AVIS Car Rental at Beijing Airport

The Avis car hire Beijing Airport desk is located at Terminal 2 by Gate 11. The service team welcomes customers between the hours of 9.00 am to 5.00 pm every day. Reservations can be made online using the form above or at the desk on the day of arrival.

The city of Beijing is a vast urban sprawl with many distinctly different suburbs and districts. The 32 km journey into central Beijing can take between 45 minutes and one hour, depending on time of day and traffic conditions. Beijing Airport is connected with the city and surrounding suburbs via four toll roads and bridges.

Renting a car at Beijing Airport makes travel to some of Beijing's ancient monuments far more convenient. Several sections of the Great Wall of China, like the section at Badaling for example, which are closest to the city and can be reached by guided tour buses or other means of public transport, are generally over-crowded and extensively restored. For more authentic and far less frequented sections of the Great Wall it is best to hire a car for self-drive or a chauffeur driven car.

Si Ma Tai is such as section of wall and offers the opportunity to enjoy an 8 mile walk to the next section at Jin Shan Ling. The views are spectacular, but the hike is not for the fainthearted and requires a certain amount of fitness. Visitors with a car from Avis Beijing Airport should head to Miyun County, which is located roughly 120 km north-east of Beijing.

Another of China's greatest cultural treasures is the Summer Palace (Yi He Yuan), a UNESCO World Heritage site that was once described as "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design". The Summer Palace is surrounded by a natural landscape that contains hills and open stretches of water, which the artist-landscape designers incorporated into the overall design. There are beautiful palaces and temples, bridges and pavilions, pleasure halls and peaceful corners where visitors can rest and feast their eyes on a place that spells nothing but harmony between artificial structures and nature.

Tourists with a car should head for the Haidan District, where Yi He Yuan is located (tel (010) 6288 1144). The Summer Palace and gardens are open daily from 7.00 am to 5.00 pm.

Avis car hire at Beijing Airport offers great choice at affordable prices. The Intermediate class of vehicles includes cars like the Volkswagen Santana for example, a 4-door car with room for 5 passengers and one large as well as one small suitcase. The car features air conditioning and automatic transmission.

Full-size cars include the 4-door Volkswagen Passat, which also seating for up to 5 people and room in the boot for one large and one small suitcase. This car also features air conditioning, but has a manual transmission.

The Premium range from Avis Beijing Capital International Airport includes vehicles like the GM Buick Regal, an automatic transmission car featuring 4 doors, air conditioning and seating for 5 passengers.

It is also possible to rent larger types of vehicles, for example mini vans like the GM Buick GL8 for example or the Ford Mini bus. While the former can seat up to 7 people, the latter has seating for up to 10 people, ideal for groups of friends or business people visiting Beijing's international trade fairs.