Your Anchorage Area Guide
Your Anchorage Area Guide
In Anchorage and its surrounding areas, you’ll find an abundance of fun activities and things to do.
Spend a day touring museums, whale watching and sightseeing, shopping, taking a culinary tour of local restaurants, attending a local annual event or festival, or playing in the great outdoors. The Historic Anchorage Hotel is the perfect home base for all your Anchorage adventures, with attractions like the Anchorage Museum, Alaska Zoo, and Denali National Park just a short drive away.
Shopping in Downtown Anchorage
Anchorage is a shopper’s paradise, with many upscale specialty shops, boutiques, department stores, and malls just minutes from our hotel. A few of our favorite local shopping destinations include:
- Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall
- Grizzly's Gifts
- The Kobuk Coffee and Gift Emporium
- ak starfish co.
- Sevigny Studio
- David Green Master Furrier
- Big Ray's - The Alaskan Outfitter
Culture & History
To really get to know Alaska, take a day to explore Anchorage’s museums, art galleries, and historical attractions. From the hands-on exhibits for the kids to indigenous Yup'ik artifacts to historic gold mines, so much awaits your discovery. Local cultural attractions we recommend visiting include:
- Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
- Anchorage Museum
- Alaska Museum of Science & Nature
- Alaska Aviation Museum
- Alaska Native Heritage Center
- Alaska Zoo
- Alaska Veterans Museum
- Oscar Anderson House Museum
- The Roundhouse at Alyeska Museum
- Alaska Jewish Museum
- Historic Crow Creek Gold Mine
- Eagle River Nature Center
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum
- Alaska Public Lands Information Centers
Additional Local Points of Interest
Sports Arenas & Convention Centers
- Dena'ina Civic Convention Center
- William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
- Sullivan Arena
- Alaska Airlines Center
- Visit Anchorage
