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Grounded bombers at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor.
PuuUalakaaStatePark
★
The best
sunsetview
of Honolulu is from a 1,048-foot-high hill
named for sweet potatoes. (It's more romantic than it sounds.) The poetic Hawaiian name
means “rolling sweet potato hill,” which is how early planters used gravity to harvest their
crop. The panorama is sweeping and majestic. On a clear day—which is almost always—you
can see from Diamond Head to the Waianae Range, almost the length of Oahu. At night, sev-
eral scenic overlooks provide romantic spots for young lovers who like to smooch under the
stars with the city lights at their feet. It's a top-of-the-world experience—the view, that is.
At the end of Round Hill Dr. Daily 7am-6:45pm (to 7:45pm in summer). From Waikiki, take Ala Wai Blvd. to McCully St.,
turn right, and drive mauka (inland) beyond the H-1 on-ramps to Wilder St.; turn left and go to Makiki St.; turn right, and
continue onward and upward about 3 miles.
Queen Emma Summer Palace
Hanaiakamalama, the name of the country estate of Kame-
hameha IV and Queen Emma, was once in the secluded uplands of Nuuanu Valley; these days
it's adjacent to a six-lane highway full of speeding cars. This simple, seven-room New Eng-
land-style house, built in 1848 and restored by the Daughters of Hawaii, is worth about an
hour of your time to see the interesting blend of Victorian furniture and hallmarks of Hawaii-
an royalty, including feather cloaks and kahili, the feathered standards that mark the presence
of alii (royalty). Other royal treasures include a canoe-shaped cradle for Queen Emma's baby,
Prince Albert, who died at the age of 4. (Kauai's ultraritzy Princeville Resort is named for the
little prince.)
2913 Pali Hwy. (at Old Pali Rd.).
&
808/595-6291.
www.daughtersofhawaii.org
. Admission $6 adults, $1 children 11 and
under. Daily 9am-4pm. Bus: 4, 55, 56, 57, or 65.
