Waikiki Beach stretches along the southern shore of the island of Oahu and is home to the Honolulu Zoo, Waikiki Aquarium and Diamond Head volcano. On Waikiki you can find accommodations ranging from basic youth hostels to sprawling luxurious resorts. You can stay on the beach no matter what your budget might be.
Pacific Beach Hotel has 837 rooms and suites decorated in traditional Hawaiian style and featuring views of the ocean, city, mountains or Diamond Head. Both smoking and nonsmoking rooms are available, all of which have coffee makers with Kona coffee, a refrigerator and private lanai or balcony. One of the hotel's main attractions is its 280,000-gallon aquarium, stretching three stories tall and holding more than 70 species of fish, with which you can swim in a combination snorkel-scuba activity called the "snuba experience," The aquarium is visible from the hotel's Oceanarium Restaurant, one of three dining options at Pacific Beach Hotel.
Pacific Beach Hotel
2490 Kalakaua Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815
800-367-6060
pacificbeachhotel.com
The Halekulani hotel's rooms are all nonsmoking and each has a patio or balcony, cotton bath robes, flat panel high- definition television, housekeeping service twice a day and a welcome bowl of fruit and chocolate. Most rooms have ocean views. For more luxury, you can choose from nine categories of suites, including one personally designed by Vera Wang. The hotel has three restaurants and a lounge and offers in-room dining and afternoon tea.
Halekulani
2199 Kalia Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
808-923-2311
halekulani.com
Waikiki Beachside Hostel is the largest hostel in Hawaii and features dormitory-style rooms with single beds and bunk beds. Each room has a private bathroom and full kitchen, and the hostel serves free coffee, tea and toast at breakfast and inexpensive nightly barbecues. Wireless Internet is free with your room and you can rent equipment such as surfboards, boogie boards and mopeds to enhance your beach vacation.
Waikiki Beachside Hostel
2556 Lemon Road
Honolulu, HI 96815
808-923-9566
waikikibeachsidehostel.com
