Alaska For Dummies (Dummies Travel) |
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Author:
Charles P. Wohlforth
By For Dummies
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List Price: $19.99
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Product Description
You’re in for a scenic, sensory treat! Alaska has 100,000 glaciers and 10 million lakes. Wildlife roams freely across vast spaces, unfettered by fences or roads. Opportunities to experience real wilderness and enjoy outdoor activities abound. You can’t see or do it all, but you can make the most of your time with this friendly guide that gives you the scoop on: - Anchorage, the gateway to Alaska, and nearby outdoor destinations
- Road trips from Anchorage: The Kenai Peninsula, including Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai, and Homer; Fairbanks and its environs; Alaska’s long rural highways; and Denali National Park
- Southeast Alaska, including Juneau, Skagway and Sitka
- Bush Alaska, covering fascinating places in the Arctic
- Options for visiting by cruise ship
- Five great itineraries that touch on Alaska’s best destinations
- The best places to see marine mammals, birds, humpback whales, black, brown, or polar bears, and other wildlife
- The best gold rush towns, including Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, and Nome, where the free-wheeling frontier spirit abides today
- Info on fishing, skiing, sea kayaking, dogmushing, hiking, and more
- Accommodations, ranging from a luxury hotel to railroad cars to a romantic inn and spa
Like every For Dummies travel guide, Alaska For Dummies, 4th Edition includes: - Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
- What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip
- The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
- Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages
Whether you want to get up close and personal (but not too close or too personal) with bears, explore the native heritage with its great totem poles, clan houses, and Iñupiat artwork, enjoy outdoor adventures, or just soak up the magnificent, unspoiled scenery, you’re on your way to a great Alaskan escape.
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This book is terriffic!, 2008-12-23
Traveling to Alaska from southeastern USA is a mind-boggling thought. So many choices to make, so many opportunities to take, so much to see! This book helps organize not only my thoughts but also my itinerary. Wonderful.
Alaska for Dummies, 2007-12-10
I enjoyed reading about Alaska. i have several "Dummies" books and find them humorously informative!
Invaluable, 2007-06-26
This book is great. It gives lots of PRACTICAL information, without giving too much information about every single hotel and restaurant in town. It has tips and advice on how to enjoy your trip and not be taken advantage of. It has "heads up" sections that warn you of tourist traps, and gives ways to save money while visiting an expensive state. It highlights the "must-see's", and is a great aid in planning the trip of a lifetime.
Don't rely on this book for Alaska if you want accurate information, 2007-06-16
I run a tour business for Alaska travelers and purchased this book as a reference book. I was horrified at the inaccurate information and lack of details. For expample the author talks about Southeast Alaska and only mentions 3 towns! leaving out some of the most interesting and best places. No mention of Ketchikan, Haines, Wrangell, Petersburg, Gustavus. It is hard to believe the author has ever been to this part of Alaska. And as for his information for cruise ship passengers and day trips - his information and pricing is way out of date and for the most part very inaccurate. If you are planning to visit Alaska by cruise ship - this is NOT the information you will need for going through the Inside Passage.
Great book of non-dummies too., 2007-03-20
A great book for a planned trip with limited time. If you are off for adventure or off the beaten path make sure you get the Milepost and if you are visiting the Denali area, get Discovering Denali.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780470385272
ISBN: 0470385278
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: 2009-03-23
Publisher: For Dummies
Studio: For Dummies |
