The Hotel Captain CookvsColony Inn
Both Colony Inn and The Hotel Captain Cook are praised by professional travelers. On balance, The Hotel Captain Cook scores significantly higher than Colony Inn. The Hotel Captain Cook comes in at #1 in Anchorage with praise from 10 publications such as Frommer's, Travel + Leisure and Forbes Travel Guide.
The Hotel Captain Cook
Concierge
Fodor's
Insight Guides
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
Star Service
Forbes Travel Guide
Gayot
U.S. News & World Report
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939 W 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
From $150/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- 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 "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 "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 "The hotel is a wonderful relic of Alaska's pipeline-boom of the 1970’s." Full review
DK Eyewitness "One of Anchorage’s oldest and classiest hotels, this yellow high-rise landmark in downtown boasts a dozen shops."
Star Service "This property occupies three towers. With superior service, amenities and atmosphere, it remains one of the city's finest (and largest) hotels." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide Recommended
"Built just after the devastating earthquake of 1964, the hotel rises like a phoenix out and over the amazing Alaskan landscape,." Full review
Gayot "This historic downtown hotel features beautiful views of Cook Inlet and the Chugash Mountains."
U.S. News & World Report3.0
"Tagged as Anchorage's only luxury hotel, and, in truth, it really is. The giant property occupies an entire city block in the downtown area, housing 546 rooms, four eateries, an athletic club." Full review
Frommer's "The grandest hotel in Anchorage is Hotel Captain Cook, which has more than 500 rooms in three towers that take up an entire downtown block" Full review
Colony Inn
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
325 E. Elmwood, Palmer, AK
From $116/night
- Restaurant
- Free Parking
- Refrigerator
Lonely Planet "An old teacher's dorm built during Roosevelt's settling of the Matanuska Valley, the Colony Inn retains the feeling of its original purpose, minus the house mother." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The 12 rooms are spacious (especially the corner rooms), well kept and equipped with TVs, pedestal sinks and whirlpool tubs. There’s an inviting parlor for reading, furnished with antiques." Full review
