Thorough Method for Seeing Downtown Anchorage

Sometimes the best way to see a city is to walk through it on your own two feet. This is how the Anchorage Historic Properties Walking Tour believe the city of Anchorage should be seen and they have created a delightful strolling tour that takes you to some of the best homes and properties in the city. Summer is the ideal time to take the tour when the streets are lined with hanging floral baskets and the homes come alive with the hustle and bustle of residents and tourists. The tour begins at the Log Cabin Visitor Information Center. Volunteers get you started with answers to any questions you may have about Anchorage. You are also given a map of the tour and you can choose from a variety of other informational brochures. You will next head to the marble statue in front of Old City Hall that honors William Seward. The tour leads you up 4th Avenue where you can see the 4th Avenue Theater and many of Anchorage's buildings that date back as far as 1920. The Alaska Public Lands Information Center is across form Old City Hall and here you can find a variety of information concerning Alaska's public lands. The tour then leads up 2nd Avenue past homes built by the Alaska Engineering Commission toward the Eisenhower Memorial and Ship Creek. Second Avenue leads to K Street and then back to 3rd Avenue where you can visit Resolution Park. The 5th Avenue portion of the tour leads to the Imaginarium children's museum and gift shop, and then you can end your tour down 6th Avenue, passing the Alaska State Trooper Museum, and then around to 9th Street, past the cemetery. This tour takes you on a journey through Anchorage past all of the most popular destinations in town.