Southeast Alaska
This longtime Gustavus favorite is a charming family homestead lodge mentioned in every travel book on Alaska, with good reason. It’s thoroughly modern…
Must-see hotels in Southeast Alaska
Juneau
Taking Alaskan B&Bs to a new level is the Capital Inn (suitably situated across the street from the state capitol), where period details mingle with…
Southeast Alaska
If you’ve had it with the cruise-ship crowds, this is your escape: a beautiful home in its own wooded retreat, 3 miles from downtown Petersburg. From the…
Southeast Alaska
Wrangell’s best and largest hotel is also the favorite local urban hangout. Herein lies the town’s best restaurant, best coffee bar, and a friendly…
Juneau
One of Alaska’s most beautiful USFS campgrounds. The 69-site area (17 sites with hookups) is on Montana Creek Rd, off Mendenhall Loop Rd, and has a…
Inn at Creek Street – New York Hotel
Ketchikan
A historic boutique hotel that strikes a delicate balance between old-world ambience and modern comfort. The eight rooms have a 1920s period feel without…
Southeast Alaska
The most impressive accommodations in town, this hotel has 33 bright and modern rooms, some with kitchenettes, and a subtle sprinkling of Norwegian trim…
Juneau
A swanky (for Alaska) boutique inn with 16 rooms. The 100-year-old building emanates a retro-versus-modern feel with antiques and rooms with private baths…
Southeast Alaska
This is essentially a national-park lodge and the only accommodations in the park itself. Located at Bartlett Cove, 8 miles northwest of Gustavus, the…
Southeast Alaska
This B&B is nestled amid 10 acres of wildflowers and surround-sound views of the Fairweather Mountains. The two rooms and two cottages (with kitchenettes)…
Ketchikan
This is Ketchikan’s splashiest lodging. Perched atop the hill behind Creek St, it offers the best views in town and can be reached by a high-tech…
Sitka
Sitka’s finest campground has 35 sites for three types of campers: RVers, car-and-tenters and backpackers/cyclists. You’re 7 miles north of town, but the…
Ketchikan
This incredible B&B offers a range of waterfront accommodations 2.5 miles north of the ferry terminal and near a bus stop. There are four bedrooms in the…
Skagway
Hitting the 'Koot? Start with a good night’s sleep at this excellent if unconventional B&B located a half-mile from the trailhead. The cabins are…
Ketchikan
The aptly named Landing, directly opposite the Alaska Marine Highway ferry dock, is, arguably, Ketchikan’s best all-round hotel, equipped with an on-site…
Skagway
In a restored 1897 Victorian building that was originally one of the town’s brothels (what building still standing in Skagway wasn’t?) this beautiful…
Southeast Alaska
A deluxe B&B hides inside this gabled wooden house with panoramic windows overlooking Wrangell harbor. The light-filled supermodern lounge-kitchen is…
Southeast Alaska
Fantastic array of rooms spread around nine different buildings in Stewart, BC, all of them historic, from an old prospector's house to a former brothel…
Juneau
Welcome to a real old-fashioned hostel, the type where the rates are low as long as you perform a daily chore (dish washing anyone?). The chore policy…
Juneau
The former Goldbelt hotel – one of Juneau's tallest buildings – has recently come under the ownership of Sheraton, which has given the place a full…
Sitka
Sitka’s typically bohemian hostel is downtown in the historic Tillie Paul Manor, which once served as the town’s hospital. The charismatic building…
Juneau
Welcome to a quintessential gold-boom hotel, with heavily patterned wallpaper clashing with the heavily patterned carpet, lots of wood paneling and walls…
Haines
The grand dame of Haines hotels is the former bachelor officers’ quarters and overlooks Fort Seward’s parade ground. A National Historic Landmark, the…
Haines
A rare Southeastern Alaska hostel of sorts, this place is a 20-minute walk outside town – follow Mud Bay Rd and when it veers right, continue straight…
Haines
This B&B is what Alaska is all about. The large cedar home is perched above Lynn Canal and surrounded by impressive pines for a tranquil, woodsy setting…
Southeast Alaska
One of the more Norwegian-looking of Petersburg's houses, this stunner is raised on stilts above the water and has Nordic trim painted onto its attractive…
Sitka
Recently reopened after being upgraded, this handsome wood-paneled structure in the center of town looks like a gold-rush-era building given a style…
Southeast Alaska
This self-contained inn has a great waterfront location overlooking South Cove Boat Harbor and is only a five-minute walk to shops and restaurants in…
Southeast Alaska
This offers the best camping on Wrangell Island, but unfortunately it is 14 miles from town. Each of the six free wheelchair-accessible sites has a picnic…
Southeast Alaska
In 2010 the USFS opened Middle Ridge Cabin, the first road-accessible cabin of the 22 in the Wrangell District of Tongass National Forest (until recently…
Southeast Alaska
The closest place to the ferry terminal – it’s practically next door. It has an outdoor hot tub where you can soak while watching the ferry depart. Five…
Haines
Seven miles southeast of Haines toward the end of Chilkat Peninsula, this campground has good views of Davidson and Rainbow Glaciers spilling out of the…
Juneau
Luxury is an accurate assessment of this B&B with five rooms and amenities that range from balconies and private entrances to fireplaces and in-room…
Juneau
The Prospector is a typical middle-of-the-road Juneau option: unexciting, but perfectly comfortable and in a good location. There's an on-site bar…
Haines
Built in 1904, this grand and roomy place was once the chief surgeon's house and the walls are adorned with historic photos. Recently put under new…
Juneau
The woody, slightly scruffy exterior doesn't really do the 63-room Driftwood justice. Sure, it looks like a journeyman motel, but inside the rooms are…
Sitka
In the middle of Katlian's bustling harbors and canneries sits this newly renamed and rebranded lodge with 10 rooms featuring refrigerators, wet bars,…
Sitka
This is one of Sitka’s larger hotels, with 68 comfortable rooms featuring the traditional (Alaska Native art and prints on the walls) and the modern (flat…
Sitka
Perched right above the shoreline, all 10 rooms in this handsome wooden inn face the ocean and have a private balcony overlooking it. There are four top…
Sitka
This new chain has infiltrated several Alaskan cities in the last couple of years, Juneau and Haines among them. The new Sitka offering opened in the…
