Automatic car hire inPuerto de la CruzCollected at a named point or brought to you · the north coast and Teide within the hour

Automatic car hire in Puerto de la Cruz starts at a named point in the town or at the address you give. The named points are Free parking Puerto de la Cruz, Parking Parque Taoro and Bus Station Guaguas Puerto de la Cruz; choose City delivery instead and the car is brought to your hotel or apartment, with each car showing whether delivery is included or priced. No other town on the island has named points of its own, and for depth of choice a pick-up in Puerto de la Cruz comes fourth on the island, after Tenerife South, Tenerife North and Playa de las Americas.

Automatics are a minority on the island's list, concentrated in the compact, crossover and SUV classes. The automatics on it include the Toyota Yaris, Hyundai i20, VW Polo, Hyundai Bayon, Toyota Yaris Cross, Nissan Juke, SEAT Ateca and Audi Q3, so if nobody in the party drives a manual, filter the search for an automatic from the start.

In Puerto de la Cruz, before leaving: there is no fuel station inside the Teide national park. In the town, a Cepsa and a BP stand on the Carretera del Botanico, 0.4 to 0.7 km from Plaza del Charco. From there, the road up from the north coast reaches El Portillo, on the northern approach, in about 38 minutes and 29 km without traffic, and the cable car base stands at km 43 of the TF-21, at 2,356 m.

The car goes back with the fuel level it had at the handover. A lower level is charged at the rental company's rates, and a fuller tank is not refunded. Fuel in the Canaries is cheaper than in mainland Spain or the UK, Tenerife's motorways are toll-free, and fuel, parking and fines are the renter's to pay.

These times are without traffic, so a real drive takes that long or longer. In the town itself, the TF-31 runs through the Martianez false tunnel, 292.7 m long and unlit.

Whether the automatic is handed over at a named point or at your address, the driver needs the same documents. That is the licence card itself, with its details in Latin script and an expiry no earlier than the end of the rental, since copies and electronic licences are not accepted; an International Driving Permit is strongly recommended only where the licence is valid solely in the country that issued it. The booking may ask for a physical embossed credit card in the main driver's name; if a debit card is accepted, the booking and the voucher say so, and it too has to be physical, personalised, embossed and in the main driver's name.

Each car's minimum driver age and driving experience are on its page, and they can differ even between similar models, so use the filters to find the automatics that match; the agent can refuse the handover if they are not met. The phone number given at booking must be reachable throughout the rental and on the day before pick-up. Each car shows its deposit before you book, including the cars that hold no deposit, and how the rest is paid and when the deposit comes back are in the booking and the voucher.

The questions below cover an automatic in Puerto de la Cruz: where it is handed over, how to find one on the list, the drives from the town and what standard cover leaves out. The rental conditions are set out in full on the terms page.