Car Hire Fresno Airport

Fresno is one of the larger cities in the heart of sunny State of California with just under half a million inhabitants. With a total of 271 square kilometres Valley surrounded Fresno, in the East of the 4000 metre high mountains of the Sierra Nevada, in the San Joaquin. Fresno separates the 2000 metre-high Coast ranges of the Pacific Ocean, located about 200 km to the West. But also the cities of Los Angeles in the South and San Francisco in the North are with 300 kilometres for American conditions within reach.

Fresno was granted town rights in 1885 during the great gold rush in California, after it was 1872 has been connected by a neighboring town to the railway network. He was indeed legendary Santa Fe express station here. Therefore, it is also understandable that the city evolved checkered to the station. Today, as well as historic buildings from the Gründerzeit as also contemporary architecture found in Fresno. This mixture gives the city its own personal charm. Worth seeing is especially the Meux Home Museum, which was built in the Victorian style and a very good look at the living conditions of the residents of Fresno in this context in the late 19th century.

Today, Fresno due to the many hours of sunshine and the fertile soil is above all a marginal point for American wine production. Only the water scarcity requires an elaborate irrigation system. Picturesque, numerous vineyards along the mountain slopes sky drag on the outskirts of the city. Also on leisure activities, this city has much to offer. Theme parks, museums and galleries, a vibrant theater scene and plenty of live music provide variety and it is an ideal base for excursions with a rental car in an unparalleled natural landscape of the United States.