Piura car rental runs through Capitan FAP Guillermo Concha Iberico International Airport (PIU), conveniently just a couple of kilometres from the city centre, where on-site desks serve arrivals - Sixt operates at the airport with a minimum driver age of 21, and listings also cover Hertz, Budget and Avis for the location. From Piura the draw is the northern coast: Mancora's surf beaches sit around three hours northwest on the Panamericana, with Colan and the fishing towns closer in, and the dry desert-north roads make for easy driving by Peruvian standards. Book ahead in the December-to-March beach season when fleets tighten, bring licence, passport and a credit card in the driver's name, and prefer daylight for the intercity runs - stray animals and unlit vehicles are the honest hazards on the Panamericana after dark.
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