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Hilo Big Island University Hawaii Rental - House Hilo Big Island University Hawaii Rental Property Owners Join us VRBO ® is Vacation Rentals by Owner ® Home USA Hawaii Big Island Hilo District Hilo Edit Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #15351 Luxury *Oceanfront at Beach* Gourmet Kitchen, Modern Location: Hilo, Hilo District, Big Island, Hawaii, USA (AT THE BEACH, Luxury Oceanfront House At Best Surfing Beach) Accommodations: House - 3 Bedrooms + Other (See Description) - 2 Baths - (Sleeps 6) Luxury Ocean Front 3BR/2BA House AT THE BEACH in Hilo, Hawaii - Hilo, Big Island, HI - Hawaii Vacation Rental - Beachfront Luxury near the University of Hawaii! LUXURY OCEANFRONT HOME: This private, three bedroom, two bath, luxury, oceanfront home provides the ultimate Hawaii Experience. Just steps from the black sand, swimming and snorkeling beach, the Hawaii Beaches house is located in the majestic Hilo Bay. NEWLY CONSTRUCTED & NOT YOUR "ORDINARY" VACATION RENTAL: Upscale, luxury home with gourmet kitchen, DVD player, huge video and DVD libraries, many extras, modern and spotlessly clean. Breathtaking, unobstructed views from the gourmet kitchen, living areas, and master suite. With exotic hardwood floors, slate tile on the covered outdoor decks, top-of-the-line Viking stove, Subzero refrigerator and other appliances, gated entry, and landscaped fish pond in the front yard. Fully furnished and completely equipped. IN-TOWN OF HILO: At the Beach. Just six miles from the airport. Close to all services: Gourmet Dining, Kayak and Scuba Rentals, Fine Dining, Museums, Night Clubs, Golf, 30 Minutes From Volcano Park, Fishing, Shopping includes: Macy's, Hilo Hattie, Indoor Shopping Mall, 24 hour WalMart, Safeway, University of Hawaii, Hilo Airport, Hilo Hospitals, and more. LIVING ROOM: Fantastic Ocean and Beach Views! Comfortable Furnishings, TV, DVD, VCR, Large DVD and Video Libries, Sony PlayStation II, Stereo CD Player, Hawaii Guide Books & Maps. Access to covered, outdoor, slate deck, with patio furniture. Watch Whales From Your Living Room (seasonal migration). Listen To Soothing Ocean Sounds. GOURMET KITCHEN: Spacious, ocean front, modern kitchen with Viking Gas Range & Oven, Subzero Refrigerator, KitchenAid Mixer, Microwave, Dishwasher, Corian Countertops, Fully-equipped with Bread Maker, Coffee Grinder & Maker, Rice Steamer, Hand and Bowl Mixers, Belgian Waffle Press, Toaster, Juicer, and Much More! DINING AREA: Spacious seating for 1-6. Easy Kitchen Access. Ocean & Tropical Views. If you would rather eat outside and watch teh ocean, dine on the covered lanai with seating for 6. BEDROOM 1 (MASTER SUITE): Master bedroom comprises the entire upstairs. Complete with California King bed, highest quality linens, full-bathroom with dual sinks and 4 head shower, spacious walk-in closet (or nursury) and private outdoor deck overlooking the ocean. Listen to the Surf or Spot the Waves from this heavenly suite. BEDROOM 2: With queen bed and tropical garden views, this quiet bedroom is close to bathroom 2. Has radio alarm clock & 900MHZ cordless phone. BEDROOM 3: Queen Bed, highest quality linens, radio alarm clock, tropical foliage views. Closet equipped with: Snorkeling Equipment, Kids' Beach Toys, Portable Beach Cooler, Large DVD and VHS Video Movie Collection, Tennis Racquets, and Family Board Games. BATHROOM 1: Attached to Master Suite. Spacious Vanity With Dual Sinks. Oversized Walk-In 4 head Shower with overhead lighting, Quality Bath and Beach Towels Provided. BATHROOM 2: Located off central hallway, between bedrooms 2 & 3. Full bathroom has tub and shower combination. All bath and beach towels provided. GATED POND AND HAWAIIAN GARDENS: Natural fish pond and Hawaiian gardens located on this property. The area is fenced to protect children. Guest may enter with key. BEACHES: Richardson Beach In Front