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Hilo Bayfront Park – A Paddler’s Delight, and One Of the Island’s Longest Beaches

Water and Sport, Beaches, Picnic

Hilo Bayfront Park is just a short walk away from its sprawling farmer’s market and neighboring bus station, downtown Hilo and its small colorful shops and leafy, rain-swept sidewalks give way to an incredibly long beach of black sand and gentle lapping waves. The expansive coastline of rough, smooth black lava pebbles appears almost perfectly …

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Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company – Home of the Big Island’s Famous Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts

Shopping, Culture, Food

There simply is no better place on the Big Island of Hawaii to feast on mounds of buttery, world-renown and locally-grown Hawaiian macadamia nuts than at Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company’s spacious showroom located in the hills above the small West Hawaii port town of Kawaihae. It’s a high-ceiling storefront awash in sunlight filtering through its …

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Big Island Candies – Heavenly Shortbreads, Cookies, Brownies and Chocolate-Dipped Treats in The Heart of Hilo

Shopping, Food

Few shops on Big Island cater to the sweet tooths of visitors and locals alike quite like Big Island Candies, whose sprawling factory and handsome storefront found off a leafy side-road in the town of Hilo is absolutely packed wall to wall with buttery, sugar-dusted chocolatey delights. The alluring perfume of its fresh-baked shortbreads greets …

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Magic Sands Beach-The Disappearing Act Along Kona’s Ali’i Drive

Beaches, Snorkeling, Water and Sport

Hawaii’s Big Island has no shortage of destinations deemed “magical” by the thousands of intrigued visitors it welcomes each and every year. Magic Sands Beach is one of the most popular After all, Big Island is the place of towering green Jurassic Park-looking valleys, mystical fairy forests of ironwood trees browsed by wild horses, bubbling …

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Sombat’s Fresh Thai Cuisine-Hilo’s Award winning Thai Restaurant

Food, Big Island's Best Restaurants

Sombat’s Fresh Thai is simply the most delicious Thai food Big Island has to offer. The walls inside its downtown Hilo restaurant are strewn with “Best Of” awards from local newspapers spanning back many years, and its large portions, friendly waitstaff and consistent quality has built a large, loyal following in a city with many …

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Kanaka Kava

Kanaka Kava – Traditional, Locally Sourced Hawaiian Food In An Easygoing Outdoor Atmosphere

Food, Big Island's Best Restaurants

A Review of Kanaka Kava: The restaurants around Big Island’s Kona Town serve up something for everyone, from prime rib to hamburgers, Asian noodles to Indian curry, fish tacos to pizza. There are plenty of eateries offering contemporary Hawaiian cuisine, too — a mix of different foods from multiple continents, sometimes combined in strange and …

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Big Island Grill – Hawaiian Comfort Food and Laid Back Atmosphere In The Heart Of Kona Town

Big Island's Best Restaurants, Food

A Review of Big Island Grill: For those visiting Kona Town and looking for a taste of real Hawaiian comfort food for breakfast or lunch, the macadamia nut pancakes, hot noodle soups and smoked pork plate lunches. Big Island Grill are tasty ways to delve into the islands’ legendary, sometimes-strange local food. Contemporary Hawaiian cuisine …

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Kamana Kitchen – Kona’s Mouthwatering Indian Cuisine By The Sea

Big Island's Best Restaurants, Food

A Review of Kamana Kitchen: Vacationing foodies might be skeptical of the idea of finding top-notch Indian food being served in Hawaii, much less on the largely rural and sometimes insular Big Island. But somehow, out of the dearth of exceptional ethnic cuisine on the island (besides East Asian food, of course), there is one …

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