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Kauai
On any list of the world's most spectacular islands, Kauai ranks right up there with Bora Bora, Huahine, and Rarotonga. All the elements are here: moody rainforests, majestic cliffs,…
Kauai Museum
Though admission has jumped to $15, that fee allows you to return within a week—and you may well want to, in order to absorb more of the fascinating geological and cultural history of…
Kauai Coffee
Some 4 million coffee trees grow on 3,100 acres of former sugarcane fields from Lawai Valley to Eleele, making Kauai Coffee the largest producer of coffee in Hawaii—and the United…
Kauai Shores
This renovated beachfront bargain features small but functional rooms with slightly quirky, IKEA-style furnishings (curvy mirrors, square lamps), bright blue geometric-patterned rugs,…
Kauai Cove
Honeymooners and other romance seekers find a serene oasis on a quiet lane close to the cove at Koloa Landing, and a short walk to a sandier cove known as Baby Beach. The bright…
Duke's Kauai
The view of Kalapaki Beach, an indoor waterfall, koi pond, and a lively beachfront bar have as much, if not more, to do with the popularity of this outpost of the California–Hawaii TS…
Experience Kauai
Kauai's Na Pali Coast (na pali means "the cliffs") is a place of extreme beauty and Hawaii's last true wilderness. Its majestic splendor will forever remain unspoiled because no road…
Western Kauai in Kauai
Hanapepe This West Kauai hamlet is becoming a haven for artists, but finding them requires some vigilance. The center of town is off Hwy. 50; turn right on Hanapepe Road just after…
Salt Pond Beach Park -- Hawaii's only salt ponds still in production are at Salt Pond Beach, just outside Hanapepe. Generations of locals have come here to swim, fish, and collect salt…
Waimea Canyon Trails On a wet island like Kauai, a dry hike is hard to find. But in the desert-dry gulch of Waimea Canyon, known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific (once you get here,…
Kauai Plantation Railway
The first new railroad to be built in Hawaii in 100 years opened in 2007 after 5 years of work, 6,000 ties, 30,000 hand-driven spikes, and 480,000 pounds of iron rail. The Kauai…
Sheraton Kauai Resort
This appealingly low-key resort lives up to its ideal beachfront location, where the western horizon sees a riot of color at sunset and rainbows arc over a rocky point after the…
Kauai Beach Resort
Only 5 minutes from the airport, but hidden from the highway by a long, palm-lined drive, this is the jewel in the crown of Aqua Hotels and Resorts’ 18 moderately priced hotels in the…
Marjorie's Kauai Inn
In keeping with its hilltop setting in Lawai, this unlicensed three-room B&B prides itself on green touches: energy-efficient appliances, eco-friendly cleaning products, and local…
Kauai Pasta/KP Lihue
The owners’ marital split led to a breakup of the two Kauai Pasta locations, but fortunately you can stick with both. Although the Lihue site changed its name to KP Lihue, both have…
Kauai Island Brewery & Grill
The founders of the former Waimea Brewing Company opened this snazzy industrial/loft-style microbrewery and restaurant in Port Allen in 2012. The lilikoi ale—one of up to 10 house…
Liko Kauai & Makana Charters
Liko Kauai & Makana Charters ★—Born and raised on Kauai, in a Native Hawaiian family with roots on Niihau, Captain Liko Hookano offers more than just typical cruises; instead,…
Frommer's Shortcut Kauai
Regarded by many visitors as the most beautiful island of Hawaii, Kauai is currently receiving an awesome number of pleasure-seeking tourists, who delight in its fauna, flora and other…
Neighborhoods in Kauai
Lihue & Environs Lihue, where the airport is located, is where most visitors first set foot on the island. Not as glamorous as the resort areas or as quaint as some of Kauai's…
Camping in Kauai
Kauai offers tent camping in seven county-run beach parks and, for extremely hardy and self-sufficient types, several state-managed, backcountry areas of the Napali Coast and Waimea…
Vegetarian in Kauai
With so much local fresh produce available year-round, Kauai can be a vegetarian's dream. Numerous restaurants cater to vegetarians with several entrees to choose from; in particular,…
Markets in Kauai
The county of Kauai sponsors regular weekly Sunshine Markets (tel. 808/241-6390; www.kauai.gov) throughout the island, featuring fresh Kauai Sunrise papayas (sweeter, juicier, and…
Today in Kauai
A Cultural RenaissanceA conch shell sounds, a young man in a bright feather cape chants, torch lights flicker at sunset on Shipwreck Beach, and hula dancers begin telling their…
Language in Kauai
Plantations brought so many different people to Hawaii that the state is now a rainbow of ethnic groups. Living here are African Americans, American Indians, Eskimos, Japanese,…
History in Kauai
Ghosts to Golf Courses Lanai hasn’t always been so welcoming. Early Hawaiians believed the island was haunted by Pahulu (the god of nightmares) and spirits so wily and vicious that no…