Car Rental Kona

The name of the rapidly growing tourist destination of Kailua-Kona in the middle of the western coastline of the Big Island in Hawaii is often shortened to simply Kona. Although traffic has increased dramatically in recent years in the community because of the increasing number of tourists driving budget car rental in Kona, the area has still managed to maintain its intimate small town atmosphere.

Kona's Thrifty, Enterprise, and Hertz dealerships are the easiest places to obtain car rental in Kona, but an Avis branch can also be found at the Kona International Airport in nearby Keahole.

Regardless of where visitors get car rentals in Kona, however, one place they'll surely want to travel is Kona's main street named Ali'i Drive, which runs along the ocean from Kailua Pier to Keauhou Bay with many unique art galleries, restaurants, souvenir shops, and sidewalk cafés along the way.

More historic Kona attractions can also be explored just steps away from Ali'i Drive. These include the Mokuaikaua Church which was the first Christian church established on any of the Hawaiian islands in 1820 and the former vacation home of Hawaii's royal family, Hulihe'e Palace. Today, the palace doubles as a museum filled with beautiful furniture and traditional Hawaiian artifacts.

Ahuena Heiau is a completely restored Hawaiian temple found at the end of Kamakahonu Beach which the Hawaiian king like to use as a retreat. The building is closed to the public because it is a Hawaiian holy site, but visitors can still admire its stone wall and modest grass structures.