Car Hire in Mexico - Getting to Mexico

Mexico is huge and has several gateways, depending on weather you’re headed for the Pacific coast, Caribbean, North or Mexico city. With the exception of the Baja and Tijuana, most visitors to Mexico arrive by air and there are more than 30 international airports, all well serviced by North American cities. From Europe you can fly to Mexico City and Cancún. Connections are also frequent to Caribbean and Central/South American destinations. Trans-Atlantic flights are numerous and several airlines fly between Mexico city and Asia/Australia.

A reasonably good rail network crosses the country, though it isn’t a popular way of entering the country. Most land visitors arrive from the North and the journey to Mexico city and the resorts can be long. Trains run from San Diego to Tijuana, El Paso to Ciudad Juárez and Del Rio to Ciudad Acuña

Similarly buses ply routes across the northern border but are only practical for visiting locations in the north.

Travelers can cross into Mexico by road from the USA at one of the 40 official crossing points, there are also 10 border crossings between Mexico and Guatemala, and fairly frequent bus services between border points and Guatemalan towns. Frequent buses also run between Belize City and Chetumal.