4 Luxury Waikiki Hotels - Visit the Hawaiian Royalty playground

Reward yourself with a stay in Hilton Hawaiian Village ® Waikiki Beach Resort’s exclusive Ali‘i Tower, home to an array of spacious rooms and suites featuring luxurious bathrooms, plush furnishings and subtle, authentic influences of Ali‘i (which translates as ‘Royalty’ in Hawaiian!).

Our beachfront location has welcomed people since 1883 when the original owner, Robert Lewers built a two-story house on the site of what is now our main building. The fishermen of the area would bring their canoes onto the beach in front of the property to rest. So welcomed were they by the Lewers family that the locals named the location “house befitting heaven” or Halekulani.

The opening of The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, ushered in a new era of luxurious resort travel to Hawaii. The hotel was built at a price tag of $4 million. The six-story, 400- room structure was fashioned in a Spanish-Moorish style, popular during the time period and influenced by screen star Rudolph Valentino. The site of The Royal Hawaiian boasts a majestic lineage. The area was used as a playground for King Kamehameha I after he conquered the island of Oahu. Queen Kaahumanu’s Summer Palace was previously located in what is now the hotel’s Coconut Grove garden. During WWII, The Royal Hawaiian was leased exclusively to the U.S. Navy as a rest and recreation center for the Pacific Fleet. The hotel reopened to the public in February 1947.

Why save the best for last when you can have it all the time? Book your Hawaiian getaway at Honolulu’s premier luxury hotel, just steps away from Waikiki’s famous beaches