There are two major airports if you are flying into the Big Island, Kona International Airport and Hilo International Airport There are a few direct flights from the mainland, mostly from California and Seattle, but it is more common to arrive via Honolulu ... Big Island flights » |
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, 71 Banyan Dr, Tel: 808-935-9361, Fax: 808-961-9642, Older hotel of 286 rooms with great views. It is clean, the staff are friendly, but it is really showing its age. Beds for instance, feature bedspreads which are clearly 20+ years old ... Hilo hotels » |
around this quaint and subdued Hawaiian island. If anything, be sure to go to Volcanoes National Park for some great hiking and amazing sights of lava flows and semi-dormant volcanoes... and pop shops. Now it's overrun by big corporations and lots of haoles. Its unfortunate because what used to be a wonderfully, small community is now going to become a tourist trap... In end of Sept or very beginning of Oct, Hilo has an outdoors music festival, mix of regea, hip hop and Hawaiin music... More on GeckoGo »

