Faro Airport from a desk inside the terminal building, alongside sister brand Hertz. The Algarve location offers a fleet including compact hatchbacks, estates and small vans, with additional drivers able to join a rental agreement for a daily surcharge, and vehicles available with a choice of petrol or diesel engines.
Thrifty operates at Faro Airport from a rental desk inside the terminal building, sharing facilities with sister brand Hertz. The Algarve location offers a fleet of compact and family-sized vehicles for travellers exploring the southern Portuguese coast, with vehicles collected and returned from within the terminal.
AirAuto is a Faro-based car hire company serving Faro Airport from its pickup point in the P4 parking lot, a short shuttle ride from the terminal. The fleet runs from economy hatchbacks to compact SUVs and station wagons, in manual and automatic, with child seats and extended insurance cover available as extras.
Child seats
Young drivers
Address
Rua Samuel Gaçon 4, 8005-282 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Follow the Pre-Booking Rent-a-Car signs outside the terminal to the shuttle, which runs about 300 metres to the AirAuto office in the P4 parking lot. Returns are made at the same lot, with a shuttle back to departures.
Visacar, a Portuguese car hire company with more than 30 years of experience across the Algarve, Lisbon and Porto, serves Faro Airport from its Car Park 4 rental point reached by shuttle from the terminal. The fleet spans city cars, SUVs, luxury vehicles and commercial vans, and Visacar also offers chauffeur-driven hire and used-vehicle sales alongside standard rentals.
Luxury cars
Vans
Address
Rua Samuel Gaçon, 8005-282 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Car Park 4 (P4), reached by shuttle from the terminal.
Centauro Rent a Car serves Faro Airport from an off-terminal office reached by a free shuttle bus running every 10-15 minutes from the P4 parking area. The fleet is renewed annually and spans economy, automatic, electric, hybrid, compact, SUV and van options, with certified quality standards and transparent pricing for travellers exploring the Algarve.
Electric cars
Hybrids
Vans
Address
R. Francisco Assis 4A, 8005-549 Faro, Portugal
Directions
Off-terminal office reached by free shuttle bus from the P4 parking area.