Jane's Guidebook
Food scene
There are many great places to eat in Anchorage. You can walk, drive or take Uber or Lyft.
Across the street. Well stocked grocery store with everything including organic produce, ethnic specialty items, deli foods, fresh oven baked pizza, rotisserie chickens, savory warm entrée foods, specialty cheeses etc. Coffee stand and fresh bakery goods.
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New Sagaya City Market
900 W 13th AveAcross the street. Well stocked grocery store with everything including organic produce, ethnic specialty items, deli foods, fresh oven baked pizza, rotisserie chickens, savory warm entrée foods, specialty cheeses etc. Coffee stand and fresh bakery goods.
Wonderful bakery 7 blocks from the BnB. Excellent sweet and savory baked goods, breads, and soups and salad. Enjoy breakfast lunch or a snack. Eat there or take out. Very popular and you may have to wait a bit for a seat during peak times. Indoor and outdoor seating available when not too cold.
It is located in K Street Market that also houses a gourmet liquor store, organic produce market with fresh fruit and veggie smoothies and a plant gift store with a coffee bar. Really fun place to visit and eat!
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Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop
718 K StWonderful bakery 7 blocks from the BnB. Excellent sweet and savory baked goods, breads, and soups and salad. Enjoy breakfast lunch or a snack. Eat there or take out. Very popular and you may have to wait a bit for a seat during peak times. Indoor and outdoor seating available when not too cold.
It is located in K Street Market that also houses a gourmet liquor store, organic produce market with fresh fruit and veggie smoothies and a plant gift store with a coffee bar. Really fun place to visit and eat!
Best hotdogs ever!
Walk the coastal trail there and then walk back through downtown to the apartment…3.5 mile walk OR do a direct 2 mile walk there and back.
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International House Of Hotdogs
1020 L StBest hotdogs ever!
Walk the coastal trail there and then walk back through downtown to the apartment…3.5 mile walk OR do a direct 2 mile walk there and back.
Two blocks from the BnB. Indoor and outdoor dining and drinks. Service is not great, but the food is good. You can opt for eating in a clear dome to stay warm and dry.
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Inlet PubHouse
1020 W 12th AveTwo blocks from the BnB. Indoor and outdoor dining and drinks. Service is not great, but the food is good. You can opt for eating in a clear dome to stay warm and dry.
Great steak and seafood in an old time feeling open seating restaurant. It is in the corner of the downtown 5th Avenue Mall (convenient) but does not feel like you are in the mall. Entrance is on C street side of the mall and is separate from the mall. There is also bar seating with bar bites or full menu options as well. Occasional live music. Reservations recommended for restaurant unless it is early or not a busy time.
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Sullivan's Steakhouse
320 W 5th AveGreat steak and seafood in an old time feeling open seating restaurant. It is in the corner of the downtown 5th Avenue Mall (convenient) but does not feel like you are in the mall. Entrance is on C street side of the mall and is separate from the mall. There is also bar seating with bar bites or full menu options as well. Occasional live music. Reservations recommended for restaurant unless it is early or not a busy time.
1 mile from the BnB. Lunch and dinner. Very busy, food is OK, but wonderful on a warmer clear day for outside seating and tremendous views. You can also go for drinks and appetizers on the deck as well. Live music some evenings. Reservations recommended or go early and be prepared to wait some.
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49th State Brewing Co - Anchorage
717 W 3rd Ave1 mile from the BnB. Lunch and dinner. Very busy, food is OK, but wonderful on a warmer clear day for outside seating and tremendous views. You can also go for drinks and appetizers on the deck as well. Live music some evenings. Reservations recommended or go early and be prepared to wait some.
Great food and atmosphere. Expensive and elegant. Perfect for intimate special occasions. Excellent Caesar salad made at your table. Inside dining only. Need advanced reservations
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The Marx Bros Cafe
627 W 3rd AveGreat food and atmosphere. Expensive and elegant. Perfect for intimate special occasions. Excellent Caesar salad made at your table. Inside dining only. Need advanced reservations
12 blocks from apartment. Heart of downtown. Delicious food and nice atmosphere! Can do bar menu with bar bites or full menu. Early bird happy hour prices sometimes.
