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Ali’i Drive – Shopping, Dining, Swimming and Sightseeing Along Kona’s Seaside Mainstreet

The roughly six-mile-long road that snakes along West Hawaii Island’s white sand coast from downtown Kona heading south to the small exurb of Keauhou is known as Ali’i Drive (“AH-LEE-EE”). Local’s take Do it north to south: Start in Kona town with gift shopping and a hearty brunch, then head south for an afternoon at …

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Kona Farmers Market – West Hawaii’s Best Fresh Produce and Trinket Shopping

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Few will argue that Kona Farmers Market – found just off of Kamehameha Avenue along the city’s waterfront of windswept, colorful shops – is the best spot on Big Island to sample the tropical cornucopia of strange new fruit that Hawaii has to offer. It is the premiere stop on the island’s ubiquitous, informal “fruit …

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

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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

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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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Banyan Drive – Big Island’s “Walk of Fame”

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Tree lovers who also happen to be history buffs will find a shady, tree-lined road looping along the shoreline of Hilo’s Waiakea Peninsula that boasts some of the most peculiar (and perhaps most famous) plant life to be found on the island. It is a sleepy seaside drive right off the main highway passing by …

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Suisan Fish Market-Big Island’s Best Poke

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A Review of Suisan Fish Market: Although the classic Hawaiian diced raw fish dish known as “poke” has gained great popularity on the mainland in the past decade, locals in the town of Hilo and elsewhere were eating it many years before to little fanfare. It began with local fishermen in the islands saving the …

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Punalu’u Bake Shop: A Classic Hawaiian Bakery With A Claim To Fame

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A trip to Big Island isn’t complete without sampling some local delicacies, and the legendary Hawaiian sweet roll is a great place to start. These are baked in staggering amounts at Punalu’u Bake Shop, an immensely popular roadside bakery, restaurant, ice-cream shop and rest stop found beside the country highway in the small town of …

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Hilo Farmers Market: One-stop Big Island Fruit Tour

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A pair of massive mountains in the middle of Hawaii Island divide it into two. Rain-bearing clouds coming in from the open ocean hit the slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea and drop their payload as they climb, creating a distinct rain shadow and a dichotomy of climate. That dichotomy of climate leads to …

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Uncle Robert’s Bar and Farmers Market – The Pride of Kalapana

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At the edge of a lavafield along Puna District’s rocky coastline lies the tiny fishing village of Kaimu and its world-famous open-air live music venue simply known among locals as “Uncle Robert’s”. This is where the Kalapana Awa Band – a fixture of the Big Island music scene for years – plays every Wednesday evening …

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Ali’i Drive – Shopping, Dining, Swimming and Sightseeing Along Kona’s Seaside Mainstreet

Kona Farmers Market – West Hawaii’s Best Fresh Produce and Trinket Shopping

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

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

Banyan Drive – Big Island’s “Walk of Fame”

Suisan Fish Market-Big Island’s Best Poke

Punalu’u Bake Shop: A Classic Hawaiian Bakery With A Claim To Fame

Hilo Farmers Market: One-stop Big Island Fruit Tour

Uncle Robert’s Bar and Farmers Market – The Pride of Kalapana

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