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Laʻaloa Bay is a popular recreation area in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Also known as "Magic Sands" or "White Sands Beach", the official name is "Laʻaloa Beach County Park". During calm weather, it is one of the only fine white sandy beaches in the Kailua-Kona area. [ 1 ]
The 1960s brought development of several larger hotels and resorts in the Kailua-Kona area. During the early 1960s, Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines were operating nonstop flights to Kahului on Maui , nonstop and direct flights to Honolulu on Oahu and direct flights to Lihue on Kauai , Aloha with Fairchild F-27 turboprop aircraft and ...
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Kaʻūpūlehu is a AAA Five Diamond rated Four Seasons resort in Kaʻūpūlehu, on the Kona-Kohala Coast of the island of Hawaiʻi. The tsunami from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake damaged the resort and forced it to close for six weeks (until April 30) for repairs. [ 1 ]
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It's most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
As of 2009 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai was one of only three AAA Five Diamond Award winning hotels in Hawaii. [14] A par-72 18-hole golf course was designed by Jack Nicklaus . Golf Magazine ranked the course one of the best in America to play in 2002 and it annually hosts the Champions Tour 's Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai . [ 15 ]
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
It is now the site of the Kailua lighthouse. The property is now part of King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel; none of the houses or walls remain. ʻAhuʻena heiau was reconstructed in the 1970s and can be viewed, but not entered. Some artifacts can be viewed in the hotel lobby, including a feather cloak and helmet . The small sandy beach ...
Kailua-Kona Kamehameha I: now part of the King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel with the ʻAhuʻena Heiau restored [21] Kaniakapupu: Honolulu Kamehameha III: Summer home in Nu`uanu at Luakaha Falls, adjacent to Kaniakapupu heiau of Lono. In ruins. [22] Keʻalohilani Hamohamo, Waikīkī Liliʻuokalani