of 8 Hawaii Beaches House. Lifeguard present daily. Great Swimming & Snorkeling. Surfing When Waves Permit. Other beaches line the Hilo Bay. Modern, Gated, Fully-Equipped, Spotlessly Clean, with many extras! - Hilo, Big Island, HI - Hawaii Vacation Rental - Beachfront Luxury near the University of Hawaii! Amenities: Phone, Answering Machine, Air Conditioning, Cable TV, DVD Player, VCR, Sony PlayStation II with Games, Large Video & DVD Library, Stereo, CD Player, Gourmet Kitchen, Subzero Refrigerator, Viking Gas Range, Microwave, Dishwasher, High-end Appliances, Ice Maker, Cooking Utensils provided, Linens provided, Washer & Dryer, Garage, Gas Grill (BBQ), Charcoal Grill (BBQ). No Smoking Indoors. Activities (on site or nearby): Swimming, Snorkeling, Surfing at Beach in front of house! Hawaiian Tropical Gardens in Gated Yard. Naturally occurring fish pond that rises & falls with the tide in front yard. 30 minutes from Volcano Park, 6 miles to Airport with helicopter tours of Volcano. Hiking, Fishing, Biking, Golf, Tennis, Fitness Center, Waterfalls, Botanical Gardens, Zoo, Wildlife Viewing, Horseback Riding, Shopping, Restaurants, Cinemas, Museums, Sightseeing, Swimming, Snorkeling & Diving, Boating, Sailing, Surfing. In-Town of Hilo & close to all services: Gourmet Dining, Shopping - Macy's, Sears, JC Penny, Hilo Hattie, Indoor Shopping Mall, 24 hour WalMart, Safeway - University of Hawaii, Airport, Hospitals & More. Rates (in US Dollars): Personal Currency Assistant ™ Credit Cards Accepted: VISIT OUR PRIVATE WEBSITE FOR MORE BIG ISLAND OCEANFRONT HOMESCURRENT RATES:1-4: $2,450/week, from $350/night5-6: $2,975/week, from $425/night7-8: REQUIRES PRIOR APPROVAL, IF AVAILABLE RATE FROM $3,325/weekCALL ABOUT OCEANFRONT HOUSE NEXT DOOR, OR OUR OTHER BEACH HOUSES NEARBY***Discounted Weekly & Nightly Rates for Stays in May, Sept., Oct., Nov.***1-2 people: $1,995/week, 3-4 people: $2,205/week (only for months specified above)Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice. Great Beaches: Swimming, Snorkeling, Boogie Boarding/Surfing with lifeguard - Hilo, Big Island, HI - Hawaii Vacation Rental - Beachfront Luxury near the University of Hawaii! Links to more information: Click Here to see All My Rental Listings CLICK HERE - Owner's Website - DISCOUNTS! CLICK HERE - MORE PICTURES! Note: Each property is individually owned or managed. Dates available:  Year Round2-night minimum stay Phone: (408) 269-2330 (California, USA) or Toll Free: (800) 813-3306 Please say: "I saw your listing #15351 on VRBO" Quality throughout. Stairs lead to ocean front master suite. Gourmet Kitchen includes Dynasty gas range, Subzero Refrigerator...more! Shower in Master Bathroom. Also has private outdoor patio/lanai. Beach Location: great swimming, snorkeling, and surfing! Home USA Hawaii Big Island Hilo District Hilo Edit Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #15351 There have been 29717 visitors to this page since the counter was last reset on June 24, 2002 This listing was first published here on June 24, 2002. Hilo Big Island University Hawaii Rental Date last modified - December 16, 2005 VRBO® is Vacation Rentals by Owner® - The largest and most popular vacation rental site. 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Charming, blue-collar Hilo is the unsung Hawaii SFGate Home Business Sports Entertainment Travel Jobs Real Estate Autos SFGate News Web by Charming, blue-collar Hilo is the unsung Hawaii Eric Brazil, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, August 25, 2002 now part of stylesheet -- Printable Version Email This Article Hilo, Hawaii --Because Hilo gets 130 inches of rain a year, lacks white-sand beaches and has a history of being clobbered by tsunamis, tourists tend to bypass Hawaii's second-biggest city. Big mistake. Hilo, the county seat of the Big Island, with a population of 47,000, has authentic South Seas charm, a vibrant