It was as if someone had taken a living room out of a stylish Hawaii home and placed it on the edge of Hulopoe Beach just for us. Those were my wife’s words, as we settled for dinner in the Ocean Hale at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele Bay recently. Our eyes darted […]
Hawaii interisland carrier go! Mokulele Airlines will launch twice daily round-trip flights between the islands of Oahu and Lanai beginning on May 20. The big news for travelers interested in a Lanai vacation, however, are the go! Mokulele’s introductory fares for the flights. A very reasonable $39 one-way fare, for travel between May 20 and
HAWAII Magazine reader John Stock wrote us with a question about the best Hawaii beaches for a favorite ocean activity: Is there anywhere I can find relatively safe body surfing beaches on Oahu and possibly the Big Island? Great question, John. But we thought it a good idea to expand our answer to include favorite
Wrapping up the ‘aughts, the 00’s, or whatever you’ve preferred calling the first decade of the millennium here in Hawaii? Big fans that we are of warm, tradewind-kissed New Year’s Eves, you can count us in, too. As always, Hawaii will be one of the final locales in the world to say “Aloha!” to the
HAWAII Magazine reader Tewania Canterbury emailed us with a question: For all of my life, I have dreamed about being able to visit Hawaii. With the economic climate, I am beginning to wonder if that dream will ever become a reality. I have been giving serious consideration to just biting the bullet and doing whatever
Cue up Sinatra crooning “Come Fly With Me” and check out these Hawaii airfare deals! Even as summer travel season comes to an end, yet another skirmish in the Hawaii interisland airfare war is sure to keep the heat up in September. This week, Hawaii-based air carriers Hawaiian Airlines, Mokulele Airlines and go! each announced
Where’s your favorite place to stay on Kauai? The best place for shopping on Maui? Your favorite Hawaii spa to get away from it all? Got a favorite town on the Big Island? We ask these questions—and many more—on the ballot for our annual Best of Hawaii feature. Results will be featured in the upcoming
Lanai City, one of Hawaii’s last largely intact plantation towns, has been included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s latest list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, released this week. The island of Lanai’s modestly-populated residential center— also the former hub of its long-gone pineapple industry—was included on the annual list due to
Again this month, our photographer David Croxford and HAWAII Magazine editor John Heckathorn took roads less traveled. In this case, often dirt roads less traveled, on the cool and green island of Lanai. The two rambled through Lanai City and then combed the island, meeting some fascinating people, from artists to conservation workers, from shooting
It’s that time of the year—when fierce winter winds blow, snow falls (even here in Hawaii) and Travel + Leisure Magazine’s globetrotting staff return from far better climes to bestow its annual gift to hotels, inns, resorts and lodges worldwide: a spot on the pub’s annual 500 World’s Best Hotels list. This year, 23 Hawaii
Things got scary for a while yesterday on the usually peaceful island of Lanai. A brushfire broke out near the Palawai Basin—a large expanse of pasture land once home to the island’s long gone pineapple industry. Strong winds quickly fanned the flames across the island’s dry, barren fields and down Manele Bay Road. Standing in
When you’re named one of the best in the entire world, you must be something special. And, in this case, we agree. Travel + Leisure Magazine’s 2008 World’s Best Awards were recently announced, and six Hawaii hotels were featured on the annual readers’ survey. T +L readers gave their views on everything from best rental
