Valencia Motorhome Rental

Compare Campervan Hire and RV Rentals in Valencia, Spain

The third largest city in Spain, Valencia is the capital of the province of the same name. Like most of the large cities in the Mediterranean coast, Valencia began as a Roman colony in 138 BC. Its historic centre forms part of a collection of legacy that was worthy of an inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. If you are into El Greco, Velazquez and Goya, you will love its Museu de Belles Arts, and if you are fond of digging into rice-based dishes, you will love ‘paella’ which first simmered over a wood fire here. With a coast facing the Mediterranean and sharing with Alicante’s Costa Blanca, Valencia makes it possible to explore the region by RV rentals, campervan hire or Valencia motorhome rental on a camping holiday.

Top Valencia Motorhome Rental Companies

We know that this is the serious part, and we suspect it’s the section you have the most reservations about. I mean how do you hand-pick the top Valencia motorhome rental companies, what’s the criteria?

For a start, first-hand experience which is backed up by customer reviews, with a little inside information thrown in for good measure. And if this all sounds a little too cryptic for your tastes, consider this. The four companies below are also some of the largest hire companies in Spain, you don’t get to be that big by playing fast and loose with your customers.

A quick tip: check your vehicle insurance details right now, you may already be insured to drive a rental vehicle before you’ve even decided how many people are going with you, and then do just that: your perfect campervan or motorhome will probably just jump out at you!

McRent Spain

One of the most important things you need to know about McRent is that they are one of the largest vehicle rental agencies in Europe, and they have a vast array of campervans and motorhomes on their books. Those in the know, when it comes to campervan/motorhome manufacturers, McRent only uses two exceptional rental brands.

Dethleffs, one of the oldest motorhome brands in Europe, and Sunlight, already Germany’s top motorhome brand, even though they’re barely ten years old. One last perk, McRent offer airport and/or city hotel transfers to their depot in Valencia. Could be a deal-breaker, that.

McRent Valencia RV Rental Depot: Carrer de l’Oller, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Location: About 2.5 miles/4 km from Valencia Airport (VLC), or 7 miles/10 km from downtown Seville

Included with Standard Rate:

• Unlimited kms/miles
• Kitchen/cutlery
• 0-2 years old

McRent Valencia office hours:

• Monday to Friday:
  • Pick Up: 4pm to 6pm
  • Drop off: 10am to 12 noon
• Saturday:
  • Pick Up: 12 noon to 2 pm
  • Drop Off: 10am to 12 noon
• Closed Sunday and Public Holidays

McRent Rental Vehicles Include:

Poptop Camper (Urban Luxury)

Poptops have come on a long way since the 1960’s, a fine example is McRent’s Urban Luxury Poptop. For a start it comes with a WC and Shower, the kitchen has everything you need for a proper sit-down meal and with two litres under the hood, it’s no slouch either!

Campervan with Shower/Toilet (Urban Plus)

Even more power (2.3 litres) hides within McRent’s Urban Plus campervan, and it looks as good as it goes. Inside, there’s all you need for 2 of you to sleep, or 4 of you to sit, plus a WC, shower and kitchen for all your culinary requirements.

Motorhome Rental

Firstly, all of McRent’s motorhomes come complete with air con in the cab, an awning, bike rack, gas bottles and a reversing camera. Little extras such as outdoor tables and chairs can be added for a small fee. McRent has four motorhomes to choose from, catering for as many as 6 of you or as little as two adults.

McRent’s fleet of motorhomes come in two different styles, semi-integrated aka ‘low-profile’ or Overcab aka Cabover (occasionally ‘Alcove’). We’ll go into more details on both of these further down the page, but for now, let’s check out McRent’s motorhome fleet.

• Low Profile Motorhome: There are three to choose from in this category, the Compact Plus and Compact Standard both Sleep 2, but they seat 4: great opportunity to take advantage of that awning for extra guests. The Family Standard seats and sleeps 4. All come fully fitted with WC, shower and a kitchen.
• Coachbuilt/Cab Over Motorhome: The classic cabover is instantly recognisable: it’s the one that features the big bump over the driver’s cab, and its purpose is to provide sleeping accommodation for 2, freeing up space below. The Family Plus and Family Luxury, both easily sleep 6, with the latter doing so in style.

Anywhere Campers Spain

Jump to this section if you don’t fancy travelling to a depot, or if you’re in a hurry and just want a cool, reliable motorhome to get the job done. Anywhere Campers have your back.

