Honolulu and Oahu Features

Honolulu and Oahu Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Honolulu and Oahu
  

  Waves: Boogie board or surf some of the best breaks on the planet.... read more

• Top Things to Do in Oahu
  

  Kailua is the beach you came to Hawaii for: wide and gently sloped, glowing golden in the sun, outfitted with a couple of well-placed islets... read more

• Oahu Today
  

  Oahu—where Honolulu and Waikiki are—is the third-largest Hawaiian Island and has 75% of the state's population. Honolulu is the perfect... read more

• Oahu's Best Beaches
  

  Just as there are many different words for the many kinds of rain in Hawai'i, there are numerous kinds of beaches: rocky, coral rubble, and white... read more

• Oahu's Best Outdoor Adventures
  

  In a place surrounded by the ocean, water sports abound. Surfing. Snorkeling. Scuba diving. Hawaii has it all—and more. But that's just... read more

• Shangri La
  

  The marriage of heiress Doris Duke, at age 23, to a much older man didn't last. But their around-the-world honeymoon did leave her with two lasting... read more

• Sunset Spots
  

  Some favor the cool grass and rolling hills of Kakaako Park, where you can picnic with a view. Others dine in style and watch nature's beauty... read more

• Fun Things to Do around O'ahu
  

  Loop a mountain trail high above the city.... read more

• Oahu's Best Takeout
  

  For lunch at the beach, or a movie night in your hotel room, do as Islanders do: get takeout. (And in the Islands, incidentally, the proper term... read more

• Izakaya
  

  Japanese pub-restaurants, called izakaya (ee-ZAH-ka-ya), are sprouting up all over the Islands like matsutake mushrooms in a pine forest. They... read more

• Shrimp Snacks
  

  No drive to the North Shore is complete without a shrimp stop. Shrimp stands dot Kamehameha Highway from Kahaluu to Kahuku. For about $12, you... read more

• Oahu's Best Shave Ice
  

  Island-style shave ice (never shaved ice—it's a pidgin thing) is said to have been born when neighborhood kids hung around the ice house... read more