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Red Fish Lodge: Hopefully New Management

by honeycomb99

The rooms are great, the setting is ideal, THE MANAGEMENT SUCKED WHILE WE WERE THERE 07/2007. It was up for sale and acording to locals it wasn't the first time.

Grizzly Bear Resort- Denali: Grizzly Bear fun!

by butterfly_girl

If you are going to Denali, the Grizzly Bear Resort is a nice, reasonable, friendly place to stay. The staff was friendly, the room was clean and the location was good. Our room had a shared bathroom, but it was clean and it was only $59 per night.

The view from the room is lovely...trees everywhere.

Millers Landing: Room with a view

by butterfly_girl

Millers Landing is a unique place to stay...it is right on the water in Seward and has tons of character. This is not the Ritz Carlton, so be warned, it is a humble campground/cabin type of place, but it is all about location and I would say it is the best. If you don't mind roughin it a little with shared bathrooms and a funky shower, then this is the place to go. I liked it a lot! We got the Seaside cabin for about $59 a night.

Millers Landing can set you up with kayaking and fishing and they have internet access.

Raspberry Meadow B&B/markeson realty: Ghetto not meadow

by fl-akguy

The place is not visible from the road, due to the trees not being trimmed. The smell of the cat box is so strong it is irritating. My friend and I stayed one night and it was the worst place I stayed in the past 15 years. With cats running allover and climbing on what little space there is on the kitchen counters, suggested to us to go else where for our breakfast. The common area rooms in this B&B were stuffed full of chairs and what ever the owner could find to fill the room. This is a place where if you spent ever $10 for the night you are paying too much. This place should not be allowed to run as a B&B.

There are none unless you like the smell of a cat box.

Lake Hood Inn: Anchorage Bed and Breakfast!

by remphish1

Even though they did not really have much of a breakfast I highly enjoyed the Lake Hood Inn! The price was right, room was clean and I enjoyed watching the float planes form the balcony! The host was very friendly too! not far from the airport and the downtown!

Float plane viewing!

Carlo Creek Lodge: So Burly!

by kazander

Now if you have read through my pages at all, you will have noticed , I'm sure, that in recent years I have, well become slightly obsessed with staying in cabins while on vacation. Alaska is a place well suited to my disorder, there are cabins aplenty! But this cabin, with all of it's delightful burliness, was a real treat!
So we were headed up to Denali and we needed a place to stay. All of our accommodations were booked only ever so slightly in advance (we were flying by the seats of our pants on this trip, happily so I might add) So the day before we left, I called up Carlo Creek and lucky for me, they had a cabin available. Katey and Bobby were planning on camping while on our Denali excursion and fantastically, Carlo Creek has campsites as well. This place just had it all!
At night, we had a few smores and drinks with Katey and Bobby then wandered back to our cabin to sleep. All the perks of camping in Alaska without the frozen nose.

Our cabin had a queen and a twin bed., a burltastic porch and the gorgeous bathroom house was all of 5 feet away. (they do have cabins with private baths, but they were all booked when I called) The Bathhouse has 4 individual full bathrooms, some have 2 showers, some have one. Everything was spanking new, slate floors and even burls to hang your towel on :)
The heat worked incredibly well, we were quite toasty.
The campsites had covered sites picnic tables and firepits, very nice!

Salmon Bake Cabins: Just down the road from Exit

by kazander

The very best thing about Salmon Bake Cabins is their location! Just north of the hopping little port town of Seward AND just down the road from Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National park! Each little cabin has a couple of bunk beds, a coffee pot, microwave, TV and a bathroom. More than adequate for what we needed during our stay here. Our cabin was nestled back in the trees a bit further away from the parking lot than the others. It was semi-attached to another cabin, but we didn't hear a peep from our neighbors until we saw them leaving the next morning. We only stayed in this little place for one night. It wasn't highest on cabin cute factor, and the shower was a bit dodgy, but all in all we were quite happy with our stay.

