Northern Ireland's biggest airport, Belfast International Airport, is a dynamic yet welcoming hub that gives visitors a taste of what to expect when they travel further into Northern Ireland. Explore the new Belfast and beyond with Nova Car Hire.
Located 18 miles outside the city of Belfast, Belfast International Airport operates daily flights to and from destinations in the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America, making it the perfect gateway for your tour of Northern Ireland by hired car. The airport caters for travellers with a range of options for shopping and dining and comprehensive facilities for banking, phones, postal services, Internet access, and accommodation.
Belfast International Airport has a foreign exchange bureau at both the Departures Concourse and in International Arrivals. ATM machines are located in the terminal building at the Check-in Hall, the Departures Concourse, the Departures Lounge (after boarding card check), and in Arrivals on the ground floor.
Passengers on flights to destinations outside the EU can avail of duty-free shopping, and tax-free shopping is now available to every passenger, thanks to Les Boutiques shopping service at Belfast International Airport. Les Boutiques sells cosmetics, jewellery, electrical products, clothing, and confectionery at prices up to 40 percent lower than the high street.
Belfast International Airport offers wireless Internet access in public areas and airline lounges. Postal facilities are available in the Departures Lounge. Card- and coin-operated public telephones are dispersed throughout the airport, with phone cards available from newsagents.
Belfast City
Belfast once partnered Beirut, Baghdad, and Bosnia as one the four destinations that travellers should bypass, but an astounding transformation has turned it into the trendy party town that hosted the MTV Awards ceremony in November 2011.
The same shipyards that gave the world that infamous ill-fated ocean liner are making way for the luxury waterfront apartments of the Titanic Quarter. Victoria Square, Europe's largest urban renewal scheme, has introduced a massive city-centre shopping mall to a host of tourist attractions that encompasses Victorian architecture, a dazzling waterfront accented by modern art, lively music in busy pubs, and the United Kingdom's second-biggest arts festival.
This dynamic new face of Belfast will become clear to you when you get here in your Nova rental car from Belfast International Airport. To reach Belfast city from the airport, follow the A57 for seven miles and then follow the M2 southbound.
Collecting your car hire at Belfast International Airport
After you've made your car hire booking an e-mail confirmation/booking voucher will be sent to you. The name of the car hire company (Budget, Irish Car Rentals, Europcar or Alamo) you're booked with will be printed on the booking voucher. Additional information including opening times of the relevant car rental desk will also appear on your voucher. All you have to do is head for the arrivals hall where you'll see the car rental desks.
If your drop off location isn't Belfast International Airport, information on your return location, including opening times, will appear on your voucher.