Six cars, each collected and returned at Fontanarossa after a week. Look at the deposit and cover as well as the weekly total.
No credit card€70€10 a day, 7 daysView Kia Picantoor similar, Catania Airport pickupDeposit €700Manual4 seats2023
No credit card€107€16 a day, 7 daysView Fiat 500or similar, Catania Airport pickupDeposit €700Manual4 seats2023
No credit card€112€16 a day, 7 daysView Renault Twingoor similar, Catania Airport pickupDeposit €150Manual5 seats2023
No credit card€117€17 a day, 7 daysView Opel Corsaor similar, Catania Airport pickupDeposit €700Manual5 seats2023
No credit card€117€17 a day, 7 daysView Citroen C3or similar, Catania Airport pickupDeposit €700Manual5 seats2023
No credit card€117€17 a day, 7 daysView Prices for 16 to 23 November 2026, collected and returned at 13:00 at Catania Airport. Enter your own dates for a live price.
€18 typically a day
Airport pickup and return
€24 typically a day
Airport pickup and return
€25 typically a day
Airport pickup and return
€76 typically a day
Airport pickup and return
Not quoted
Airport pickup and return
Not quoted
Airport pickup and returnEach class price assumes pickup and drop-off at Fontanarossa, on the east side of Sicily. Manual and automatic cars are both offered, so filter for the gearbox you want.
Vans with up to nine seats appear in some weeks. Not quoted means no car of that class was offered for these dates. Seven- and nine-seaters count as vans, not Standard.
The car comes from a local Sicilian company. Its name, its phone number and where it meets you are all on the voucher.
Download it before you fly. It names the company, the meeting point and its phone number, and you may have no data on landing.
Book with a number that works abroad, with its country code. If your flight is delayed, let the company know as soon as you can.
Go round the bodywork with the company and photograph any marks. Check the fuel gauge and that booked extras such as child seats are fitted.
Etna’s ash can close Catania Airport for a time. If your flight moves to another airport, call the company; the booking does not move with it.
What Fontanarossa offers on arrival, how its car parks work, and a few road tips for the first miles in your hire car.
Short-stay car parks P1, P3 and P5 are free for the first 15 minutes.
P4 is a multi-storey car park about 200 metres from Terminal A; P6 is the other long-stay option.
Yes, none of the cars shown asks for a credit card. Every car still holds a deposit, so check the amount and how it can be paid.
If you pay the deposit by card, it must be the main driver’s own physical card with embossed details. A phone wallet or a passenger’s card will not do.
You pay 15 to 20% when you book; the rest goes to the company at Fontanarossa by the methods your car lists. Raising the cover can change the deposit, so check it again before you pay.
Taormina is about 55 minutes north of Fontanarossa by motorway on clear roads. Times run from the airport and leave out stops and parking.
Traffic in Sicily keeps right. Learn the lights, wipers and gears while still parked at Fontanarossa.
Unless signs say otherwise: 50 km/h in towns, 90 on minor roads, 110 on main roads and 130 on motorways. Rain lowers the last two to 90 and 110.
The limit is 0.5 g/l. Drivers under 21, and anyone in their first three years of driving, must not drink at all before driving.
You may not hold a phone or tablet at the wheel. Hands-free is allowed; set the sat nav before you pull away.
Belts for all, front and back. A child under 1.5 metres needs an approved child seat suited to their weight; add one to the booking.
Emergency number 112 works across Italy; ambulance is 118 and fire 115. Let the rental firm know about any damage right away.
The rental terms allow paved public roads only, so lava tracks and private roads on Etna are off limits.
A bigger car or extra cover does not change the road rule, and the rental terms make no exception for mountain tracks.
Ask the company before any trip outside Italy. The terms do not say whether the car may go on a ferry.
Get the company’s agreement before you buy a ferry ticket to the mainland or another island.
Yes, some cars can be dropped at Palermo Airport across the island. Choose both airports when you search to see which.
Set Catania Airport for pickup and Palermo Airport for the return before you compare.
The price shown is the whole hire, any one-way cost included, so compare totals.
Allow about 3 h 30 min to Palermo Airport, plus fuel and breaks.
Ask the company where to hand the car back at Palermo Airport. A return at a port, station or hotel needs a separate quote.
Each bar is a seven-day hire collected and returned at Fontanarossa. Use it to spot the cheaper months before you search.
N/A means no car was offered for that month yet.
You pay for at least one full day, and going past the return time adds another day. Times, extras and cover all move the price.
Count people and bags before you choose a car. Add child seats and any second driver to the booking first.
Small cars here have four or five seats. Read the seat count on the listing before you book for a family.
Pick a seat matched to each child’s size when you book, then check the fitting before you leave Fontanarossa.
Some weeks offer vans with up to nine seats. Check the boot still takes your cases with every seat in use.
Each extra driver goes in the booking and must meet the car’s age and licence rules. A passenger cannot just take over.
A small pet may travel if it stays in a carrier for the whole trip.
Cover differs from car to car here. Check the excess and the deposit at each level, not just the price.
Starting at Minimum. Some cars start with third-party cover only. On some of them, a paid Full level cuts the deposit and removes the excess.
Full already included. Some cars include Full cover with no excess in the price shown. They still hold a deposit.
Two levels only. Some cars offer just Minimum and Basic, with the same deposit and excess at both, so no upgrade lowers either.
Parts left out. Standard cover excludes wheels, underside, windscreen and interior. Neglect or deliberate damage voids any cover.
The excess is the most you pay for damage the cover includes, and what the excess covers changes with each level. Report any accident to the company at once; a police report is needed unless the company waives it.
Pack the original licence from your home country plus an International Driving Permit, each in date for the whole hire.
The Italy rental terms ask for both. Copies and phone images of a licence are not accepted at the handover.
Minimum age and years with a licence are set car by car. A driver below either limit can be turned away at pickup.
Leave time for the inspection and the walk to your terminal. Check the voucher for where the return happens.
You cover parking, motorway tolls and any fines. A camera fine follows the number plate to you as the renter, even after the trip.
Note the cancellation deadline on your voucher before you change flights.
Standard cars need a week’s notice, luxury cars and convertibles thirty days, and bookings with the short-notice option one day. After that, or a no-show, the advance is kept.
Cancel by sending support your voucher. Money owed is repaid within a fortnight of asking, minus a 6% charge on the advance.
Swapping car or dates means a fresh booking after you cancel. For extra days, get the company’s agreement while the hire is still running.
For eastern Sicily it is the simplest start: every car here is collected and returned at the airport, and Taormina and Siracusa are under an hour away.
Some cars can be collected at 03:00, some cost more then and some are not offered. Enter your real flight times when you search.
Not on the cars shown. The card or method you use must still be the main driver’s own, and every car holds a deposit.
Driving into the camera-controlled old centre without a permit, using unpaved Etna tracks, and returning with less fuel than at pickup.
Compare the full totals. The price for a Palermo Airport return already includes any one-way cost, so set it beside a return at Catania Airport.
Put in your flight times, find a car big enough for everyone and weigh up deposits and cover side by side.