Catering for as many as 4 of you, Anywhere Campers will drop off your motorhome anywhere in Europe and pick it up, well, anywhere! In addition to being highly convenient, it also opens up the tantalising prospect of a one-way, scenic drive, from any ‘a’ to any ‘b’ you care to wish. Anywhere Campers have changed the game somewhat, and the motorhome itself is brilliant too…

Valencia Pickup/Dropoff: Anywhere Campers will meet you at your requested pickup/drop off address in Valencia, with your vehicle at your chosen time.

Included with Standard Rate:

• 250 kms per day
• Free transfer
• Bedding
• Kitchen/cutlery
• 24 hour assistance
• 0-3 years old

Anywhere Campers Rental Vehicle:

Low Profile Motorhome (Adria Matrix)

Anywhere Campers don’t provide lists of motorhome options, because there isn’t any. You can choose between manual and automatic transmission, but that’s it. Why?

Because Anywhere Campers have built their business around a Low-Profile Adria Matrix, which will be less than two years old and comes with everything you need. Perfect.

Euromotorhome Rental

Euromotorhome Rental has doubled the number of rental brands over the previous self-drive rental company. In this instance, a pair of respected Italian brands, Rimor and McLouis, are on hand to whisk you over Valencia, and they have a good range of options on their books, ensuring you’re getting just what you need for your Spanish road trip.

It’s worth noting that both brands form part of the Trigano Group, based in France, who oversee almost 25 manufacturers throughout Europe. It’s also noteworthy that Euromotorhome Rental will deliver your vehicle to Valencia airport or your city hotel.

Euromotorhome Valencia RV Rental Depot: Serviced non-depot location. Hand over is by arrangement either at Valencia Airport or your Valencia City hotel or other location.

Euromotorhome Valencia pick up and drop off times:

• April to October
  • Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 6:30pm
  • Saturday: 10:30am to 1pm
  • Closed Sunday & Public Holidays
• November to March
  • Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 6:30pm
  • Closed Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays

Included with Standard Rate:

• Unlimited kms/mileage
• 24 hour assistance
• 0-9 years old

Euromotorhome Valencia Rental Vehicles include:

Poptop Camper (Group A)

Remember, back in the day, when keeping things simple generated its own kind of fun?

Euromotorhome’s budget Poptop campervan hire is just that, it’s understated and effective, just what you need to see the beautiful Spanish scenery without all the fuss and expense. After all, attitude is everything when it comes to travel.

Campervan (Group B)

On the other side of the fence is Euromotorhome’s Campervan. This one comes with a WC, shower, well-equipped kitchen and plenty of space for all who sail in her.

If you’re after top-notch mobile accommodation this could be one of the best on the page.

Motorhome Rental

A seemingly unusual range from Euromotorhome Rental, in so far as they’ve flipped the ratio of low-profile and cabover on its head.

Don’t focus on that, though, try and figure out which one is going to be best suited for you and your passengers on your Spanish adventure.

• Low Profile Motorhome (Group P): Breaking with the modern convention of having a load of low-profile/semi-integrated motorhomes on their books, Euromotorhome Rental have opted for just one. It’s got a WC, shower and kitchen but probably, more importantly, it has integrity, because Euromotorhome Rentals reputation depends on it being exceptional!
• Coachbuilt/Cab Over Motorhome: If Euromotorhome Rentals have opted for six cabover-style motorhomes over just one semi-integrated, take it as a given there is a good reason why. The range caters from 4 to 6 of you, so there are plenty of options to consider: start with how many are going and work backwards.

Autocaravan Express

Also operating with just one, trusted motorhome rental brand is Autocaravan Express. In this instance the brand is Carado, and if you’ve never heard of them, you will have heard of their parent group, Hymer AG. Hymer is one of the oldest companies in motorhomes and if there is a brand that represents this sector as a ‘household name’, it’s Hymer!

Carado themselves are fifteen years old and already one of the most successful motorhome brands in Europe. It’s worth noting that Carado and Sunlight, favoured by McRent, are very similar, inside and out.

Autocaravan Express Valencia RV Rental Depot: Serviced non-depot location. We will bring your RV rental to Valencia Airport, accommodation or other city location.

Office times:

• Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 6pm
• *Saturday: 10:30am to 1pm
• *Closed Saturday’s in August
• Closed Sunday & Public Holidays all year

Included with Standard Rate:

• Unlimited kms/mileage
• 24 hour assistance
• Tourist info/maps
• 3-4 years old

Autocaravan Express Rental Vehicles:

Van (Carado V Series)

Quick re-cap on what constitutes ‘a campervan’. This is when the van’s original load space has been kitted out to accommodate camping equipment, such as a bed and a cooker.

