Inside Passage Walking Tours: Exploring Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Sitka - Softcover

Your Introduction to Southeast Alaska's Most Popular Destinations Here's your personal guide to Southeast Alaska's major ports of call: Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Sitka. With this book in hand, you can explore these wonderful destinations easily on your own. Delight in each attraction you discover: soaring totem poles, a rollicking Gold-Rush-era saloon, a dramatic sculpture, onion-domed Russian Orthodox churches, local curiosities and much more. Inside Passage Walking Tours makes your visit a personal treasure. - Comprehensive walking tours with easy-to-follow circular routes. - Each town's section features a map, keyed to its walking tour. - Optional routes invite you to explore additional attractions. - Illustrated with photographs throughout. - Lively introductions encapsulate each town's personality. - Hit the high points with recommendations of what not to miss. - Suggestions on where to dine and shop along the walking routes. - Additional sightseeing options, from the most accessible, short hikes to dramatic flightseeing over fjords and glaciers.

A native of Seattle, author Julianne Chase Patton grew up in the Great Land, where she lived in nearly every region of the state, spending the longest time in Southeast Alaska, her favorite region. A graduate of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for more than 14 years. In addition to being the author of "Inside Passage Walking Tours," she wrote and edited two other travel guides, the first edition of the "Alaska Wilderness Milepost" and "Backcountry Alaska," a travel book in the Alaska Geographic series. Juli visited Alaska regularly while working for one of the world's largest cruise lines. She and her husband Kevin live in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.