Majestic Alaska With Cruise Inside State Room

Once a camp for railway construction workers, Anchorage is now a cosmo-politan city with much to offer in culture and history. See the arts and crafts, weapons and costumes of the many Indian tribes who have long resided here displayed in the Historical and Fine Arts Museum,and take an excursion to Ship Creek, site of the original Tent City. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and the gateway to many of thewonders of the Last Frontier.

Fairbanks was founded in 1902 during the Gold Rush days, and was named for a U.S. Senator.
Fairbanks lies on the trans-Alaska oli pipeline connecting Prudhoe Bay and Valdez, and
serves as the main supply center for Alaska’s oil industry. The University of Alaska is just
outside of town, and the North American Sled Dog Race Championships
are held here each year.

Fairbanks offers small-town hospitality and continuing pioneer spirit, with
first-class accommodations and restaurants, museums, some of Alaska’s top-rated
visitor attractions, world-renowned concerts and performances, upscale
galleries and specialty stores, historic sites, Alaska Native culture,
and access to the Alaskan wilderness.

Located south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, Seward is a port city with abundant fishing and wildlife. There are popular boat tours to the Kenai Fjords with its glaciers and wildlife. A very popular destination in the summer months, the best time to visit Seward is September through May… there are fewer crowds and more room to view abundant wildlife and gorgeous scenery. This cruising port is situated in mountains covered in lush vegetation and alpine wildflowers. It is a small community where friendly locals greet you at every turn. The railroad from Anchorage ends here and offers a very scenic ride throug the mountains.

Port Valdez is located about 300 miles from Anchorage. Named by Senor Fidalgo after the Spanish naval officer in 1790, this ice-free port developed in 1898 as a debarkation point for the goldiggers of the Klondike. It was established as a city in 1901.An earthquake in 1964 mostly destroyed the original city, and the rebuilding process, along with the Trans-Alaska pipeline terminal gave the city of Valdez new life. It is also a gateway to beautiful Prince William Sound and
the huge Columbia Glacier icefield. Boat excursions are available to take you out and back or all the way through the Sound to Whittier at the other side. The Alaska Marine Highway (ferry) also runs the route, although they do not stop or travel as close to the glaciers and whales.