Anchor Inn by the Sea on the waterfront in Ketchikan Alaska

My husband and I had an awesome 8 day stay at Anchor Inn by the Sea. Mary was a wonderful host and warmly greeted us upon our arrival. She was quick to respond to any questions we had and provided us with excellent recommendations on sites to visit, restaurants to eat at, and really neat points of interest. We stayed in the Orca Suite and had the most incredible view of the sea. We saw and filmed a whale right from the expansive living room window our first morning there. The suite was well equipped and charming, located approximately 4 1/2 miles from Creek Street and downtown Ketchikan. We rented a car and easily navigated wherever we wanted to go during our stay. This was our first visit to Alaska in celebration of my husband’s upcoming 70th birthday and it has been a lifelong dream of his to catch a halibut and a salmon. I’m pleased to report we had an amazing day of fishing with Baranof Fishing Charters (also recommended by Mary) and caught 10 Pacific cod, 2 Halibut, a pink salmon, and a king salmon (we had to immediately release the king salmon because we are not Alaskan residents) but they were impressive! Baranof arranged to ship our fish home for us. During our stay, we got to see two bears at Herron Cove (also Mary’s suggestion), saw a melodrama play/musical, an annual favorite, the Pirate’s Daughter, at the Civic Center, went to the lumberjack show, and had wonderful meals at the Alaskan Fish House, New York Cafe, Salmon Falls Resort, and the Landings Diner,

My husband and I stayed at Anchor Inn by the Sea for an eleven day staycation. We are more the naturalist types so we did not fish, instead we hiked, enjoyed the town and it’s hidden gems and spent many hours in our suite (Orca) just watching the sea. We saw eagles daily and a couple of incredible moments when they caught fish, too big for them to fly with so they swam to shore where they had their meal, just feet away from our covered deck. It made for some incredible photos (this spot is a photographer's haven)! That wasn’t all, though, we also had orcas AND humpbacks swim by several times… it was phenomenal! The suite has a window that allows occupants to be constantly on the lookout for these magical moments. It was very comfortable for the two of us, and Mary and Greg took excellent care of us, bringing us extras when needed. They are incredible people and have done some amazing things in their lives! Their story is part of the welcome book in your suite and I was just blown away by their adventures! Everything was very clean and we had everything that we needed. We highly recommend Anchor Inn By the Sea for your stay. We can’t imagine a better spot to observe the abundance of natural wonders that are Ketchikan!

We stayed 3 weeks in the beautiful Orca Suite which includes a full kitchen. The everyday view while preparing our meals and cleaning up was just spectacular! We enjoyed the deck very much, especially when watching all of the activity out on the water, or the orcas swim by, or the eagles come to rest on the perch. We also enjoyed relaxing in the chairs on the lawn. We saw a sea otter come up to the beach and we saw a mink run across the yard. He was soooo cute! Mary and Greg are amazing! They answered every question we had and provided lots of information for activities in the area. If we ever find ourselves back in Ketchikan, this is the place where we want to be!

This place is in a beautiful location and we enjoyed our stay very much and would stay there again sometime.

My favorite part of the day was having coffee on the outdoor deck that overlooks the beachfront. You can’t get a more perfect location to see eagles flying overhead, salmon and sea life swimming by. Mountain Point is nearby; the local hot spot for salmon fishing. Herring Cove is a short drive away where bears are seen chasing salmon in the river while eagles sit in the trees waiting their turn to fish. The unit is spotless nicely decorated with Alaska artist Rie Munoz paintings. A perfect slice of Alaska I was sad to leave.

We loved our suite. It had a balcony with an incredible view.

What a gorgeous, clean, beautiful place! The view was amazing and the unit was just perfect. Mary was a great host and we were blissed out to be there. Highly recommend!

whales come right to the porch and on the other side of driveway are bald eagles and bears at Herring creek, fishing is ok

I spent 6 days and 5 nights in the Admiral Suite and I could not have been happier! Beautiful scenery, amazingly decorated and spacious rooms, private bathrooms, big walk-in showers, immaculate kitchen with any pots/pans your cooking heart needs, I cannot express enough how happy I was staying here and I highly recommend everyone else to stay here as well, the whole world needs to experience this amazing Alaskan adventure!!

The most beautiful and relaxing place to stay I've had during my holiday. A unique, carefully furnished and fully equipped studio with a wonderful terrace and unique view on the water. Thank you Mary!!