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Ginger
425 W 5th Ave12 blocks from apartment. Heart of downtown. Delicious food and nice atmosphere! Can do bar menu with bar bites or full menu. Early bird happy hour prices sometimes.
Incredible views of Anchorage! Expensive, ok food. Located at the top of the Captain Cook Hotel a straight 1 mile from the BnB apartment. Reservations needed. You can also have drinks in the bar for and still have some viewing of the city as well.
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Crow's Nest
939 W 5th AveIncredible views of Anchorage! Expensive, ok food. Located at the top of the Captain Cook Hotel a straight 1 mile from the BnB apartment. Reservations needed. You can also have drinks in the bar for and still have some viewing of the city as well.
Wild Scoops is a great microcreamery in Anchorage, Alaska. They handcraft small batches of inventive, seasonal ice creams that star Alaskan products.
This is the best and most interesting ice cream ever! Open seasonally in the summer downtown and year round in midtown.
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Wild Scoops
429 E StreetWild Scoops is a great microcreamery in Anchorage, Alaska. They handcraft small batches of inventive, seasonal ice creams that star Alaskan products.
This is the best and most interesting ice cream ever! Open seasonally in the summer downtown and year round in midtown.
Ten blocks from the bnb. Wonderful gumbo, jumbalya and blue cheese house salad. Fabulous corn bread muffins and BBQ pork sandwiches with slaw. Take out or dine outside/inside.
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Gumbo House
508 W 9th AveTen blocks from the bnb. Wonderful gumbo, jumbalya and blue cheese house salad. Fabulous corn bread muffins and BBQ pork sandwiches with slaw. Take out or dine outside/inside.
Good seafood and steak. 1 mile from apartment. Ask for a view table if possible. Reservations recommended. Indoor seating only.
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Simon & Seafort's Saloon & Grill
420 L StreetGood seafood and steak. 1 mile from apartment. Ask for a view table if possible. Reservations recommended. Indoor seating only.
1 mile from the apartment. Good soup, salad, sandwiches, bakery goods and brewed coffee.
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Middle Way Cafe
1200 W Northern Lights Blvd1 mile from the apartment. Good soup, salad, sandwiches, bakery goods and brewed coffee.
One mile from the bnb. All the food is fabulous. Great pizza. Yummi salads. Nice staff and comfortable casual seating at the bar, main dining room and outside. Great local, on tap beers and cider.
Take out or dine outside/inside.
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Hearth Artisan Pizza
1200 W Northern Lights BlvdOne mile from the bnb. All the food is fabulous. Great pizza. Yummi salads. Nice staff and comfortable casual seating at the bar, main dining room and outside. Great local, on tap beers and cider.
Take out or dine outside/inside.
About 1.5 mile walk, bike ride or drive. Eclectic and delicious. Service is a little slow, so don't go hungry.
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Rustic Goat
2800 Turnagain StAbout 1.5 mile walk, bike ride or drive. Eclectic and delicious. Service is a little slow, so don't go hungry.
Turnagain Brewing
7920 King StGreat on site brewed beer and ciders. 10 minute drive.
Excellent Pizza! Walking distance or short drive. Sit down restaurant, take out or order and eat at tables watching a second run interesting movie. There is a bigger original restaurant called Moose’s Tooth about 3 miles in midtown that I also has great pizza and beer. It is very popular and very busy. Place to meet and greet people, but often a long wait to get a table. You can order on line and pick up.
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Bear Tooth Theatrepub
1230 W 27th AveExcellent Pizza! Walking distance or short drive. Sit down restaurant, take out or order and eat at tables watching a second run interesting movie. There is a bigger original restaurant called Moose’s Tooth about 3 miles in midtown that I also has great pizza and beer. It is very popular and very busy. Place to meet and greet people, but often a long wait to get a table. You can order on line and pick up.
