Anchorage Grand Hotel

What a fleabag hotel. It stinks. It’s noisy. It’s dirty. The draperies are dust laden when anyone opens the front door and closes at the entire building shakes. It must have lead in its pipes from the old days because Anchorage has really good water but this place there’s something wrong with the water.

DON'T RENT FROM VAM PROPERTIES This place is a scam. They run short term lease apartments and charge you $250 to leasing it out after you leave. We leased an apartment for 3 months. We didn't have a working refrigerator for SIX WEEKS. The oven smoked so bad we couldn't use it. There is ONE washer and dryer for 30 apartments. HORRIBLE!!

We have stayed here twice for the Iditarod. It is less expensive than most hotels in the area and only a two block walk to the Iditarod Ceremonial Start and two and a half blocks to Salmonberry Tours if you take their Iditarod restart tour, and five blocks to the mushers banquet. With free parking, it is easy to get to other Anchorage locations including the local Carrs store (buying your own food that you can cook in your suites also helps the budget). Furrondy occurs during the Iditarod, and you are across the street from the Carnival. The train station is just down the hill. The noise from either did not bother us at all. Rooms were clean and the suites spacious with a separate bedroom so I could let my wife sleep if I was up. This is the second time we have stayed here and plan to do it again the next time we come for the Iditarod. Just book early because it fills up quickly for that time period.