by Andrew Doughty | Mar 13, 2012
This resort shines, even among its superb competitors: 37 one- and two-story bungalows in several crescents with six to eight rooms per building, including a few golf course buildings. They used a lot of local materials, giving the resort a very Hawaiian feel. All...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 13, 2012
This is a Hawai‘i Big Island hostel close to Kealakekua Bay. There are five rooms with shared baths, eight rooms that each have their own bath, women-only dorms and a co-ed dorm in a scattering of three buildings with a shared kitchen at Pineapple Park Kona. Overall,...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 13, 2012
This resort is best described as sophisticated and understated, with islandy designs scattered throughout, but feels a bit stark with lots of concrete and the rooms feel bland and boring. It does, however, embrace its oceanside location. (But there is no sand beach...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 13, 2012
These Hawai‘i Big Island condos are large and comfortably furnished, and they seem well laid out. Many Country Club Villas units have distant ocean views from the large lanais. If you want to avoid stairs, get a second-floor unit. (First-floor units have stairs that...
by Andrew Doughty | Mar 13, 2012
Upscale Hawai‘i Big Island condos with amenities, such as showers with two heads and large Jacuzzi bathtubs in the two- and three-bedroom units by the water, outdoor wet bars, etc. 2/2 units are quite large, 3/2 units simply add an open loft to 2/2 unit. Our only...