Tibetan Indian fusion menu. Food is great. Counter service and Formica tables or take out. There is a wonderful restaurant close by that is temporarily closed since Covid hit. 1.5 mile walk to midtown mall or drive.
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Yak & Yeti Cafe
1360 W Northern Lights BlvdTibetan Indian fusion menu. Food is great. Counter service and Formica tables or take out. There is a wonderful restaurant close by that is temporarily closed since Covid hit. 1.5 mile walk to midtown mall or drive.
Good food. Great location. Some locals love it, but mostly tourists go there. Often a long wait and busy, so don’t go there hungry. Service is not great.
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Snow City Cafe
1034 W 4th AveGood food. Great location. Some locals love it, but mostly tourists go there. Often a long wait and busy, so don’t go there hungry. Service is not great.
Right downtown. Pretty good food. Always busy, but a fun scene. You can get reservations or walk in and eat in the bar area. The blue cheese salad, Halibut fish and chips, pasta dishes and salad are excellent. I love their bread pudding, but it is a large portion!
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Glacier Brewhouse
737 W 5th AveRight downtown. Pretty good food. Always busy, but a fun scene. You can get reservations or walk in and eat in the bar area. The blue cheese salad, Halibut fish and chips, pasta dishes and salad are excellent. I love their bread pudding, but it is a large portion!
Orso
737 W 5th AveTrendy new restaurant right downtown. 1mike walk. Reservations can be hard to get. I am told you can often walk in early, around 5, and get seated. My friends, who have been there, say it is good.
Whisky & Ramen
Trendy new restaurant right downtown. 1mike walk. Reservations can be hard to get. I am told you can often walk in early, around 5, and get seated. My friends, who have been there, say it is good.
Neighborhoods
Four blocks from the BnB. A mile long park strip, with kite flying, free weekly evening yoga, rose garden, war memorial, beautiful mountain views, kite flying, tennis, picnicking, organized games, people watching...on the way to downtown
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Delaney Park Strip
West 9th AvenueFour blocks from the BnB. A mile long park strip, with kite flying, free weekly evening yoga, rose garden, war memorial, beautiful mountain views, kite flying, tennis, picnicking, organized games, people watching...on the way to downtown
Best neighborhood ever. Our neighborhood!
South Addition is a residential neighborhood with 1930s and ’40s homes built in eclectic architectural styles, from log houses to Cape Cod cottages. The area’s many green spaces include Delaney Park Strip, the city’s first airfield, with a rose garden and memorials, and Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park, which lines a large lagoon. Overlooking Cook Inlet, the Coastal Trail is a popular paved cycling and running path
South Addition
Best neighborhood ever. Our neighborhood!
South Addition is a residential neighborhood with 1930s and ’40s homes built in eclectic architectural styles, from log houses to Cape Cod cottages. The area’s many green spaces include Delaney Park Strip, the city’s first airfield, with a rose garden and memorials, and Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park, which lines a large lagoon. Overlooking Cook Inlet, the Coastal Trail is a popular paved cycling and running path
Downtown Anchorage is the home of historic buildings, restaurants, the Performing Arts Center, the Anchorage Museum, a mall, curio/tourist trinket shops, local artisan stores (my favorite is Cabin Fever) and a lovely park that often has local music and events.
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Downtown
Downtown Anchorage is the home of historic buildings, restaurants, the Performing Arts Center, the Anchorage Museum, a mall, curio/tourist trinket shops, local artisan stores (my favorite is Cabin Fever) and a lovely park that often has local music and events.
Biking, Walking, and Ski Trails Near BnB
One of our daily 1-3 mile neighborhood and trail walks.
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Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
Raspberry RoadOne of our daily 1-3 mile neighborhood and trail walks.
Start at the railroad station north of downtown or join the trail from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. Wonderful sites and creekside walking or riding for all levels of ability. 2.6 miles each way, but you can do a smaller segment of the trail if desired.
Ship Creek Trail
Ship Creek TrailStart at the railroad station north of downtown or join the trail from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. Wonderful sites and creekside walking or riding for all levels of ability. 2.6 miles each way, but you can do a smaller segment of the trail if desired.
