Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Koloa

Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa provides tropically styled standard rooms along open-air corridors. Each room includes a sitting area with table, a 65-inch television, and a private lanai with table and chairs. Bathrooms feature marble floors and vanities, walk-in showers, and fully automated Toto toilets located behind a separate door. Suites offer bathrobes and an iPod docking station. Select rooms offer ocean or pool views from a private balcony. Amenities such as ironing facilities, heating, air conditioning, a tea and coffee maker, and a safe deposit box are standard. Disability access rooms with features like a bathtub with accessible handrails are available.

The Grand Hyatt Kauai features nine bar and dining venues. Tidepools offers Hawaiian-style cuisine over a koi-filled lagoon at the base of a waterfall, specializing in local fish and steaks. Stevenson's Library, a Koa wood-panelled converted cigar lounge overlooking the sea, serves pre- and post-dinner drinks. Seaview Terrace serves Starbucks and light bites. Ilima Terrace offers a buffet. Guests can find other restaurants in Poipu, within a 5- to 10-minute drive from the Hyatt. Signature restaurant Tidepools is a better option than walking.

Guests can play water volleyball or basketball, float in the lava-rock lined lazy river pool past waterfalls and caves, or experience the Poipu Bay Golf Course. The resort has a saltwater lagoon for kayaking and snorkeling. Umbrellas and cabanas are available for rent on Poipu's white sands. Anara Spa in Kauai promotes a culture rooted in nature. The Luau Show showcases Polynesian dance and culture on Wednesdays and Sundays. The Grand Hyatt includes multi-room gym, dueling lazy river pools open 24 hours a day and scheduled children's activities, from ukulele lessons to waterside races, and even seaside evening s'mores during the busy season.

Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa is located on Kauai's south shore, 30 km from Lihue. The resort is near Poipu, a tourist town with hotels, shops, and restaurants. Landmarks nearby include Poipu Beach Park (1.5 km), Kauai Christian Fellowship (1.5 km), and Keola Beach Cottage (1 km). Waiohai Beach and Waiopili Heiau? are 2 km and 1 km away, respectively. The bay's rocky outer edges incorporate neighboring Shipwreck Beach, popular for surfing. Every area of the resort has scenic views.

The Grand Hyatt incorporates Kauai wood-carved pineapple sculptures in the lobby. The resort includes in-room recycling and take-home reusable water bottles. Hydroponic salad lettuce is grown atop an old tennis court. The massive wood-paneled lobby leads to a sun-drenched courtyard with an inner garden. Poipu Bay is one of the most highly acclaimed resort courses in the Pacific. Guests can rent a cabana for shaded privacy.