local culture, a rich history and some of the grandest sights anywhere on the planet. Located on the windward side of the island, Hilo has taken a backseat as a tourist destination to the Kailua area on the Kona Coast, with its dry climate and reliable sunshine, luxury hotels, world-class sportfishing and famous coffee. Hilo's physical setting is spectacular, with false-fronted, early 20th century downtown buildings curving along Kamehameha Avenue around palm-lined Hilo Bay, and 13,796-foot Mauna Kea -- snow-crowned in winter -- rising majestically in the background. The city's tropical gardens are perpetually abloom with orchids, ginger and anthurium, and its orchards are heavy with avocados, bananas, guava and macadamia nuts. Just up the road, the active volcano Kilauea steams and smokes and sends molten lava streams snaking seaward. Unlike Honolulu, which is beset by many of the mainland's intractable big-city problems, or Kailua-Kona, with its array of glitzy shops and tourist hustle, Hilo is your basic working-class American small town, except for its decidedly tropical atmosphere. A city with a day-old-bread store smack in the middle of its main street does not put on airs. Yes, Hilo has sprawl. Development, including a huge shopping center with a Wal-Mart, creeps inexorably up Highway 11. But at the city's old, slightly ramshackle, multiethnic core, the beat is slow. Pidgin, the local dialect, is widely spoken here. The Wiki Wiki market advertises "Poi -- We Always Get" in its front window. An arborist in the Puna district bills himself as "Da Puna Pruna." One of Hilo's most colorful and distinctive institutions, the Suisan fish auction on the waterfront at Banyan Drive and Lihiwai Street, was recently closed and doesn't expect to reopen. But visitors can still experience fresh-from-the-producers action at the daily farmers' market on Kamehameha Avenue, where flowers, tropical fruit and vegetables, smoked fish, local cheeses and even some livestock are for sale. We saw a baby goat sold for $50 and led away on a rope leash by a father who evidently intended it as a family pet. Old-town Hilo, between Ponahawai Street and Wailuku Drive, extending three blocks back from Hilo Bay, is an easy stroll. But a car is handy for attractions on the edge of town, notably Rainbow Falls and the Boiling Pots on the Wailuku River, and the tropical gardens that lie just beyond the city limits. One of Hilo's don't-miss attractions is its Pacific Tsunami Museum. Hilo was devastated by two deadly "tidal waves." In 1946, 91 people died and most of the city's business district, an entire residential area, its railroad and the royal fish ponds were destroyed. In 1960, a 35-foot swell, born of an earthquake off the coast of Chile, 6,000 miles away, killed 61 people and destroyed 537 buildings. The museum features awe-inspiring photographs of the damage created by the tsunamis and a video, with scenes from both, plus interviews with survivors. "We're overdue for another big one," said Nani Pierce, a museum docent and survivor of the 1960 disaster. Hilo figures to be better prepared next time, since the installation of a fine-tuned early-warning system, plus the creation of clearly marked evacuation routes leading to higher ground. "First there's a warning," Pierce said. "Then 'it's coming' and finally 'watch out, it's here.' " Another worthwhile attraction is the Lyman Mission House and Museum. Built in 1839 by Congregationalist missionaries, it is the oldest wood-frame building on the island of Hawaii, and it contains an impressive aggregation of furniture, household implements and artifacts from the period when the impact of newly arrived people of European ancestry was first being felt in the Hawaiian Islands. Dining in Hilo can be an adventure. And it can be cheap. At Cafe 100 on Kilauea Avenue, we filled up for $4 each on loco moco -- a cholesterolically lethal, but