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Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort

This 10-acre hotel hugs Kahalou Beach and is within an eight-minute drive of Keauhou Shopping Center, two 18-hole golf courses, Keauhou Bay, and the town of Kailua Kona. The hotel has six tennis courts and a freeform outdoor pool; a health spa uses traditional Hawaiian medicinal plants for facials, a range of massage therapies, and body treatments. All 309 guestrooms in the seven-story hotel offer mini-refrigerators, in-room safes, video-game consoles, and private, furnished lanais with garden, ocean.

Colorful flags mark the entrance to an open-air lobby decorated with a koa outrigger canoe, feather lei, and paintings depicting Hawaiian history. Leisure travelers and families frequent the 10-acre Kahaluu Beach hotel for its snorkeling beach and proximity to shops and golf courses.

Leisure options include a freeform outdoor pool and children's pool, a fitness center, and six tennis courts. A health spa provides a range of treatments (surcharge), including massage therapy, facials, and hair and nail care. On-site dining options include an open-air restaurant, a terrace lounge with sunset views, and a casual bar and grill.

Within an eight-minute drive of Kailua-Kona and the shops and golf courses of Keauhou, the hotel is adjacent to Kahaluu Beach, which provides some of the best snorkeling on the island. The resort's 10 oceanfront acres were once home to an ancient Hawaiian community, and foundations of two temples, a canoe landing, and petroglyphs remain on the property.

Guests enjoy a Friday prime rib and seafood buffet, or watch the sunset from a terrace bar suspended over tide pools that shelter reef fish and sea turtles. The hotel's spa and salon provides hair care, massage therapy, aromatherapy, and skin-care treatments. A freeform outdoor pool has an adjacent children's pool, and guests can work out in a fitness center or play tennis on one of six courts.

This seven-story oceanfront hotel has 309 guestrooms, all of which have island-style decor with wicker and rattan furnishings, tropical prints, and Hawaiian art. Guestrooms include mini-refrigerators, in-room safes, coffeemakers, complimentary premium channels, video-game consoles, and dial-up Internet access. Private, furnished lanais provide garden, ocean, or partial ocean views.

Kamaaina Terrace - Adjacent to the pool, this open-air restaurant serves tropically inspired dishes using fresh local ingredients. A Friday-evening prime rib and seafood buffet and Saturday lobster night are popular. Open for breakfast, dinner, and Sunday brunch.

Verandah Lounge - Suspended over tide pools, this open-air terrace bar serves cocktails and appetizers from early afternoon until late evening, with live Hawaiian music nightly.

Kalanikai Bar & Grill - A take-out garden pavilion offering such casual fare as sandwiches, salads, burgers, and island-style plate lunches. Open from late morning until mid-afternoon.

The hotel hugs Kahaluu Beach, a snorkeling beach that is frequented by the green sea turtles that feed in the 10-acre hotel's tide pools. Six tennis courts are set amid tropical gardens and grassy lawns with hammocks. A health spa, outdoor freeform pool, and fitness center are also on site.

One mile from the hotel, Kona Country Club features two 18-hole golf courses, a driving range, chipping and putting practice greens, and a clubhouse with a pro shop and restaurant. The marina of sheltered Keauhou Bay, also one mile away, offers kayaking, snorkeling, sailing, scuba diving, and fishing excursions.

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