DK Travel : Maui

Maui is known as the “valley isle”, and most of its population nestles in the low-lying isthmus between the lush western mountains and the dustier slopes of Haleakalā to the east. Skirting the coast are some of the world’s finest beaches, from the popular resorts on the southwestern fringe to the wilder surfing beaches on the north and eastern shores. Maui’s administrative group also includes the islands of Moloka’i and Lana’i with more magnificent scenery and even greater remoteness.

Gifts With Aloha

Owners Kim and Phoenix Dupree seek out unique, locally handmade art and craft items for their shop. You’ll find wonderful gifts, ranging from food produce to wooden vases, and soaps to books.
Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa

Opulent, lavish, deeply sumptuous – describ superlatives. The rooms are large and beautifully appointed, while dining choices include the sublime Kincha Japanese restaurant. But the jewel in the crown is the peerless Spa Grande.
Guitar

Whether slack-key, steel, acoustic, or electric, the guitar is essential to Hawaiian music.
Haikuleana

Built in 1850 to attract a doctor to the area, this plantation-style home now welcomes guests to four nicely appointed rooms, all with private baths. Breakfast is served in the home’s dining room or may be enjoyed in the tropical Upcountry air, amid lush vegetation.
Haku

Flowers, leaves, or fruit are braided onto three strands of ti or other natural fiber. Haku lei aremost often worn around the head or on a hat.
Hālawa Valley

The extreme eastern tip of Moloka’i is marked by the Hālawa Valley. It lies at the end of a scenic winding road, and an overlook at the valley’s entrance offers a breathtaking view of the 250-ft Moa’ula Falls cascading down the mountain and the freshwater stream running to the ocean. Take the road down into the valley, but do not cross the inlet as the other side is private property.
Hale Ho’okipa Inn

Listed on the State of Hawaii and National Historic Registrars, this charming and serene Craftsman-style house was built in 1924. It has been thoroughly restored and is comfortably furnished with period pieces.
Hale Hui Kai

A complex comprising a couple of dozen twobedroom, two-bath units. And while not by any means fancy, they’re right on the water fronting a wide, mile-long beach. Being on the fringe of Wailea, it’s quiet too.
Hale Pa’ahao

This mid-19th century structure served as Lahaina’s prison, the inmates largely made up of ship deserters, drunks, reckless horse riders, and violators of the Sabbath. Built by convicts in the 1850s from blocks of stone salvaged from the old fort, the prison had a catwalk for use by an armed guard and wooden cells to hold the criminals.
Hale Pa’i

On the campus of Lahainaluna, the oldest high school west of the Rockies, this hillside building holds the history of the written word in Hawai’i. Until the mid-1800s, Hawaiian was a spoken language only. In order to spread the Bible’s word, Protestant missionaries used English letters to transliterate Hawaiian, and they brought a printing press with them specifically for the task. A replica of the press and the pages it printed are displayed here.

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Hotel price categories

For a standard, double room per night (with breakfast if included), taxes, and extra charges.
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