Autocaravan Express have three ‘vans’ to choose from, in this instance ‘van’ is in name only, these are low-profile motorhomes!

Campervan (Carado CV Series)

Autocaravan Express fleet of four campervans are ‘campervans’ as defined above. They cater for as little as 1 or 2 and as many as 5.

The CV601 (which accommodates 5) manages to do this with a removable bunk that shores up space in the daytime. Clever stuff from Carado.

Motorhome Rental

While we’re looking at definitions of what constitutes a campervan, let’s turn our attention to motorhomes. Firstly, Erwin Hymer invented the motorhome by dropping a wheelless caravan onto a pre-existing-rolling chassis and simply driving it away. Today, the concept is virtually identical.

Autocaravan Express has over a dozen to choose from! All of them come with a WC, shower and a kitchen, which could make choosing the perfect one problematic! So, start by working out who is coming along, working out everyone’s preferences, while bearing in mind the requirements of who is doing the driving: i.e., think of yourself too.

• Low Profile Motorhome (Carado T Series): Sleeping between 2 and 6 of you, the T series is a great option for self-drive holidaymakers to make a dent in the Spanish scenery, without that large bulb on the roof. All of them come with a WC, Shower and kitchen too.
• Alcove/Cab Over Motorhome (Carado A Series): Maybe we’re being a bit hard on the bump over the driver’s cab. For a kick-off, it’s highly practical when it comes to space-saving, and you can’t ever have too much of that when there is as many as 6 of you

Top 10 Places to Visit near Valencia

We recommended that you pick a section from the list below for a scenic drive in Spain out of the adjoining roads. We’ve thrown in a few to whet the appetite but do take this part of your self-drive holiday seriously.

Getting to and from these wonderful locations in Valencia isn’t simply a means to an end, it may well end up being the highlight of your whole Spanish trip. Enjoy planning this and imagine yourself and your passengers, if at all, cruising down the highway on a beautiful afternoon, just as your destination comes into view. Sheer bliss.

Albufera Natural Park

Ten km from the centre of Valencia, you’ve no excuse to miss out on the charms of Albufera National Park.

This is a great spot to stretch your legs in gorgeous countryside, but this is also the home of paella, so relaxing with some fantastic food and wine is mandatory.

Sagunto

Here’s a great excuse to dip your toe into a spectacular coastal scenic drive from Valencia. It’s only 30 minutes to Sagunto, home to over 2000 years of Roman history and a host of ancient attractions.

Though you’ll probably more pre-occupied with the thought of driving back to the city!

Peñíscola

Another eye-popping coastal scenic drive leads to Peñíscola (Sagunto is en route so visit both at the same time) where you’ll be greeted with soft sandy beaches overseen by an austere medieval castle surrounded by water, creating a unique atmosphere.

And you get the thrill of driving back to Valencia when you’re done!

Albarracín

The phrase ‘step back in time’ is overused. It’s usually offset by touristy elements that sort of drown out the feeling of history. Not so Albarracín.

It genuinely feels like you’re in a different world and the only way to experience it is by jumping in the motorhome rental and going there.

Xàtiva

We’re heading into the hills to discover Xàtiva, so you’ll appreciate both your self-drive rental and the unforgettable views from the medieval castle and adjacent ramparts. And after a decidedly lofty walk, the food and drink that awaits you in different parts of this beautiful town are sensational too.

Requena

If you’re after a culturally minded destination that you can just drive to in your rental vehicle, park up and unwind, then you’ll be wanting to sample the gentle delights of Requena.

This is a fantastic place in which to drift around, discovering the many attractions along the way.

Cuenca

World Heritage status alert! Cuenca is a story of two cities in one, it has a modern, contemporary side to it -the Spanish Museum of Abstract Art, loads of cool bars etc- but the real attraction will be the vertigo-inducing hanging houses perched atop vast rocky cliffs!

Madrid

Speaking of art, The Prado lives in Madrid. So, before you get stuck into the city restaurants and bars -or clubs and music venues if that’s your thing- make sure you spend at least half a day in one of the finest galleries in Europe, if not the world.

Sierra Calderona Natural Park

Up for a long, scenic drive that’s guaranteed to stay with you for ages, long after you’ve reluctantly handed back the motorhome keys? Then you have got to go to Sierra Calderona National Park. You could spend a decade here and not have enough of it. Go there.

