The most popular SUV models offered at rental locations in Nicosia are: BMW X3, Toyota Rav4, Kia Sportage, Suzuki Jimny, Toyota Landcruiser, Hyundai Tuscon and others.
While selecting your preferred model of an off-road vehicle, please examine the rental conditions. In particular, those requirements that concern credit cards – when it comes to renting an expensive car, sometimes offices in Cyprus ask information about two credit cards.
Before signing the contract in the rental office upon arrival, check that the invoice figures match with figures in your voucher.
Once the vehicle is assigned, inspect it carefully before leaving the parking. Crossovers and SUVs are often used in tough road conditions, therefore scratches and other exteriour defects are inevitable. Due to this, it is important to check and specify all existing defects in your rental documents.
If you plan to use an off-road vehicle in the mountains, it is recommended to order snow chains. This will save you from unexpected incidents. Other important equipment in Cyprus are mandatory child seats for travellers with children.
OrangeSmile.com wishes you a safe trip and green lights on the roads of Nicosia!
Common questions on rental process
Many local traffic regulations may be rather unusual to foreign visitors. For example, if there are children under 16 in the vehicle, none of passengers is allowed to smoke in the cabin. The penalty for violation of this rule is approximately 100 euro.
Traffic regulations in Cyprus are controlled by means of cameras. Each year more and more cameras appear on the roads of the country. Local drivers have found the best way to avoid punishment - they intentionally scratch and bend car license plates, so that it will be impossible to identify them on camera photographs. You should pay attention to cleanliness and proper condition of the license plate, because driving with dirty or bent numbers will result in a fine.
Mountain roads of Cyprus are worth a separate mentioning as they never cease to attract curious tourists. Roads laid in mountainous regions of the country are very narrow and winding, and in some areas of such roads there is hardly enough space for one car. If on a narrow mountain road there are two cars that cannot pass each other, one car needs to move backwards until it reaches a wider place. According to an unwritten rule, the driver of a smaller vehicle should give way.
