travel42 Hotel Review: The Royal Sonesta Kaua'i Resort Lihue

The Royal Sonesta Kaua'i Resort Lihue travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

The closest major hotel to Lihue Airport (21 miles away), this place provides a dramatic setting overlooking a serene bay, protected beach, the cruise-ship port and distant, jungle-covered cliffs.

Big but well-maintained, this resort is a stunner, and Sonesta has rightly tagged this one with their top-shelf Royal Sonesta brand after it transitioned from its Marriott days. Surprisingly, the resort offers a complimentary airport shuttle, which is rare in th...