Campbell Creek Trail
Campbell Creek TrailLocal Anchorage Sightseeing
11 blocks from bnb. Great native art collection, contemporary exhibits & planetarium shows. Visit the museum coffee shop or Muse restaurant for lunch & dinner...food by local renowned chef. A little pricy, but excellent food and great atmosphere.
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Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
625 C St11 blocks from bnb. Great native art collection, contemporary exhibits & planetarium shows. Visit the museum coffee shop or Muse restaurant for lunch & dinner...food by local renowned chef. A little pricy, but excellent food and great atmosphere.
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
621 West 6th AvenueAnchorage bike tours, mountain biking adventures and winter biking. A recent guest said she really enjoyed her bike tour of the city and learning the neighborhoods and history.
Alaska Trail Guides
600 West 7th AvenueAnchorage bike tours, mountain biking adventures and winter biking. A recent guest said she really enjoyed her bike tour of the city and learning the neighborhoods and history.
Anchorage has year round trail activities close by. Biking, walking, hiking, skiing and kick sledding
Alaska Trail Guides
600 West 7th AvenueAnchorage has year round trail activities close by. Biking, walking, hiking, skiing and kick sledding
ANMC Hospital has an extraordinary Alaska Native Craft Shop & Native Art Exhibits...
Wonderful source for viewing and buying authentic Alaska Native arts and crafts
1. The world-renowned ANMC Craft Shop consigns and commissions works from Alaska Native artists and crafters from every region of Alaska and sells their one-of-a-kind works to hospital visitors. Operated by ANMC Auxiliary volunteers, the Craft Shop uses proceeds from sales to provide important income to the Alaska Native arts community, positively impacts health care delivery at ANMC, consistently brightens the day of our patients by supporting ANMC’s Auxiliary Patient Services, and helps develop the next generation of Alaska Native leaders by fueling the ANMC Auxiliary Scholarship Fund.
The ANMC Craft Shop only accepts cash, U.S. checks and U.S. traveler’s checks with valid photo identification. The Craft Shop does not accept credit or debit cards.
ANMC Craft Shop hours
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday
11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month
For more information on the ANMC Craft Shop, please call (907) 729-1122.
2. The exhibits at ANMC are heralded by the Smithsonian as the best Alaska Native Art collection in the states.
In the main hospital building where the craft store is located, there are displays of native historic and contemporary arts and crafts at the top of each flight of stairs. Large glass displays are filled with incredible collections. As you walk up or down the beautiful spiral stairs you can view lovely small displays of artwork embedded in the walls.
Really extraordinary collection and worth the visit!
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Alaska Native Medical Center Craft Shop
4315 Diplomacy DrANMC Hospital has an extraordinary Alaska Native Craft Shop & Native Art Exhibits...
Wonderful source for viewing and buying authentic Alaska Native arts and crafts
1. The world-renowned ANMC Craft Shop consigns and commissions works from Alaska Native artists and crafters from every region of Alaska and sells their one-of-a-kind works to hospital visitors. Operated by ANMC Auxiliary volunteers, the Craft Shop uses proceeds from sales to provide important income to the Alaska Native arts community, positively impacts health care delivery at ANMC, consistently brightens the day of our patients by supporting ANMC’s Auxiliary Patient Services, and helps develop the next generation of Alaska Native leaders by fueling the ANMC Auxiliary Scholarship Fund.
The ANMC Craft Shop only accepts cash, U.S. checks and U.S. traveler’s checks with valid photo identification. The Craft Shop does not accept credit or debit cards.
ANMC Craft Shop hours
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday
11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month
For more information on the ANMC Craft Shop, please call (907) 729-1122.
2. The exhibits at ANMC are heralded by the Smithsonian as the best Alaska Native Art collection in the states.
In the main hospital building where the craft store is located, there are displays of native historic and contemporary arts and crafts at the top of each flight of stairs. Large glass displays are filled with incredible collections. As you walk up or down the beautiful spiral stairs you can view lovely small displays of artwork embedded in the walls.
