Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa – Hawaiian Style Luxury
Rising out of its Hawaiian Garden of Eden setting the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa is a lavish $600 million luxury hotel styled in the classic manner of the early 1900s. A movie star favorite, Grand Wailea, Maui is an elegant enclave of courtyards, terraces, gardens, waterfalls, and fountains. The resort, situated on 40 acres of majestic rolling hills offers 780 guest rooms and suites, 70 percent of them overlooking world-famous Wailea Beach.
This Grand Wailea Resort fronts the famous Wailea Beach, a spectacularly long stretch of golden sand, wonderful for walking, swimming, and great for sun bathers. Just off the end of the beach, is an amazing collection of coral where you can spot turtles, manta rays, tons of brightly colored tropical fish, and beautiful underwater plants. You can easily snorkel to this area from the beach.
An exclusive 100-room “small hotel within a hotel”, Napua Tower is the centerpiece of the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa. Napua and its five guest wings are surrounded by six art gardens, part of a $30 million permanent collection in the resort’s “outdoor museum”. Featured artists include Pablo Picasso, Fernando Botero, Fernand Leger and Andy Warhol.
At Wailea Golf Club, one of the largest and most acclaimed golf facilities in the islands, passionate golfers will think they’ve arrived at golfdom’s golden gates! Surrounding the trio of 18-hole championship courses are spectacular mountain and ocean views. As a guest of Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, you will receive preferred rates and tee times at all 3 courses.
After your dream golf experience, how about a visit to an award-winning, world-renowned spa? The Grand Wailea’s Spa Grande has been consistently recognized as one of the most luxurious Maui resort spas in Hawaii. This relaxing Polynesian retreat is ranked among the “Top 10 Spas in the United States” by Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure magazines. A celebrated trendsetter in relaxation, rejuvenation, and wellness, this 50,000-square-foot, Maui spa retreat addresses one’s inner and outer beauty simultaneously.
Appealing to both first-time spa goers and repeat spa-savvy guests, Spa Grande is one of the first spas to reflect a cohesive balance between the traditions of the East, West and Ancient Hawaii. This spectacular Maui resort spa offers an extensive menu of soothing treatments and therapies one of which is an exclusive Terme Hydrotherapy Circuit, a unique haven of water therapies featuring five aromatic baths to soothe the body and soul, making for an amazing prelude to any treatment.
The Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa is home to six restaurants including Humuhumunukunukuapua’a, one of Maui’s most highly rated restaurants. Lit by tiki torches overlooking a man-made lagoon, it features distinctive dishes such as macadamia-nut-crusted mahi mahi with citrus butter sauce, mango mint relish, and toasted coconut jasmine rice. Constructed from 800 tons of rock transported from Mt. Fuji, Japan, a second on-site restaurant, Kincha, specializes in sushi and sashimi.
More casual dining is available at The Grand Wailea’s open-air Bistro Molokini, the garden view Cafe Kula and the Volcano Bar. Overlooking the Pacific, with stunning views of Molokini, Lanai, and the West Maui Mountains, The Grand Dining Room serves breakfast and brunch. Lounges include the swim-up Grotto Bar and the Botero Gallery Bar overlooking the lobby’s impressive collection of sculpture.
Should you choose to visit the Grand Wailea – a resort many call the best in the world, you will quickly come to realize it is the jewel of Maui. This exquisite luxury resort offering stunning ocean views and surrounded by lush, tropical gardens truly reflects the natural beauty of Hawaii.