Les meilleurs hôtels à Juneau

This is what you need to know about Juneau: It was named for gold miner Joe Juneau, it is accessible only by air and sea, and it is the capital of Alaska. Oh, here's one more thing: With a land area of 2,593 square miles, Juneau is eight times larger than New York City and is bigger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. Perhaps it's not surprising that with fewer than 30,000 residents, Juneau remains more a frontier town than a metropolis. It has evolved from a fishing and gold-mining boomtown in the late 1800s to a fishing and tourism center today. About 300,000 visitors arrive annually on cruise ships, with the Mendenhall Glacier as the main attraction. Located on the southeastern sliver of Alaska, tucked between the Pacific Ocean and British Columbia, Juneau lies at the heart of what is known as the Inside Passage along the Gastineau Channel. It is cut off from Canada by the Coast Mountains. Despite its isolation, Juneau was made Alaska's capital in 1906 and became the 49th state capital when Alaska gained statehood in 1959. The legislature meets here from January to May -- a period when Juneau receives the bulk of its annual average of 101 inches of snow.