Really extraordinary collection and worth the visit!
Lovely walk through the gardens filled with exotic and native plants. Knowledgeable staff and excellent plant information. Tiny gift shop. Sometimes have outdoors gourmet boxed dinner options or other hosted events.
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Alaska Botanical Garden
4601 Campbell Airstrip RdLovely walk through the gardens filled with exotic and native plants. Knowledgeable staff and excellent plant information. Tiny gift shop. Sometimes have outdoors gourmet boxed dinner options or other hosted events.
Sight Seeing Near Anchorage
A must see, at least once! Combine with glacier tour in Whittier...or do multiple day trips out of Anchorage. This is a one hour drive. You can stop and hike, eat, and/or ride the tram up the mountain for a spectacular view in Girdwood.
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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
43520 Seward HwyA must see, at least once! Combine with glacier tour in Whittier...or do multiple day trips out of Anchorage. This is a one hour drive. You can stop and hike, eat, and/or ride the tram up the mountain for a spectacular view in Girdwood.
Wonderful glacier boat tours with Chugach park ranger guides. Weather can be very iffy...glorious to awful. Recommend Phillips 27 Glacier Cruise. You can combine this with a train ride there on Alaska railroad or drive there yourself. It is about an hour and a half drive to Whittier and there are very specific times the tunnel opens for travel in and out of Whittier.
Be aware that the ‘meal’ included is chowder, chips, a drink and a candy
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Whittier
Wonderful glacier boat tours with Chugach park ranger guides. Weather can be very iffy...glorious to awful. Recommend Phillips 27 Glacier Cruise. You can combine this with a train ride there on Alaska railroad or drive there yourself. It is about an hour and a half drive to Whittier and there are very specific times the tunnel opens for travel in and out of Whittier.
Be aware that the ‘meal’ included is chowder, chips, a drink and a candy
30 minute drive south of Anchorage. Great year round fun. Hiking trails, skiing and a variety of excellent restaurants plus a local brewery.
Recommend the Tram ride up the mountain at Alyeska Hotel. Walk up and Tram down: Tram up and ski down; Tram up & back down...incredible views!
Great year round activities... biking, hiking and skiing!
My favorite hiking trail is Winner Creek. It is an easy well groomed trail (take bug dope) with a very short loop next to the hotel or longer hike 3-3.5 miles round trip with a hand powered tram over a river/falls and back at the end.
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Girdwood
30 minute drive south of Anchorage. Great year round fun. Hiking trails, skiing and a variety of excellent restaurants plus a local brewery.
Recommend the Tram ride up the mountain at Alyeska Hotel. Walk up and Tram down: Tram up and ski down; Tram up & back down...incredible views!
Great year round activities... biking, hiking and skiing!
My favorite hiking trail is Winner Creek. It is an easy well groomed trail (take bug dope) with a very short loop next to the hotel or longer hike 3-3.5 miles round trip with a hand powered tram over a river/falls and back at the end.
Phillips Cruises - Whittier Office
100 W Camp RdBeautiful 2 hour drive or a day train trip to Talkeetna. Have had great reviews on this trip.
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Mahay's Jet Boat Adventures
22333 Talkeetna Spur RdBeautiful 2 hour drive or a day train trip to Talkeetna. Have had great reviews on this trip.
I did this tour and walked by myself. I wish I had stayed closer to a guide who could tell me more about what I was seeing.
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Matanuska Glacier Adventures of Alaska
66500 Glacier Park RdI did this tour and walked by myself. I wish I had stayed closer to a guide who could tell me more about what I was seeing.
This company was recommended by a guest. They do northern lights and glacier tours. She said they did a two hour hike on the Matanuska glacier that included lunch with a great view. She thought it was great!
Greatland Adventures
854 K StThis company was recommended by a guest. They do northern lights and glacier tours. She said they did a two hour hike on the Matanuska glacier that included lunch with a great view. She thought it was great!
