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ʻIolani Palace PALACE
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( info 538-1471, tour reservations 522-0832/0823; www.iolanipalace.org ; 364 S King St; grounds
admission free, adult/child 5-12yr basement galleries $7/3, self-guided audio tour $15/6, guided tour
$22/6; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, last tickets sold at 4pm) Perhaps no other place evokes a more
poignant sense of Hawaii's history than this royal palace where plots and counterplots
simmered. The building has been painstakingly restored to its former glory, although
many original royal artifacts were lost or stolen before work began. Today the only way
to see the palace's handsome interior is by taking a tour.
When this regal palace was commissioned by King David Kalakaua (1874-1891), the
Hawaiian monarchy observed many of the diplomatic protocols of the Victorian world.
The king traveled abroad meeting with leaders around the globe and received foreign
emissaries at ʻIolani Palace, completed in 1882.
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