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The Alaskan city of Anchorage, with its icy waters, dramatic mountain ranges and diverse wildlife, is an outdoorsy kind of place. However, it's also an urban centre, complete with the cultural buzz shared by all great cities.
We have numerous pick-up points located across the city, including one at Anchorage International Airport, so you can find a convenient place to collect your hire car.
Browse our full range of vehicles to find one that's perfectly suited to your trip, whether you're enjoying a city break or heading out into the wilderness. Reserve your car online before you travel, and then pay in advance or on collection.
We offer a number of benefits when you book direct, and if you have any other questions, our professional team are on hand to help.
Pickup locations in Anchorage
- Anchorage International Airport
- Anchorage - 3730 Spenard Road
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Skip the rental counter at selected locations – just head to your car and go. At selected US rental locations, you can also choose from a wider selection of cars, including exclusive vehicles for top-tier members.
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Anchorage car rental driving guide
Driving in and around Anchorage
Hiring a car in Anchorage gives you the opportunity to explore the vast, untouched beauty of Alaska. It’s an incredibly scenic place to drive where highways sweep through dense, fir forests and glacial valleys, and bridges soar over ice blue rivers, into the shadows of snow-capped mountains.
Anchorage is set out like a grid, like many other US cities, although it’s a lot calmer than New York or LA. There’s plenty of on-street parking, which you can pay for with cash or on your phone. On evenings and weekends, parking is often free – just check for any time limits.
The airport is just 15 minutes from Downtown Anchorage via the Walter J Hickel Parkway. Finding your way around the wider city is similarly straightforward, with only one major route coming in and out, Alaska Route 1 (AK-1). This highway starts in the north east corner of the state, winding through Glenallen to Anchorage.
Follow the AK-1 southbound out of Anchorage and you’ll join the Turnagin Arm Drive stretch of the highway, arguably one of the most incredible routes in the whole nation. The road curves around the waters of Turnagin Arm and into the dramatic fjords of the Kenai Peninsula, crossing over the regional border in about one hour.
One quirk of driving in Alaska is the five-car rule, which helps to avoid traffic building up on the many single-lane highways. If there are five or more vehicles behind you, you must pull over when it’s safe to do so and let them drive past.
In Anchorage, you must drive on the right-hand side of the road. Speed limits vary from 25mph in downtown areas to 65mph on some highways. If the weather is cold and icy, slow down and travel at an appropriate speed or you could get a fine.
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A quick guide to Anchorage
Experience the city sights
Although it's nestled amid some of America’s most incredible natural scenery, Anchorage doesn’t skimp on urban attractions.
For a good sense of Alaska’s cultural heritage, be sure to visit the Alaska Native Heritage Centre, which offers brilliant insight into the 11 major cultural groups that call this place home.
To really feel you’ve stepped back in time, wander the Oscar Anderson House Museum, which is downtown. Built in 1915 by Swedish pioneer Oscar Anderson, who arrived in Anchorage when it was still a ‘tent city’, the house was the very first wood frame structure in the area. Today its interior is exactly as it would have been when Anderson’s family lived there.
One of the factors that originally attracted people like Anderson to live on the ‘Last Frontier’ must have been the abundance of seafood. Delicious crab, cold-water oysters, salmon and halibut ... if you’re visiting Anchorage don’t miss the delectable fresh seafood restaurants.
Chugach State Park and Mountains
East of Anchorage, the Chugach State Park and Mountains present visitors and residents with a vast wealth of opportunities to get outdoors, get active and escape the day-to-day grind.
Varied trails, deep forest land, awesome glaciers, crystalline lakes and a range of dedicated activity centers make this the perfect place for families, or groups of adult friends.
Whether you’re into salmon fishing, kayaking, hiking, mountain biking or a myriad other sports, you’ll find ample opportunity to indulge right here in one of America’s largest national parks.
Go wild
The animals that live in this part of the world are unquestionably one of the most appealing reasons to visit.
Take the chance to see polar bears in their natural habitat, get out on the water to spot whales and otters, or if you’re a keen ornithologist, spend delightful hours with your eyes to the sky admiring eagles, ravens, puffins, and kittiwake. You may even meet a moose wandering nonchalantly through the city.
For many, the animal most closely associated with Alaska is the grizzly bear. From Anchorage, it’s relatively simple to travel to a number of private lakeside lodges where you can stay in the hope of viewing these majestic animals.
Explore all that this corner of Alaska has to offer with car hire in Anchorage.
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