2013-08-06

Luxury hotels and resorts are plentiful on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

In fact, there is such a dizzying array of luxury hotels and resorts on the island of Maui, many travelers find themselves in complete Internet overload as they try to make a lodging decision.

One of the chief objectives of this website is to help travelers narrow the choices.  We do this by making these difficult choices ourselves, and then taking our readers on-location to our own culled list of properties, and presenting them with on-site videos and photographs that they won’t find anywhere else.

In our recent visit to the Hawaiian island of Maui, our suitcases were constantly on the move as we gathered these reports to help answer this one question: where to stay on the island of Maui.

Best Luxury Hotels and Resorts on Maui

Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

Maui’s AAA Four-Diamond Grand Wailea is situated on 40 spectacular beachfront acres in the posh resort-town of Wailea on the southwest shore of the island.

The resort features 780 guestrooms, including 52 suites.  The Napua Tower offers 100 rooms in a private club-area situated at the center of the hotel, featuring dedicated concierge services with upgraded guest room accommodations.

To see our full feature article, or if you can’t see the video CLICK HERE

The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua Maui Resort

The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua is a AAA Five-Diamond resort located on 54 acres surrounded by 36 holes of championship golf in the midst of a scenic and historic 23,000 acre resort overlooking the pristine “world’s best” D.T. Fleming Beach.

Set on the quiet north shore of Maui, the resort has recently undergone a $180 million transformation of all guest rooms, restaurants, fitness center, public areas, pool and lobby.

To see our full feature article, or if you can’t see the video CLICK HERE

The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui Resort

The AAA Four-Diamond Fairmont Kea Lani has the distinction of being Hawaii’s only all suite and villa luxury oceanfront resort.  Rather than the 400 sq. ft. lodging available at most resorts, we enjoyed sprawling in 860 sq. ft. of luxurious living space.

The Fairmont Kea Lani offers resort guests 413 one-bedroom suites, 37 private two- and three-bedroom villas, the famous Willow Stream Spa, three pools, six dining options, and a beautiful golden-sand beach to while away the hours all located in the posh resort-town of Wailea.

To see our full feature article, or if you can’t see the video CLICK HERE

Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas

Uniquely, the AAA Four-Diamond Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas functions dually as Vacation Ownership property within the Starwood Hotels and Resorts collection, and also functions as a free-standing luxury resort available to travelers the world over.

What this means is that luxury travelers get the best of both worlds: a full-scale luxury resort with all of the desired amenities, coupled with condo-like rooms that feature full kitchens, washers/dryers, and the famous Westin Heavenly Beds and Heavenly Baths to boot!

The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas features over 1,000 rooms, three restaurants, three pools, a full-service “Heavenly Spa”, two grocery stores;  enough fun activities to keep you active for days, a free shuttle giving you access to the neighboring Westin Maui Resort and Spa, and it is beautifully situated on the world-famous Ka’anapali Beach.

To see our full feature article, or if you can’t see the video CLICK HERE

The Four Seasons Resort Maui

Unfortunately, when we visited the island of Maui, the AAA Five-Diamond Four Season Resort Maui was completely sold out. Therefore, we don’t have a destination feature to show you.  Nonetheless, the Four Seasons Resort Maui is absolutely worthy of your consideration.

We did, however, have our most fabulous island dining experience at the Four Seasons’ Ferraro’s Bar e Ristorante.  To see our review CLICK HERE

We are absolutely confident that any of these world-class resorts will meet the demanding expectations of today’s modern luxury travelers.

If you want to know our very favorite from this list, pop us a note and we’ll let the secret out.  Just know that Carol and I have two different opinions on this subject.  

Disclosure: our Maui luxury resort experiences were provided by the individual resorts listed in our report.

 

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