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With a wide path all along its length, the canal offers a lovely evening’s walk, ending at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor.

Probably the best restaurant in Hawai’i, where European style is married with the best island techniques.

The 1929 terracotta and tile A&B Building epitomizes Territorial period Hawaiian architecture. Asian, Mediterranean and island influences are filtered through the quintessential Hawaiian architects, C. W. Dickey and Hart Wood.

Aging hippies and blues hounds adore this time-warped tavern, with its darts games, grizzled regulars, and upstairs weekend gigs.

Though it’s located on a military base, this venerable organization is a true community theater, attracting actors and audiences from around the island. Their standard fare is the familiar musical.

Even if the Northern Italian food here wasn’t scrumptious, you’d still have to go just to see chef-owner Sergio Mitrotti’s wall and ceiling murals.

A beautiful, high-ceilinged, flower-bedecked place, complete with fountain courtyard. The Asian fusion cuisine is well-presented.

Small, award-winning restaurant offering “France-Hawai’i cuisine.” Much focuses on the freshest local seafood.

A gracious family property on Makiki Heights overlooking Honolulu has become a world-class art center, showcasing cutting-edge work. There are delightful gardens, a quirky gift shop, and an exceptional café.

Temporary exhibitions are held in the bank’s marble lobby and in a series of second-floor galleries.