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Hang Ten in Waikiki

© Noe Dewitt Houses below Diamond Head, with Waikiki in the distance.

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This all-American stretch of Hawaii has had its share of identity crises. But paradise is still paradise.

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Destinations: Honolulu · Sunset Beach

Inspired by: The Hawaiian Paradise of Waikiki — by Guy Trebay, Published Oct. 2008

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Hotels (7)

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    Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach Walk

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    Outrigger Reef

    A $110 million overhaul will be completed in early 2009.

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    Moana Surfrider, a Westin Resort

    Meticulously restored 1901 Beaux-Arts property—the first hotel on Waikiki Beach—with an Old Hawaii vibe (afternoon tea is de rigueur), plus one of

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    Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort

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    Royal Hawaiian

    Framed by Diamond Head, one of the world's most climbed (extinct) volcanoes, and with nearly two miles of continuous white sand and palm trees, thi

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    Halekulani

    Service rules at this recently renovated 5-acre Waikiki Beach beauty, which has existed for nearly a century. The Orchid Suite, the newest of the h

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    Kahala Hotel & Resort

    Oahu classic—fresh from a major renovation—with thoughtful in-room details (Frette linens; chenille robes; oversize showerheads). This 1964 colossu

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    Nobu, Waikiki

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    House Without a Key

    Grab a deceptive mai tai at this open-air beachfront bar and restaurant.
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    Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar

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    Ted's Bakery

    What This family-owned shop in Sunset Beach is splashed with a deep-sea graffiti mural that looks as if it could have been painted by the Little Me

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    Shangri La

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    Bishop Museum

    Probably the best museum complex in the world for everything Polynesian (as well as Melanesian and Micronesian), the Bishop is Hawaii’s most famous

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    Bob's Ukelele Shop

    Bob’s sells one product mainly, the evocative and characteristically Hawaiian four-string guitar. There are ukes of ribbon-grained koa that cost hu... More
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    Honolulu Academy of the Arts

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    Honolulu Zoo

    Make the trip to the zoo, pausing to inspect a massive immobile tortoise taking a dust bath, then gawping at the unlikely spectacle of an ambulatin... More
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    Iolani Palace

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    Kapiolani Park

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    Waikiki Beach Walk

    In the 1990’s the project committed $585 million in public and private funds to transform eight acres of dive bars and budget hotels within an elbo... More
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