tasty, concoction of fried meat under a mountain of gravy-soaked rice, topped with a fried egg. Cafe 100 serves 17 kinds of loco moco, including the Super Loco, which includes Spam, linguica, kim chee, two fried eggs and a side order of macaroni-potato salad. Low International Food, which occupies the corner of Kilauea Avenue and Ponahawai Street and specializes in unusual breads -- mango, guava, taro, coconut -- also serves something called a gravy burger. Being fainthearted haole mainlanders, we passed. Banyan Drive, a 15-minute stroll or a short drive from downtown Hilo, is a destination in itself, with luxury hotels, Uncle Billy's lounge -- which has a nightly Hawaiian musical act -- a nine-hole golf course and one of the most delightful public spaces anywhere, the Liliuokalani Garden. Meticulously landscaped, clean as a pin and free, the Japanese-style garden is situated on the edge of Hilo Bay and has been constructed to permit tidal movement in the pools set among its walking paths and flowering shrubs. Fishing is permitted. The banyan, ironwood and palm trees throughout the garden resound with birdsong -- principally mynah birds, which, along with mongooses and feral cats, are a dominant wildlife species on the Big Island and the bane of indigenous fauna. There are swimming beaches near town, but better ones are 45 minutes away on the Puna Coast, southeast of Hilo. Among them is Alalanui Park, where we soaked in a terrific, sandy-bottomed thermal pool, protected from crashing surf by a breakwater -- a good thing to remember when the tsunami alarm goes off. If you go-- GETTING THERE: Hawaiian and Aloha airlines fly regularly to Hilo from Honolulu.-- WHERE TO STAY: We stayed at the Hilo Hawaiian, 71 Banyan Drive, Hilo, HI 96720; phone, (800) 367-5004; Web, www.castleresorts.com . We got the Internet rate of $119 a night for an ocean-view room. Official rates are $149 for an ocean view, $183-$277 for suites, $119 for a garden view. We also stayed at the Dolphin Bay Hotel, 333 Iliahi St., Hilo, HI, 96720; (808) 935-1466; www.dolphinbayhotel.com . $72 a night for a standard double, which includes a kitchen; $99, for two-bedroom doubles. Shipman House B&B, 131 Kaiulani St., Hilo, 96720; (800) 627-8447; e-mail, inn keeper@hilo-hawaii.com ; Web, www.hilo-hawaii.com . This elegant "old Hawaii" landmark, built in 1800, is set on 5 exquisitely landscaped acres on a ridge above the city. It's worth a visit even if you don't stay there. Doubles, $145-$175 a night. Wild Ginger Inn, 100 Puueo St., Hilo, HI 96720; (877) 212-8276, www.wildgingerinn.com . Twenty-seven rooms within walking distance of downtown. Private rooms $45-$69, but the inn offers "shared accommodation" for four to six people per room at $15 apiece.-- WHERE TO EAT: Seaside Restaurant, 1790 Kalaniaole Ave.; (808) 935-8825. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 5-8:30 p.m. Reservations recommended. A terrific restaurant -- not much on decor, but splendid seafood raised in the owner's ponds in the backyard lagoon. Dinner for two with wine, about $60.-- WHAT TO DO: Pacific Tsunami Museum, 130 Kamehameha Ave., (808) 935-0926; www.tsunami.org . Adults, $5; students, $2; children under 5, free. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Lyman Mission House and Museum, 276 Haili St.; (808) 935-5021, www.lymanmuseum.org . Open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.-- FOR MORE INFORMATION: Big Island Visitors Bureau, 250 Keawe St., Hilo, HI 96720; (808) 886-1655, www.bigisland.org . Eric Brazil recently retired as a reporter for The Chronicle. Page C - 14 Get up to 50% off home delivery of the Chronicle for 12 weeks! EARLY SPRING PATIO FURNITURE SALE Order now at fantastic savings for Spring delivery Allegro Classics Bay Area Donate a car to Habitat for Humanity Your car donation helps build homes for families in need. 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