Waikiki Attractions

This museum is a tribute to Fr Joseph Damien, who came to Hawaii to work with lepers on Molokai. He eventually contracted the disease and died.

Diamond Head Theater, known for being the starting point for Bette Midler's career, is also the longest running theatre west of the rockies.

Among the exhibits in this small military museum are weapons from the time of the Hawaiian wars in the 18th c. to the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Also on display are American soldiers' uniforms from the last 200 years as well as enemy uniforms. Most interest is doubtless aroused by the old Hawaiian weapons studded with sharks' teeth - used in battles between former Hawaiian tribes.

The museum is located in a 1909 building originally built to defend Honolulu and Pearl Harbor.

Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki is an oceanfront resort offering spectacular floor-to-ceiling ocean views. Other highlights include Hawaii Prince Golf Club, designed by Arnold Palmer, and authentic Japanese cuisine at the on-site restaurants.

The Hawaii Convention Center is a series of diamond-shaped roof sections supported on tall poles create a most attractive modern structure. Highlights of the center include a $2 million Hawaiian art collection, a rooftop tropical garden, glass-encased meeting rooms and outdoor spaces lined with giant palm trees.

The International Market is a long-established collection of open-air shops in Waikiki which take shelter under huge banyan trees strung with twinkly lights at night. A wide-range of clothes, souvenirs and entertainment make the area worth exploring.

Taking a square block, this recreation of a Monarchy-era Victorian Hawaiian village offers an entertaining maze of craft shops and restaurants. The British feel derives from the closeness of the Kanaka Maoli royalty's to Queen Victoria and the desire to adopt the ways of the country which protected them in the 19th century.

The Lucoral Museum exhibits a wide range of gems with elaborate displays.

At the entrance to Waikiki, this striking bit of modern architecture has two towers with more building bridging the two so that it opens a rectangular hole to the sky.