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Bird Creek Campground vs The Hotel Captain Cook

Both properties are highly recommended by expert writers. On balance, The Hotel Captain Cook is the choice of most writers compared to Bird Creek Campground. The Hotel Captain Cook is ranked #1 in Anchorage with recommendations from 10 publications like Travel + Leisure, Fodor's and Gayot.

Bird Creek Campground
7 / 10
Seward Hwy. Mile 101, Girdwood, AK
From $0 /night
  • Pet Friendly
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Frommer's Frommer's
"This state park campground is beloved by fishermen as it's right across the road from one of the area’s best salmon streams" Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Popular for fishing, hiking and, best of all, the sound of the bore tide rushing by your tent...there are also two cabins you can reserve in advance." Full review
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Remind children and morons to stay off the deadly mudflats.
The Hotel Captain Cook
The Hotel Captain Cook
9 / 10
939 W 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
From $150 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Concierge Concierge
"The rooms are pleasant, if a little corporate in style, and quite a bargain for downtown, especially since the hotel is within walking distance of nearly all of Anchorage's main attractions."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Recalling Captain Cook's voyages to Alaska and the South Pacific, dark teak paneling lines the hotel's interior, and a nautical theme continues into the guest rooms." Full review
Insight Guides Insight Guides
"Among Anchorage’s finest, all 547 rooms offer either mountain or inlet views. Restaurants, lounges, a coffee shop all on site, and an athletic club with pool, sauna, and steam room."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The hotel is a wonderful relic of Alaska's pipeline-boom of the 1970’s." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"One of Anchorage’s oldest and classiest hotels, this yellow high-rise landmark in downtown boasts a dozen shops."
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