Alicante

Finally, a place that has it all, beaches, museums, galleries, gardens, local/worldwide cuisine, and the island of Tabarca (the only inhabited island in the Valencian region) a mere 45-minute boat ride away from Alicante and always on hand to round off one of the best road trips in Europe.

Jumilla Wine Route by Campervan

Come at the start of the spring to celebrate with Valencians the Fallas Festivity whose origins dated back to that ancient time when carpenters burned all their old and useless wooden tools that served them during winter. This is also the best time to experience the beaches of Valencia’s coast, which is an excellent staging point to head down south to the touristy Costa Blanca by RV rental in Valencia.

A trip farther down to Murcia will reward travelers by Valencia campervan hire with D.O. (denomination of origin) wines from Jumilla, and Murcia’s bounty from its surprisingly sparsely rain-fed orchards and agricultural lands. After leaving Jumilla’s wine trail, you can turn inland for the vast region of Castille-La Mancha located at the very center of the Iberian Peninsula. Alternatively, you can head directly west from Valencia and then drive down to Murcia’s Costa Calida.

Drive from Castile-La Mancha to Catalonia

If the name rings a bell, that’s because this is the very same windswept, windmill-dotted battered plateau that inspired the story of the ‘Man from La Mancha.’ You can follow the Don Quijote Route on your campervan rental in Valencia, along with other trails with interesting names like ‘Route of the Black Villages’ and the ‘Route of the Saffron Fields.’ There is the requisite ‘Route of the Castles’ you can follow on your Valencia motorhome rental if you are more into history and architecture. Art aficionados may want to check Toledo, the former capital of Spain and the hometown of El Greco.

An alternative route on your campervan hire or RV rentals is to drive up the coast to Barcelona, Spain’s second largest city and the capital of Catalonia. It is only a little more than three hours away with exciting stops on the rocky coasts of Castellon’s Costa Azahar and Tarragona‘s Costa Dorada. Both are well outside the tourist radar so you can find a great camping spot for your Valencia motorhome rental, and stop wherever the view is best and enjoy it all to yourself.

Upon reaching Barcelona, you will be rewarded with the sight of La Sagrada Familia and other masterpieces of Antoni Gaudi, and be entertained by street performers at the Gothic Quarter which is the center of Roman presence in what was then known as ‘Barcino.’

Best RV Campgrounds & Campsites near Valencia

You’ve hired a campervan or motorhome and there’s ample space to sleep, cook and clean. Surely campgrounds and campsites are for the guys and gals that rented a vehicle that only has beds in it? Wrong!

For a start, you’re going to need a place to dump all of that wastewater or recharge all those electrical goodies in the back, like the fridge.

You might also appreciate a swimming pool in which to cool off, or somewhere safe for the kids to play while you and the better half nip off for a glass of vino!

Valencia Camper Park

Calle Universo, s/n, 46117 Bétera, Valencia, Spain

There will be plenty of self-drive holidaymakers that will be just using the motorhome rental as a means of accommodation. If that’s you, Valencia Camper Park is the ideal place to park up for your vacation and explore the delights of this fantastic city. The bar-restaurant is great too.

Santa Marta Camping

Avenue el Racó, 25, 46400 València, Valencia, Spain

Fancy a shady plot for your campervan or motorhome that’s only 100 metres from Culler beach?

If that sounds you like and your crew, then Santa Marta Camping will be right up your proverbial street. Quick heads up, if you’re travelling with pets do check the rules before booking.

Nomadic Valencia Camping Car

Carrer de Puig de Santa Maria, 14, 46135 Albalat dels Sorells, Valencia, Spain

Nomadic Valencia Camping Car is a brand-new campsite with 33 pitches to accommodate a variety of campervans and motorhomes. It’s easy to get to and from Valencia, there is even a train station nearby, which could be useful if you fancy the odd glass of Rioja in the city centre.

Camping Azul

1, 46780 Oliva, Valencia, Spain

This one is all about peace and tranquillity with natural, nearby delights to explore on foot or by bike. There is a beach reasonably close to Camping Azul but it’s not really one for families with young children.

But the grown-ups will appreciate its quiet charms and the surrounding views.

Camping L’Alqueria

Avenue del Grau, 142, 46730 Gandia, Valencia, Spain

A bar/coffee shop is on hand to refresh the self-drive holidaymaker but Camping L’Alqueria is all about 2km of nearby beach, and that indoor swimming pool is going to delight the kids, along with football, ping pong and petanque to get everyone into the swing of things.