Visit Hawaii: airmont Kea Lani Maui

1. Location

Fairmont Kea Lani is located on the Polo Beach in Wailea, South Maui. This area is known as exceptionally sunny climate. Kahului Airport is 16 miles away, Wailea Golf Course is just across the street.

As you drive up, the gleaming white building looks absolutely stunning against the clear skies and deep blue Pacific Ocean. This resort is smaller and more personable than other hotels in Wailea.

This hotel has many special touches that begin at the check-in when you are greeted with chilled guava juice and cool towels. You will experience this kind of VIP treatment during your whole stay.

2. Rooms

Suites are very comfortable, modern, spacious and stylish. Each suite has separate living room and bedroom. The interiors are a combination of white, pastels and neutral colors. Linen is lace eyelet trimmed dust ruffles and pillowcases with floral bedspreads.

The living room has double sofabed and large entertainment center with 27" TV, VCR, CD player and AM-FM radio. There is an additional TV in the bedroom.

Lanai has enough room for 4 to enjoy breakfast "al fresco" while overlooking the blue Pacific Ocean, or to enjoy a private romantic dinner for 2 over one of Maui's breathtaking sunsets.

Bathroom is really large, with an deep soaking tub, separate walk-in shower, twin pedestal sinks, hair dryer and lighted make-up mirror. No detail of personal luxury is overlooked!

TIP: if you are traveling with young children, the best suite for you will be 1-Bedroom Pool View. It is located on the ground floor and you can walk out directly to the upper lagoon pool.

There are 450 suites, each suite features:

840 sq ft
Beds: 1 king or 2 doubles, and sofabed
Air-conditioning
Private lanai with table, chairs and chaise lounge
Iron and board
Wet bar, microwave oven, coffee maker, mini-refrigerator
Bare Essentials toiletries
Hair dryer
2-line speaker phone in bedroom and living room (great for those traveling with laptops)
Yukata robes
Free in-room safe

Villas
2- and 3-bedroom villas are just steps away from Polo Beach. Many rich-and-famous including Harrison Ford, Janet Jackson and Pierce Brosnan have stayed here.

Each villa features all of suite amenities, plus:

2-bedroom villa - 1,800 sq ft, 2 bathrooms, 2 kings and sofabed

3-bedroom villa - 2,200 sq ft, 2 bathrooms, 2 kings, 2 doubles and sofabed

Courtyard with plunge pool, sundeck and BBQ grill

Full gourmet kitchen

Entertainment center: 27" TV with cable, DVD Player, VCR and Stereo

19" TV in each bedroom

3. Restaurants

1) Caffe Ciao Restaurant

This outdoor Italian restaurant serves delicious hand made pastas, fresh island fish and pizza from Kiawe wood-burning oven. It also famous for the incredible 1,700-bottle selection of wines from Italy, California, Australia and France, so you can definitely find the perfect wine to accompany your meal. Finish your dinner with Caffe Ciao's signature gelato, made fresh daily.

Open for lunch, dinner and cocktails.

2) Caffe Ciao Deli

In the morning, you can get a nice light breakfast here. They bake their own bread, scones and muffins. Get a perfectly frothed espresso or capuccino and sit outside enjoying the sunshine and ocean breeze. Caffe Ciao Deli also offers home-made sandwiches, salads and gift shopping (try Kea Lani's signature jam!) from early morning to night. Open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

4) Kea Lani Restaurant

This beautiful poolside restaurant has an absolutely lavish breakfast buffet in addition to a la carte selections.

Breakfast buffet has everything you can imagine - made to order omelettes, a smoked salmon station, a Japanese cuisine station and daily specials such as eggs benedict. Pastries, mango and banana nut breads are fresh from the oven! You can also get hot food like banana pancakes, waffles, link sausage, Portuguese sausage and applewood smoked bacon. Fresh fruit selection is amazing, you can try locally grown guava, mountain apples, rambutans and papaya.

Open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

4) Nick's Fishmarket Maui

This restaurant is known as one of Maui's finest seafood places. It is set in a very lush tropical garden, perfect for a romantic night out. You will be sitting under the vine-covered trellises overflowing with stephanotis blossoms and sparkling lights.

You are always welcome to stop here for a tempting cocktail and tasty pupus. One of the most spectacular features of Nick's Fishmarket Maui is the glass enclosed 2,000 bottle wine cellar offering fine vintages from Italy, France and California, as well as an extensive selection of choice cognacs and brandies.

Nick's Fishmarket has received the 'Ilima award for 'Favorite Hotel Restaurant', the Hale 'Aina award for 'Best Maui Restaurant' and Wine Spectator's 'Award of Excellence'.

