{"id":9048,"date":"2011-09-29T13:22:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T13:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/?p=9048"},"modified":"2018-03-06T19:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:18:38","slug":"alicante-airport-gas-stations-for-rental-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante-airport-gas-stations-for-rental-cars.html","title":{"rendered":"Alicante Airport Car Hire: Where is the Nearest Gas Station?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>I need to return my rental car with a full tank. Where is the nearest petrol station near Alicante Airport?<\/h2>\n<p>This question, in this or different wording around car rental and filling up the tank before returning the car, came up so often on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante-airport-questions-answers-comments.html\">Alicante airport questions section<\/a>, that I thought it&#8217;s worth showing you where you will find the best service station near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante_airport.html\">Alicante airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Gas stations Around Alicante Airport<\/h3>\n<p>If you need to return your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante-airport-car-rental.html\">Alicante airport rental car<\/a> with a full gas tank, you will need to get to one of the few gas stations near the airport. On the map below you see the location of the three best petrol stations near the airport of Alicante:<\/p>\n\n<p>I went to all 3 of the service stations around the airport and took several pictures, just to make sure that they are really there when you come to refuel the car. ( sometimes internet map services do not show real current information &#8211; so i checked it out myself).<\/p>\n<h2>Petrol Stations Near Alicante Airport<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9053\" title=\"gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-alicante-elche-tangerina.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Driving To Alicante Airport from the South<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8801\" title=\"orange_MarkerA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8801\" title=\"orange_MarkerA\" src=\"..\/images\/orange_MarkerA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"34\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The best gas station if you drive to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante_airport.html\">Alicante airport<\/a> on the A-7 motorway from the south ( e.g. from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/torrevieja.html\">Torrevieja<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/elche.html\">Elche<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/murcia.html\">Murcia<\/a>).The Tangeria Galp Gas station is located 2 km from Alicante airport.<\/p>\n<p>It got gas stations in both directions along the A7 autopista.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9054\" title=\"gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-galp-opposite-of-alicante-airport.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Driving To Alicante Airport from the North&#8230; or<br \/>\n.. The &#8220;just in front of Alicante Airport&#8221; Galp Petrol Station<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8805\" title=\"orange_MarkerB\" src=\"..\/images\/orange_MarkerB.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"34\" \/>Well&#8230; there is good news and bad news about this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The good news is, there is a gas station just opposite of the main Airport area.<\/li>\n<li>The bad news is, you can not get to this gas station if you come from the direction of the Alicante motorway A7.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The station is just on the opposite side of the road. At first I could not believe it, but you can not just cross the road or take a U-turn to get to it, you need to drive all the way down into the direction of Santa Pola.. do a U-turn&#8230; just to get back to Alicante airport to get to this Galp station from the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9055\" title=\"gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/images\/gasstation-campsa-el-altet-alicante-airport.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Campsa Service Station in El Altet &#8211; A good Choice<\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8806\" title=\"orange_MarkerC\" src=\"..\/images\/orange_MarkerC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"34\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>If you do drive into the direction of Santa Pola, you can just as easily go to the Campsa gas station in the nearby town of EL Altet (north).<\/p>\n<p>I did drive by Alicante airport, just to see how to get back to the above mentioned Galp station. By doing so I needed to pass by the Campsa station in El Altet (north). Which leaves it up to you which of the two you want to use.<\/p>\n<p><em>The video below explains in detail my little &#8220;gas station tour&#8221; &#8211; Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Further Reading:<\/h3>\n<p>Understanding the different fuel policies of car hire companies is important. We put together a detailed article including a video on what the different policies mean to you as a traveler:<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/fuel-policies-of-rental-car-companies-explained.html\">Click here for our article on different fuel policies of rental car companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to pick-up and return your rental car at the airport&#8230; where are the parking and drop-off points for all major car hire companies&#8230; answers to all these questions on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante-airport-car-rental.html\">Alicante airport car rental article:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a class=\"act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante-spain.com\/alicante-airport-car-rental.html\">Click here for our detailed article on Car Rental at Alicante Airport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you return your rental car at Alicante airport with a full tank you will need to find a gas station nearby. This article shows you where to find gas stations close to Alicante airport. Including a map and a video. From a local citizen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[275,234],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alicante Airport Car Hire: Where is the Nearest Gas Station?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you return your rental car at Alicante airport with a full tank you will need to find a gas station nearby. 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