Seward - Alaska - United States. Guide & Hotel Reservations from Cheap Hotels

Visit one of the oldest and most scenic towns in Alaska, when you choose Seward for your vacation. This town is located at the head of Resurrection Bay and is known as the "Gateway to the Kenai Fjords National Park". It is 126 miles south of Anchorage and you can get there along the scenic Alaskan Highway, by sea on a cruise ship or by air. Mt. Marathon is the backdrop for the town and just down the coast is the Harding Icefield.

There are a wide variety of accommodations, including hotels, RV parking and camping, as well as restaurants for your dining needs. Art lovers will want to visit the three art galleries in town and visitors can learn about Seward and its people at the Resurrection Bay Historical Society.

Take an air cruise to see the glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park, which is a sight to behold. Visit the Alaska SeaLife Center, with its underwater windows, where you can see a 2000-pound Stellar sea lion swimming around. Outside you can see puffins nesting on the rocks and harbor seals basking in the sun. Learn about the wildlife of Alaska at the Big Game Alaska Wildlife Center. Drive or walk through the center and take pictures of all the animals native to this region.

Witness the natural wonders of a landscape shaped by glaciers, volcanoes and earthquakes when you visit the unspoiled beauty of the Kenai Fjords National Park. There are numerous animals in this park that is bordered by sea and snow-capped mountains. For the ultimate in an Alaskan vacation, take a dog sled tour or a fishing charter. This is the vacation of a lifetime for hunters and fishermen, who can take a wilderness trip by air to the inland hunting and fishing grounds.