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Practicalities
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There is no road access to Cordova; daily
flights
from Anchorage and Juneau land at the airport twelve miles down the Copper River Highway. A
bus
runs from the airport for $10. Thrice-weekly
ferries
dock a mile north of town. The tiny
Chamber of Commerce
office is on First Street (summer only Mon-Fri 10am-5.30am; tel 907/424-7260,
).
Cordova has no hostel and the only tent camping close to town is at the scruffy Odiak Camper Park on Whitshed Road, half a mile south of town (tel 907/424-6200; $3 per person). The cheapest option is the low standard Alaskan Hotel , 600 First St (tel 907/424-3299; $50-75), though you may prefer the Northern Nights Inn , 501 Third Ave (tel 907/424-5356; $75-100), or the Cordova Rose Lodge , 1315 Whitshed Rd, a mile east of downtown (tel 907/424-7673; $75-100), built into a permanently dry-docked barge filled with nautical artifacts.
For
food
, check out the popular
Killer Whale CafA©
on First Street (tel 907/424-7733), above the Orca Bookshop, or the superb seafood at the pricier
Reluctant Fisherman Inn
, 407 Railroad Ave (tel 907/424-3272). Wash it all down afterwards with a drink at the
Alaskan Hotel
's
bar
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