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Seward Hotels & Lodges

Trying to pick the the best place to stay in Seward, Alaska? This is your guide!

Hotels & Cabin Rentals

If you want to stay in town where fine dining, colorful boats bobbing in the water, and all the fun of the harbor are just out your front door, you have several options. The Harbor 360 Hotel is conveniently located in the small boat harbor where all the glacier cruises and fishing charters depart from. And, their sister property, the Seward Gateway Hotel, is just a six-minute walk from the Harbor. Also located in the heart of town is the Seward Adventure Lodge, a mod­ern hotel with six light-filled bed­rooms. Each room has a queen-size bed, Wi-Fi, kitch­enette, microwave, refrig­er­a­tor, and cof­fee bar.

Both the Hotel Seward and Hotel Edgewater are situated in Downtown Seward, just a few minutes walk from the waterfront trail and the SeaLife Center.

For a bit of solitude try the Abode Well Cabins, tucked amidst four acres of trees or Salted Roots Cabins, set in the forest on Resurrection Bay.

Wilderness Lodges

If you really want to get away from it all, try a remote wilderness lodge accessible only by boat. All of these properties offer plenty of activities such as beach combing, kayaking, and whale watching. At the Orca Island Cabins you will stay in spacious, bright yurts, each with their own private decks and access to sea kayaks to explore secluded Humpy Cove. Or, opt for the Kenai Fjords Glacier Lodge, located in the heart of Kenai Fjords National Park. Here you will find 16 guest cabins, spectacular views, and plenty of activities. Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge is situated on the tranquil shores of Fox Island in Resurrection Bay. Enjoy views from one of the 8 cabins and relax in the wood-fired sauna. Or, for an option that's a bit more rustic, check into a yurt in Shearwater Cove. It's a kayaker's paradise, and you have unlimited access to the kayaks during your stay.

Seward Hotels & Cabin Rentals

Near main Seward city attractions like the SeaLife Center and Exit Glacier
Season: May 15 - Sept 15 $259+

Brand-new in 2021, this 74-room prop­er­ty with panoram­ic moun­tain views is a six-minute walk from the har­bor of Res­ur­rec­tion Bay mak­ing it easy to catch a day cruise or fish­ing char­ter. You’ll also be just a mile from downtown’s shops and restau­rants and you won’t even need a car for your stay here, thanks to a free shut­tle to and from the rail­road depot and cruise ship dock.

Season: May 15 – Sept Call for rates

The Hotel Edge­wa­ter is locat­ed on 5th Avenue, right in his­toric down­town Seward and just steps from the town’s great shops and restau­rants. You’ll also be with­in a 2‑minute walk of a the Alas­ka SeaL­ife Cen­ter, and right across the street you’ll find the Res­ur­rec­tion Bay water­front, fea­tur­ing walk­ing and bik­ing paths. Com­fort­able rooms look out on Mount Marathon, Res­ur­rec­tion Bay, or the city.

Season: Year Round $150+ per night winter, $320+ per night summer

Enjoy stun­ning views of the sur­round­ing for­est and Res­ur­rec­tion Bay from these A‑frame cab­ins and cot­tages. You’ll feel like you’re in remote Alas­ka but you’re just three miles from down­town Seward and all the near­by tours and activities.

Season: Year Round $259+

Indeed, the Har­bor 360 Hotel has a pret­ty lit­er­al name: Locat­ed on Seward’s water­front, this 96 room hotel offers stun­ning 360-degree views: You’ll see the Seward Small Boat Har­bor and Res­ur­rec­tion Bay if you book a Har­bor­side room, or the Kenai Moun­tains if you book a Moun­tain­side room.

$89+

Locat­ed just out­side Seward, the Abode Well Cab­ins are tucked back amidst four acres of trees. Of the 13 avail­able rooms, six are King Cab­ins (which includes a kitch­enette and sleeps up to three) and one is a fam­i­ly cab­in,” which has a full kitchen, sep­a­rate bed­rooms and sleeps up to eight with two queen beds, two twins, plus a queen-size sleep­er sofa. There are also six Queen Stu­dio Rooms avail­able, with sim­i­lar ameni­ties to the King Cabins.  ...more

Season: Year Round Call for rates

Hotel Seward brings Alaskan his­to­ry to life while serv­ing up stun­ning views and com­fort­able rooms. Found­ed in 1905, you can peruse its unique his­to­ry through dis­plays in the lob­by. There are room types for all trav­el­ers. The Alaskan wing fea­tures spa­cious rooms with an en-suite bath. The his­toric wing has Euro­pean style rooms with a shared bath.

Season: May 15 to Sep 16 Visit website for current rates

The Seward Wind­song Lodge is a full-ser­vice lodge set in a glac­i­er val­ley, sur­round­ed by the for­est. Just eight miles from Exit Glac­i­er and four miles from Seward, the lodge offers a peace­ful retreat from the bus­tle of down­town; a free shut­tle pro­vides access to town, tours, and trans­porta­tion. Per­haps the best ameni­ty, though, is the sound of the gen­tle flow of the Res­ur­rec­tion Riv­er from your room. No sur­prise, many guests say their best night  ...more

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Resurrection Bay Wilderness Lodges & Rentals

Remote boat-in or fly-in lodges across the bay from Seward
Season: June 1 - Sept 15 $1125+ all-inclusive packages

Locat­ed with­in a 1700 acre native-owned wildlife sanc­tu­ary in the heart of Kenai Fjords Nation­al Park, the cen­tral lodge and 16 guest cab­ins of Kenai Fjords Glac­i­er Lodge have full views of Ped­er­sen Glac­i­er and easy access to wildlife-view­ing adven­tures. The ele­gant­ly rus­tic lodge and seclud­ed guest cab­ins pair mod­ern com­fort and envi­ron­men­tal stewardship.

Season: Jun 02 to Sep 05 $875+ / person, based on double occupancy 2 night minimum

This lodge offers a unique wilder­ness expe­ri­ence. Set on Fox Island, it is acces­si­ble only by boat from Seward, and is a true escape from civ­i­liza­tion. Kenai Fjords Wilder­ness Lodge has 8 cab­ins which do not have tele­vi­sions; the focus here is on nature. Go out on a nat­u­ral­ist-guid­ed walk, or take a kayak excur­sion and look for whales that swim right up to the shore. At the end of the day, enjoy the com­pa­ny of oth­ers around the campfire. 

Season: May to September $910+ per cabin per night | 2+ Nights / $850+ per cabin per night

Expe­ri­ence com­plete immer­sion in the won­ders of wild coastal Alas­ka, and stay in spa­cious, bright yurts (cir­cu­lar, rein­forced tent-like struc­tures) on a pri­vate island in Humpy Cove. Inside, the yurts are warm and com­fy with fire­places, pri­vate bath­rooms and pri­vate decks over­look­ing the cove all con­nect­ed by exten­sive board­walks. They water taxis is includ­ed along with sea kayaks, pad­dle­boards, row­boats, and fish­ing gear. All of this is just a  ...more

Season: May 24 - Sept 9 $790+ / night (double occupancy)

This tiny cove, 10 miles from Seward, offers a com­bi­na­tion of unplugged bliss, cool yurt liv­ing, and a kayaker’s par­adise. The two unplugged” yurts each come with a queen-size bed and full size sofa bed, a table and chairs, linens, and a kitch­enette. You get unlim­it­ed use of kayaks dur­ing your stay — and giv­en the amount of sun­light dur­ing sum­mer, that means you can be pad­dling in and out of coves at mid­night if you feel like it!

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