Alaska Siteseeing
Fabulous presentations by Jeff King, a four time Iditarod winner, and his staff. Watch the dogs in their training routines, learn about how the dogs are raised and chosen for competitive racing. Great stories about mushing and what it is really about for both the mushers and their dogs. Cuddle new puppies to help socialize them. I am pretty jaded about these types of sightseeing shows and I have been to it 3 times already!
Husky Homestead
HickoryFabulous presentations by Jeff King, a four time Iditarod winner, and his staff. Watch the dogs in their training routines, learn about how the dogs are raised and chosen for competitive racing. Great stories about mushing and what it is really about for both the mushers and their dogs. Cuddle new puppies to help socialize them. I am pretty jaded about these types of sightseeing shows and I have been to it 3 times already!
Take the train or drive to Denali. Visit the park over 2-3 days. Don't take the bus and if you take the train you don't need to buy the expensive upper deck seats as every seat has spectacular views and you can walk all over the train. The regular park bus is good for riding into the park. You can get on and off at a lot of locations, stay later or head back earlier. The park bus drivers can be good guides too. We saw a lynx as we were entering the park! The fancy tour buses are probably fine and may afford more amenities, but it is a LONG ride all the way into and out of the park which I believe the tour buses do. Go the full 89 miles into the park, stop 66 miles in at Eielson Visitor Center, hop off the bus at a trailhead and hike or just walk around the park entry and visit the Denali Park Visitor Center.
Go to Husky Homestead Sled Dog Show in the evening or on an off day.
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Denali National Park & Preserve
Parks HwyTake the train or drive to Denali. Visit the park over 2-3 days. Don't take the bus and if you take the train you don't need to buy the expensive upper deck seats as every seat has spectacular views and you can walk all over the train. The regular park bus is good for riding into the park. You can get on and off at a lot of locations, stay later or head back earlier. The park bus drivers can be good guides too. We saw a lynx as we were entering the park! The fancy tour buses are probably fine and may afford more amenities, but it is a LONG ride all the way into and out of the park which I believe the tour buses do. Go the full 89 miles into the park, stop 66 miles in at Eielson Visitor Center, hop off the bus at a trailhead and hike or just walk around the park entry and visit the Denali Park Visitor Center.
Go to Husky Homestead Sled Dog Show in the evening or on an off day.
Drive, fly or take the train to Fairbanks
Great place to see the northern lights in the winter and spring.
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Chena Hot Springs Resort
17600 Chena Hot Springs RdDrive, fly or take the train to Fairbanks
Great place to see the northern lights in the winter and spring.
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Getting around Anchorage and nearby destinations
You can walk many great places from our BnB apartment. You can also drive, take Uber/Lyft/taxis within the city. Bicycle day rentals are available near by. If you want to explore outside the city, you can take trains, limited buses (unless it is part of a tour) and scenic flights.
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Vehicle Safety
As in any city…remember to keep your doors locked and do not leave valuables in your car.
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Wildlife Safety
There are moose on the streets of Anchorage and moose and bears on Anchorage and other park trails. Stay a long ways away from moose, especially young ones with mother’s nearby. Moose are dangerous. When hiking, get familiar with protection protocols for wildlife encounters. Whistles, bear bells and bear spray are things to consider.
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Summer Live Outdoor Music Downtown
“Live After Five Summer Concert Series”
Thursday Evening Beer Garden and food with local bands 5:30-8:00pm at Town Square Park next to the Performing Arts Building. Free event
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Summer Live Outdoor Music Events Downtown
“Lunch on the Lawn” Anchorage Museum concert series Tuesdays 11:30-1:30 music and food trucks on lawn in front of the Anchorage Museum. Free Event.
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Summer Live Outdoor Music Downtown
Wednesdays 12-1pm at Peratrovich Park. Free event
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Great bus system per a number of guests
There is a bus that goes from the airport to 1/2 block from our bnb. You can look up Anchorage ‘People Mover’ for more detailed information 😎. You can get real time information on routes and times on your iPhones as well!