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Driving tip for Granada city centre

We have noticed that we receive especially many traffic fines from Granada city, so here are some tips to avoid to get a fine. In Granada city centre there are special lanes for buses and taxies. In the lane it is written “taxi bus solo” and you will often see them empty of traffic.  Please […]

Automobile Museum Malaga
Posted on 04 June 2013

Visit the Automobile Museum in Málaga

Don´t miss the chance to visit the Automobile Museum in Málaga on your next visit. Only a 10 minutes drive from the airport you will get to the Automobile Museum which is situated in the “Tabacalera” building, an former tabacco factory  from 1927. Here you will find almost 100 unique car models such as Ferrari, […]

Spanish food market
Posted on 22 May 2013

Visit one of the local food markets on the Costa del Sol

If you like to visit local food markets, then here you have some ideas for your weekend excursion. It is all tempting, tasty and a visual treat. A new food market has just be inaugurated in Cerrado de Calderón – just on the outside of Malaga city.  It is called Cerrado Food Market and takes […]

Summer beach family holidays
Posted on 17 May 2013

Summer holidays are coming up soon!

We have said it before – but will repeat it again.  Don´t wait too long to make your car hire booking as the summer holidays are coming up soon and we would hate to disappoint you if your required car group is not available. Right now we have the widest variety of all car models […]

Helle Hollis logo
Posted on 17 May 2013

Helle Hollis is not always Helle Hollis on the web

It seems like other car hire companies and car hire brokers like us so much that they copy our name or set up a page that looks that you were booking directly with Helle Hollis. Unfortunately we also hear sometimes that a client thought he had booked with us but in fact got the car […]

Wild flower Mijas
Posted on 30 April 2013

4 hours adventure hike in Mijas and Benalmadena mountains

Andalusia is full of contrasts – or how to get 4 hours adventure for only 1,80 euros each ! Exactly in the month of April the mountain that lies between Mijas and Benalmadena is in full bloom.  On Sunday April 21st we decided to repeat a hike from the antennas on top of the Mijas […]

Broken car window
Posted on 30 April 2013

Follow up on “break-ins in our rental car”

Last week we wrote about how to avoid to get a break-in in your hire car by leaving no objects visible inside. If you anyway should be so unfortunate to experience a break-in or have your hand bag or purse stolen while shopping then here is a good advice for how to make the theft […]

Cordoba courtyard
Posted on 26 April 2013

Visit Cordoba – “Los Patios de Córdoba”

During the month of May you will find flowers blooming everywhere in Andalucia and what better occasion than to make a visit to Cordoba and see the famous flower decorated courtyards. Since December 2012 the courtyards have been declared “Intangible Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO”.  The courtyards, called “patios” in Spanish, are cared for throughout […]

Broken car window
Posted on 26 April 2013

Don’t leave any objects in the hire car !

It is always a bad experience to get a break-in of your hire car. The break-in is always when a small or bigger object has been left visible in the car.  Even if you think that an empty shopping bag has no importance, whoever is going to steal it doesn’t know its empty until after […]

Sms texting
Posted on 19 April 2013

Use our FREE SMS service

We really aim to be perfect and to pick you up from the airport without you having any waiting time at the courtesy bus stop – but we need your help. We have, for several years, had a free SMS service for our courtesy bus, so when we receive your SMS that you have picked […]