Seward, Alaska Hotels & Lodges | Best Places To Stay (2024)

Season: Year RoundCall 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 ashared bath.

$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 akitch­enette and sleeps up to three) and one is a ​“fam­i­ly cab­in,” which has afull kitchen, sep­a­rate bed­rooms and sleeps up to eight with two queen beds, two twins, plus aqueen-size sleep­er sofa. There are also six Queen Stu­dio Rooms avail­able, with sim­i­lar ameni­ties to the King Cabins....more

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: May 15 - Sept 15$259+

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

Season: Year Round$259+

Indeed, the Har­bor 360 Hotel has apret­ty 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 aHar­bor­side room, or the Kenai Moun­tains if you book aMoun­tain­sideroom.

Season: May 15 – SeptCall for rates

The Hotel Edge­wa­ter is locat­ed on 5^th Avenue, right in his­toric down­town Seward and just steps from the town’s great shops and restau­rants. You’ll also be with­in a2‑minute walk of athe 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 thecity.

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

The Seward Wind­song Lodge is afull-ser­vice lodge set in aglac­i­er val­ley, sur­round­ed by the for­est. Just eight miles from Exit Glac­i­er and four miles from Seward, the lodge offers apeace­ful retreat from the bus­tle of down­town; afree 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 bestnight...more

For­mer­ly the Seward Ranger Sta­tion, in 2017 it was ren­o­vat­ed and turned into amod­ern hotel with six light-filled bed­rooms. Each room has aqueen-size bed, Wi-Fi, kitch­enette, microwave, refrig­er­a­tor, and cof­fee bar. It’s the per­fect base­camp in Seward for out­door enthu­si­asts. They’ll help you book kayak­ing, pad­dle board­ing, fish­ing char­ters andmore.

Season: May 26 to Sep 07 $875+ / person, based on double occupancy2 night minimum

This lodge offers aunique wilder­ness expe­ri­ence. Set on Fox Island, it is acces­si­ble only by boat from Seward, and is atrue escape from civ­i­liza­tion. Kenai Fjords Wilder­ness Lodge has 8cab­ins which do not have tele­vi­sions; the focus here is on nature. Go out on anat­u­ral­ist-guid­ed walk, or take akayak 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 24 - Sept 9$790+ / night (double occupancy)

This tiny cove, 10miles from Seward, offers acom­bi­na­tion of unplugged bliss, cool yurt liv­ing, and akayaker’s par­adise. The two ​“unplugged” yurts each come with aqueen-size bed and full size sofa bed, atable and chairs, linens, and akitch­enette. 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 likeit!

Season: June 1 - Sept 15$1095+ all-inclusive packages

Locat­ed with­in a1700acre 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: 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 apri­vate 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 justa...more