The Best Things to Do in Sitka AK, Sitka, Alaska
The state is full of the most naturally beautiful places I have ever experienced, the wildlife is varied and plentiful, the hiking in Alaska is incredible and the people are quirky and awesome. What鈥檚 not to love?
But as much as I enjoyed everywhere that I visited in Alaska, I can still readily tell you my favorite place: it was Sitka, hands down. There are so many things to do in Sitka AK!
Leaving behind聽rainy Juneau, I took the ferry four and a half hours to Sitka past breaching whales and island coastline with log-strewn pebble beaches and heavily forested interiors. What a way to travel!
Low mist hovered a few meters above the water but the rain of the past few days had finally stopped. I would take what I could get.
As we pulled into the Sitka port I was excited. I had only heard good things about this town and I was looking forward to discovering if it lived up to the hype.
Sitka was first settled by the Tlingit people 10,000 years ago and their culture is still richly embedded in this place, along with the heavy Russian influence from when Sitka was known as New Archangel, the capital of Russian America. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
But as much as I enjoyed everywhere that I visited in Alaska, I can still readily tell you my favorite place: it was Sitka, hands down. There are so many things to do in Sitka AK!
Leaving behind聽rainy Juneau, I took the ferry four and a half hours to Sitka past breaching whales and island coastline with log-strewn pebble beaches and heavily forested interiors. What a way to travel!
Low mist hovered a few meters above the water but the rain of the past few days had finally stopped. I would take what I could get.
As we pulled into the Sitka port I was excited. I had only heard good things about this town and I was looking forward to discovering if it lived up to the hype.
Sitka was first settled by the Tlingit people 10,000 years ago and their culture is still richly embedded in this place, along with the heavy Russian influence from when Sitka was known as New Archangel, the capital of Russian America. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The Best Things to Do in Sitka AK
Guide Location: USA » Sitka
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Katie Chavez
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: USA » Sitka
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Katie Chavez
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- The Tillie Paul Hostel
- the Cathedral of St Michael
- Baranof Castle State Historic Site
- one of the coolest I have visited
- the Sitka National Historical Park/Totem Park
- the marina
- Harbor Mountain Brewing Co
- Sitka Hotel
- Longliner Lodge & Suites
- Aspen Suites Hotel
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