"20 Things to Love About Hawaii Right Now": 3 classic hotels, newly remade
by: Derek Paivaposted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 at 01:03 PM
St. Regis Princeville
(Princeville, Kauai)
The view from the St. Regis Princeville across Hanalei Bay to Mount Makana—“Bali Hai” in the 1958 filmed musical South Pacific—is unchanged. The rest of the former 23-year-old Sheraton Princeville now attempts to earn that view—a $100 million renovation replacing its former expanses of grand, yet unwelcoming, marble with plenty of luxurious Island-style wood, bamboo flooring, koa furniture and warm earth tones.
5520 Ka Haku Road, (808) 826-9644, www.stregisprinceville.com
Photos: The Royal Hawaiian (pg. 1, 2), Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (pg. 3), St. Regis Princeville (pg. 4)
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