Oviedo Airport, which is often also known as Asturias Airport is in fact to be found a 45 minute drive north west of Oviedo.  Located in the north western region of Asturias, the airport has a café, foreign exchange facility and a VIP lounge.  The surrounding area of Asturias is particularly picturesque and well worth exploring in your low cost hire car.  The airport plays host to its fair share of low cost hire car companies, including Alamo, Hertz, Avis, Budget and Europcar, but it is well worth choosing your car hire and booking it before you travel.  That way, you’re sure to get the vehicle you want at the price you’re happy to pay.

Once you’ve picked up your low cost hire car, you may well be heading off to Oviedo city itself, which is about a 45 minute drive from the airport.  Capital of the principality of Asturias it is the main centre as well as a popular international university city.  A great city to wander around, you’ll probably choose to park up your low cost hire car while you explore the city itself.  That said, it would be a real shame to come to this part of the world and not take the chance to really get to know the surrounding countryside.  From a practical point of view, low cost car hire is, without a doubt, the best way to do this. 

One place you may well plan to head out to is the Picos de Europa mountains.  This mountain range which runs across the communities of Asturias, Cantabria del Castille and Leon.  This extremely interesting landscape of mountains and gorges, caves and rivers is a real haven for walkers, cyclists, nature lovers and skiers alike.  As you can imagine, while nothing’s impossible, to really make the most of this natural attraction, access to a low cost hire car is pretty much essential. 

Gijon, isn’t far from Oviedo Airport and is one of the largest ports in the north of Spain.  Recognised as the gateway to rural northern Spain and all the attractions it has to offer, it is an attractive city with a population of just over quarter of a million.  As cities go, it enjoys its fair share of historic attractions, having started out life as a humble fishing village some 3000 years ago and is well worth a stroll around if you’re landing in Oviedo Airport.  Finally, if you still have time to fill on your agenda, Aviles, which isn’t far in your low cost hire car from Gijon and Oviedo is a pretty coastal town, which sits alongside many popular beaches, like Salinas.