Castle Kona Bali Kai

W30117240-01 The sunny pool poke menu and in-room kitchens are a few reasons why the non-smoking Castle Kona Bali Kai rules at Holualoa Bay. The three-story Castle Kona's 154 rooms boast private balconies or lanais with ocean or mountain views full kitchens laundry facilities free high-speed internet cable channels and DVD players. Poke and kimchi dishes don the menu in the in-house restaurant. There's also a barbecue area and a grocery delivery service.

Guests can soak up the sun in the courtyard swimming pool and hot tub or head down to the water's edge to splash around in the lava-rock tidal pools. Nestled on the beach at Holualoa Bay the Castle Kona lands guests within a 10-minute drive south of central Kailua Kona's shops restaurants and historic attractions like Hulihe'e Palace. A one-mile jaunt south leads to Magic Sands Beach Park. Nature lovers find Honua'ula Forest Reserve seven miles away and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park within a two-hour drive.

Kona International Airport is 11 miles north.