Alaska Best Places

by Nan Elliot

Book Overview

The first guide to the Last Frontier that is entirely evaluative, "Alaska Best Places" is written by real Alaskans who describe the very best of Alaska's great outdoors, milepost stops, and places to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570611807
• ISBN13: 9781570611803
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A "Read Before You Go" Book

When planning our Alaska vacation to celebrate my parent's 50th anniversary, we bought this for them to read (since they don't use the internet). They read it with regards to all the stops on our itinerary for the cruise/land package we were taking and found it tremendously helpful!

Fantastic guidebook with great reviews and stories

A fantastic guidebook describing some of the off beat places in Alaska. If you want the true Alaskan experience, get this book. It contains over 200 restaurant and lodging reviews and stories of the 'best' places in Alaska. One of the three must travel books (Milepost, Discovering Denali, and Best Places Alaska) if you are going to the Last Frontier.

Definitely worth carrying along on the trip

We used this book every day - and usually more than once. It is filled with great suggestions and recommendations. We found a few entries "outdated," but that can be expected. The suggestions for which shops to visit in small and large cities I found to be particularly helpful. Best book I have ever bought for travel.

A highly recommended "take along" tote.

Best Places Alaska is an outstanding travel guide that features only the 'best' restaurants, lodgings, and destinations in Alaska, including guides and outfitters in its lists of recommendations for particular Alaskan regions. An excellent, involving survey of Alaska's best places, Best Places Alaska is a recommended take-along tote.

A Great Guide for A Great Land

I have to admit. I went to Alaska alone without a guidebook. But I had a great time anyway! When I came home, I decided to go back again, but this time with a guidebook. After going through many of the guides, we choose this one, because it was written by people who live and work in Alaska. It's full of practical tips ("Bears and Humans), offbeat trivia ("Chicken"), and subtle information ("Eskimo Etiquette"). From small towns way up north, to the rugged beauty of the Kenai Peninsula, and to the urban fun of Anchorage, this guide covers it all. Read this, and you'll be calling the airlines to book your flight the next week!