Honolulu (Oahu, Hawaii) Travel Guide - Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights (Illustrated)

Where the warm ocean waters lap the smooth white sand ... where the sun rises over the beautiful ocean ... spend your days lying on the warm sand, sipping mai tais ...

Honolulu has sometimes been referred to as the “Rodeo Drive of the Pacific” since most major designers have shops either in Waikiki along Kalakaua Avenue, in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center or in the Ala Moana Shopping Center, once the largest shopping mall in the US, still the largest shopping mall in Hawaii. However, there are many local, less expensive alternatives to be found in both Waikiki and other local shopping malls and in the small towns around the island.

Nightlife can be as simple as sitting on the grass near the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center or on the beach in Waikiki listening to the free entertainment while you watch the local ladies practice their hula or as involved as traipsing almost half way around the island to the Polynesian Cultural Center to enjoy their luau and Polynesian entertainment provided by students at Brigham Young University. Most nightclubs are open late, and you can find karaoke bars, Irish pubs, hip hop dancing, or quiet ukuleles strumming. Welcome to Honolulu!

Contents:

Introducing Honolulu
Culture
Shopping
Nightlife and Entertainment
Restaurants and Dining
Orientation
Climate and When to Visit
Sightseeing Highlights and Things To Do
Circle Island Bus Tour
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Waikiki Aquarium
Waikiki Zoo
Kapiolani Park
Ala Moana Park
Kailua Park
Royal Hawaiian Band
Lyon Arboretum
Walking tours of Waikiki
Sunset on the Beach
Daily Fish Auction at Kewalo Basin
Aloha Tower Marketplace
Free Lessons in Hawaiian Culture at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center
Chinatown
Arizona Memorial
USS Missouri Memorial
Diamond Head State Monument
King Kamehameha Statue
Hawaii State Capitol Building
Iolani Palace
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl)
Fish for Pacific Blue Marlin on a Charter Boat
Honolulu Academy of Art/Shangri La (Doris Duke Collection)
Dole Plantation Pineapple Garden Maze
Recommendations for the Budget Traveler
Places To Stay
Places To Eat & Drink
Places To Shop