PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended

This former budget property, located just across the street from a terrific white-sand beach, has a new management team that has spiffed up the studio and one-bedroom units by adding custom furniture, air-conditioning, and other amenities not usually seen at small properties (like high-speed Internet access and concierge services). The redone units have been tastefully decorated. The one-bedrooms, which have a pullout sofa in the living room and new appliances in the kitchen, are a deal during low season. All units have private oceanview lanais and the beach just a few steps away, plus there's a gas barbecue for guests' use. The new owners also bought the apartment complex next door, where they've revamped everything, put slate in the bathrooms and new tile on the floor, bought new furniture, and repainted. The units are small, but the lanais are large and the price is right -- and there's even a rooftop lanai where you can sit in the hot tub and enjoy great ocean views.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Hawaii 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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