The cabins are on the same property as the Salmon Bake Restaurant and Pub. (Which is where we happily spent most of our time while here, I'll make a tip on it!)

Kenai River Cabins: Great spot on the Kenai Pennisula

by kazander

We needed a spot to stay somewhere near Homer, but not necessarily in Homer for our 1st couple of days down on the peninsula. Katey found this cabin for us and it was perfect! It's located in the fishing mecca of Soldotna ( actually most places are fishing meccas in Alaska) and just an hour north or so from Homer and probably just about 2 hours from our other destination, Seward.
The cabin we stayed in was large enough to accommodate, well about 6 folks I guess. It had 2 sets of bunk beds with the bottom beds being fulls, and the top bunks being twins. There is also a small kitchen area with a fridge, coffee maker, toaster and whatnot, and my favorite spot, the porch. From the porch, you could look down the woodsy hill and see the gorgeous turquoise blue of the Kenai River. Lots of fisherfolk stay at the cabins and fish right there.

Bob, the owner was really great when I spoke to him over the phone:)

And look out for Melba the moose and her baby on the road the cabins are on, just PLEASE don't feed her donuts!!(or anything else for that matter) Moose are not aware that trans fats are no good for them, but we are:)

Spruce Acre Cabins: The Best Cabins Ever!

by jemcat

These cabins are located across from the ocean outside of Homer. Claire, the owner, has decorated beautifully with moose decor. It's a quaint charming place to stay and inexpensive ($160.) a night. Since it doesn't get dark until 10:30 or 11pm we roasted marshmellow by the campfire.

The owners husband also takes charters out for halibut fishing everyday.

The cabins are equipment to sleep 6 or more. There's a coffee maker, cocoa, bottled water, toaster oven, etc.

Carlo Creek Lodge--cabins and campground: So cute and so burly:)

by PA2AKgirl

Thanks to our guests, I've now stayed in a few cabins here in Alaska and got to try out another campground. Because the weather wasn't that great in the beginning, we didn't make reservations for anything until right before we needed to be there. It started to look a little discouraging in the Denali area because this is, of course, the busiest time of year up there. But Amy found Carlo Creek Lodge, about 10 miles from the park entrance and it was perfect--they go their cabin and we got to camp.

The only cabins they had available for them didn't have a bathroom inside but the facilities were like 3 feet away so it didn't matter in the least. They were also the nicest showerhouses and bathrooms I've ever seen at a place that was supposed to be a bit rustic. That goes for over at the campsites too. The outhouses had photos and other decor!

Aside from the pleasant experience with the outdoor facilities, the campsites were unique by themselves. They actually gave you a pavillion so you didn't get too wet and the surrounding shrubs protected you from the wind. Also, they had cleared rocks from a spot for tents (my shoulder blade still managed to find one). The cabins were decorated very well and totally solid. The porches were big with chairs and there were burls everywhere...something that made Amy very happy. Definitely one of the best set ups I've seen for campsites and cabins:) Next time, it'll be even better when Bobby and I remember to bring winter gear to sleep outside in August, it was somewhat cold up there (but still wonderful):)

--PRICE BELOW REFLECTS CABINS, CAMPSITES ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH CHEAPER. For cabins in this area, this is a terrific deal from US $75 (plus tax)

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Other Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Red Fish Lodge: Hopefully New Management

Grizzly Bear Resort- Denali: Grizzly Bear fun!

Millers Landing: Room with a view

Raspberry Meadow B&B/markeson realty: Ghetto not meadow

Lake Hood Inn: Anchorage Bed and Breakfast!

Carlo Creek Lodge: So Burly!

Salmon Bake Cabins: Just down the road from Exit

Kenai River Cabins: Great spot on the Kenai Pennisula

Spruce Acre Cabins: The Best Cabins Ever!

Carlo Creek Lodge--cabins and campground: So cute and so burly:)

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