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Top Beach Vacations - Hawaii: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Top Beach Vacations - Hawaii helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

Hawaii is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Here are our top ten beaches on the islands of our country's 50th state

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1. Maui Island, Hawaii
The island of Maui, Hawaii, deserves its reputation as a top vacation destination: It's covered with pristine white-sand beaches, calm ocean bays and thrilling surf, stunning mountain and volcano vistas, sugarcane fields, highland ranches, waterfall-fed pools and twisting mountain roads. But Maui is no hidden gem-it's the second most-visited Hawaiian island, and you'll have to do some work to find tropical solitude. Still, Maui's beauty and the mix of different areas make it a good choice. Regar... Goto Destination Guide »
2. Kaanapali, Hawaii
This west-coast community has several nice resorts, an excellent beach and two fine golf courses (one designed by Robert Trent Jones, the other by Jack Snyder).... Goto Destination Guide »
3. Mauna Kea, Hawaii
At a breathtaking 14,000 ft/4,265 m (with an azure sea sparkling below), Mauna Kea is one of the best spots on Earth to explore the heavens: The Mauna Kea observatory complex has 12 major astronomical telescopes. Free stargazing programs are presented each evening, weather permitting, at the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station (phone 808-935-7606).... Goto Destination Guide »
4. Lahaina, Hawaii
Before Lahaina became a thriving missionary and whaling village, it was the home of Hawaiian kings and queens. Today, this town on Maui Island hums with tourist activity. The main drag, Front Street, is lined with restaurants, art galleries and little shopping malls geared toward visitors.... Goto Destination Guide »
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
Visitors to Honolulu, Hawaii, may hear that, because it's Hawaii's largest city, it is less "Hawaiian" than the rest of the state. The high-rise office buildings and traffic of Honolulu don't match people's romantic ideal of what Hawaii should be-remote, palm-fringed beaches and lavish resorts.... Goto Destination Guide »
6. Wailea, Hawaii
This is an exclusive resort area with world-famous spas and golf courses. The weather in South Maui is the kind that golfers dream of-long sunny days without wind or rain. The master-planned resorts of Wailea were designed around golf, with 54 championship holes. There are lots of great beaches, too, which you can enjoy even if you're not staying in one of the many resort hotels or condos. The upscale stores and restaurants at The Shops at Wailea cater to the flow of tourists.... Goto Destination Guide »