Hotel Coral Reef
The historic Hotel Coral Reef was built in the 1950s as a 10-room hotel. Today, the hotel offers dozens of rooms, all renovated in 2004. Amenities include air conditioning to combat the Hawaiian heat as well as Jacuzzi tubs, room safes and flat-screen televisions. Every room is just a few steps from the Pacific Ocean through the hotel's 100-year-old Hawaiian coconut tree grove.
Hotel Coral Reef
4-1516 Kuhio Hwy
Kapaa, HI 96746-1898
(808) 822-4481
hotelcoralreefresort.com
Outrigger Waipouli
An outrigger is an important part of a Hawaiian canoe and helped transport ancient Polynesians to Hawaii. The Kapaa hotel that bears its name will transport you to an oasis smack-dab in the middle of busy Kapaa, replete with lush forests and a heated two-acre river pool with sand-bottom hot tubs. In each of the guest accommodations, you'll find Indonesian hardwood accents, full kitchens with designer refrigerators and ovens, and granite countertops. Families will enjoy the hotel's free "Island Explorer" children's program, which includes a free backpack, sunglasses, binoculars and guides to Kauai.
Outrigger Waipouli
4-820 Kuhio Hwy
Kapaa, HI 96746
(808) 822-6000
outrigger.com
Kauai Sands Hotel
The boutique Kauai Sands Hotel is found on its own secluded beach on the edge of Kapaa. Select from 200 rooms set within six acres of property landscaped with Native Hawaiian plants. Amenities include tennis courts, Hawaiian-themed decor and two swimming pools. The 60 shops and restaurants of the adjacent Coconut Marketplace--one of Kapaa's biggest shopping centers--is a short walk from the hotel's front entrance.
Kauai Sands Hotel
420 Papaloa Rd
Kapaa, HI 96746
(808) 822-4951
kauaisandshotel.com
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