Best Maui Hotels: Award-Winning Places to Stay
There are about 98 hotels on Maui, so when you take a trip to the main vacation island of Maui in the South Pacific, this number can be overwhelming. Accommodations are as varied as the island’s beaches. There are accommodations for every type of budget. There are luxury hotels, mid-priced hotels, condominiums, for romantic getaways, for family vacations. Where to stay on Maui? Consider these best Maui hotels.
great wailea
Grand Wailea is a resort, hotel, and spa all rolled into one. Located at 3850 Wailea Alanui in Maui, this hotel has won perhaps every award for hotels and resorts, including Conde Nast Traveler’s Gold List, AAA Four Diamond Award, and Travel & Leisure’s Top 25 Hotels in Hawaii. The Grand Wailea treatment facility’s spa is the largest in Hawaii, covering 50,000 square feet. foot and offers more than a hundred varieties of body and beauty treatments. Some of Grand Wailea’s best features include 25,700 square feet. foot activity pool complete with slides, water powered lift, children’s pool, swing and waterfalls. Grand Wailea has 780 rooms, all of which are declared non-smoking areas, and can get quite crowded during peak season.
Four Seasons Hotel
Sitting next to Grand Wailea is the Four Seasons Resort. Located at 3900 Wailea Alunui, Four Seasons Resort offers access to various types of recreation, including 18-hole golf courses, tennis clubs, hot tubs, and free use of bicycles and use of snorkeling equipment for 1 hour. The hotel’s spa has been named one of the best spas in the world by Conde Nast and Travel and Leisure. Although there are only 380 rooms, the rooms measure 600 square feet. ft., and are built with lanais, most of which have ocean views.
Kapalua Resort
On the northwest coast of Maui is the Kapalua Resort. This 23,000 acre resort and master-planned community has been named one of the “World’s Best Places to Stay” by the Conde Nast Travelers Gold List in 2004. There are two low-rise accommodations at the resort — Kapalua Villas , a condominium, and the Ritz Carlton Kapalua Resort. Kapalua Resort amenities include 3 championship golf courses, tennis clubs, shops and art galleries. Also in the resort community are a marine life conservation district, a Hawaiian burial ground, wildlife sanctuaries, and historic churches and plantation houses.