Must-see hotels in Southeast Alaska

  • Gustavus Inn

    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…

  • Alaska’s Capital Inn

    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…

  • Lucky Loon

    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…

  • Stikine Inn

    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…

  • Mendenhall Lake Campground

    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…

  • Scandia House

    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…

  • Silverbow Inn

    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…

  • Glacier Bay Lodge

    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…

  • Blue Heron B&B

    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)…

  • Cape Fox Lodge

    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…

  • Black Bear Inn

    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…

  • Landing Hotel

    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…

  • Squawking Raven B&B

    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…

  • Ripley Creek Inn

    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 International Hostel

    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…

  • Four Points by Sheraton

    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…

  • Alaskan Hotel

    Juneau

    Welcome to a quintessential gold-boom hotel, with heavily patterned wallpaper clashing with the heavily patterned carpet, lots of wood paneling and walls…

  • Nordic House

    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…

  • Blue Heron Inn

    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…

  • Nemo Point

    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…

  • Middle Ridge Cabin

    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…

  • Waterfront B&B

    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…

  • Prospector Hotel

    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…

  • Beachside Villa Luxury Inn

    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…

  • Driftwood Hotel

    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…

  • Annie Mae Lodge

    Southeast Alaska

    This large, rambling lodge has wraparound porches and 11 rooms, most with private bath. On the 2nd level all seven rooms have a private entrance off the…

  • Eagle's Wing Inn

    Southeast Alaska

    A great place to stay, this large, rambling log home 2 miles from the ferry terminal is run by the Salvation Army. Three of the five rooms have views of…

  • Rodeway Inn Edgewater

    Ketchikan

    A mile north of the airport ferry on the waterfront, the Edgewater is a posher-than-average motel with a good aspect overlooking the Tongass Narrows. The…

  • My Place

    Ketchikan

    Yours for a reasonable price is the new-in-2017 My Place, part of a small franchise but locally run, which is equipped with 64 pet-friendly rooms (some…

  • Auke Lake B&B

    Juneau

    Located 10 minutes from Mendenhall Glacier, this valley B&B has five luxurious rooms with phone, TV, refrigerator and coffeemaker. In the living room is a…

  • Aimee’s Guest House

    Southeast Alaska

    A former smokehouse on the Salmon River (hence the colorful fish mural outside) has been converted into three bright, airy and comfortable vacation…

  • Anan Bay Cabin

    Southeast Alaska

    The best way to see the bears at Anan Creek, if you can plan ahead, is to reserve the two-bunk USFS Anan Bay Cabin, which comes with four permits and is a…

  • Shoemaker Bay Recreation Area

    Southeast Alaska

    This waterfront campsite is across from the Rainbow Falls trailhead in a wooded area near a creek. There are 25 sites, 15 with hookups for RVers, and a…

  • Rooney’s Roost

    Southeast Alaska

    Posing as the prettiest house in town, this excellent B&B is within easy walking distance of the ferry, just a short way up 2nd St. There are four antique…

  • Grand View B&B

    Southeast Alaska

    Just south of City Park, this oceanfront B&B does have the grandest view in town. From the living room a row of picture windows frame Zimovia Strait and…

  • Dreamcatcher B&B

    Southeast Alaska

    Three guest rooms in a beautiful seaside home. Big picture windows and a wraparound deck give way to a wonderful view of water, islands, mountains and, of…

  • Highliner Lodge

    Southeast Alaska

    The Highliner offers all-inclusive fishing packages that include accommodation, meals, three to six days of fishing and flights to and from Juneau…

  • Winstanley Island Cabin

    Southeast Alaska

    Situated 20 miles up the Behm Canal in the heart of Misty Fiords National Monument, this is one of only two paddle-up cabins in the wilderness area making…

  • Settler’s Cove State Recreation Area

    Ketchikan

    Tongass Hwy ends 18 miles north of Ketchikan at a pretty coastal recreation area, with a lush rainforest bordering a gravel beach and rocky coastline. Its…

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