Open daily for dinner and cocktails.

5) Polo Beach Grille & Bar

It is located on the upper pool level offering an expansive view of the neighbor islands of Molokini, Kahoolawe and Lanai. As you hang out by the pool, you can get a fresh salad, kiawe-grilled Black Angus Burger or sandwich right here.

Swim-up bar serves refreshing Mai Tai's, fresh fruit smoothies and luscious tropical drinks all day long. Watch live sporting events along with breathtaking sunsets while sipping on your favorite libation.

Bar is open 10:30am to 6:00pm daily, food is served from 11:00am to 5:00 pm.

4. Things to do

Beach activities
The beach is great - very low surf and soft sand. You can rent all water toys you ever want, or a beach cabana (about $50/day). The beach is good sized with great waves for boogie boarding.
Pool
The pool area is also luxurious. There are two hydro-spas and three pools. One with a slide, another with a swim-up bar and the third is for lap swimming, scuba lessons, and water aerobics classes. Ar night, they light up poolsight tiki torches and you can take a romantic evening stroll through the gardens.
Adult pool is quiet and peaceful. You can get a poolside massage beneath the white canopy. Just beyond the pool area is the white sand of Polo Beach.
One of the best things about this resort is that it never feels crowded. There are plenty of lounge chairs at the pools and beach, and attendants will help you set up. Cool towels, fresh pineapple slices and lemon ice water are offered throughout the day, poolside.
Spa Kea Lani
Conceived as an elegant resort day spa, Spa Kea Lani is staffed by some of the best estheticians and massage therapists. It feels very private amd serene.
It will take you a long time to choose a treatment, because they have so many to offer! Some of the popular packages are: 'Ono Loa (includes a little taste of everything for the first-time spa goer), Lomi Lomi Massage, Share A Kiss (side-by-side body polish, hydrotherapy tub soak and massage), Ho'omamea (stone therapy and deep cleansing facial), Detoxifying Seaweed Body Masque with Cellulite Treatment.
Open daily 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Fitness Center
The fitness center is complimentary and open 24 hours. It offers an assortment of weight and cardio equipment that includes a universal gym and Lifecycles.
Children's Program
Keiki Lani, the hotel's activity center for kids, is a state-licensed supervised program for children between 5 and 13 years old. Children enjoy painting coconuts, building sandcastles, exploring tidepools, learning to dance hula and making real flower leis. Each child receives a complimentary Keiki Lani T-shirt on their first visit.
Open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2004 rate: $55.00 per child, per day
3 championship golf courses:
Blue Course – the first course ever built in Wailea. The fairways offer views of the ocean (where you can spot humpback whales in winter), several offshore islands, majestic peak of Mt. Haleakala, and some of Wailea's stunning residential communities. It features several fountains and lakes, and an abundance of colorful hibiscus, wiliwili trees, bougainvillea and plumeria.
The Blue was designed to appeal to a broad range of players. While it has challenged some of the finest professional players in the world, it also offers a measure of forgiveness in its wider fairways and large greens.
Emerald Course – designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., it has been rated as one of the best new courses by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest, as well as one of North America's most women-friendly by Golf for Women.
The course looks like a lush tropical playground. Everywhere you look, there are bright tropical flowers and shrubs: plumeria, bird of paradise, allamanda, gazenia, bougainvillea, beach morning glory, "firecracker" plants and more.
This course has magnificent mountain and ocean views, and has been designed for pure golf enjoyment, regardless of your handicap.
One of the Emerald’s most picturesque spots is a large double green shared by holes #10 and #17. Fronting the green is the only lake on the course.
Gold Course – this is the most challenging course out of the 3. It has been ranked among the country's best new courses by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest, and one of the world's best designed by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler.
This course is also designed by Jones Jr., who flavored the Gold with elements of classic golf course design, then finished it with a rugged, natural look. Throughout the course are stark lava rock outcroppings, indigenous Hawaiian grasses, and ancient lava rock walls built by early Hawaiians, so the setting is really spectacular.
The Gold's 200-foot elevation change from top to bottom enhances the numerous ocean and mountain vistas available from virtually every hole. The course has been labeled a "thinking player's" course because it demands strategy and careful club selection to be played well.
There is an upscale hilltop clubhouse that services all 3 courses. Its signature dining spot is SeaWatch, a stunning open-air restaurant cooled by the gentle tradewinds. Try their Miso-Chili Glazed Tiger Prawns and other seafood delicacies – they are exceptional.