travel42 Hotel Review: The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui

The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Wedged between Polo Beach Club's multimillion-dollar condos and the sophisticated Four Seasons Maui, in the heart of Wailea, midway between Kihei and Makena, this is one of Fairmont's finest, and one of the most unusual hotels on the islands.

Set on a swath of golden sand, bookended by a colorful reef that beckons snorkelers, this hotel eschews the area's standard concrete architecture for whimsical Moorish design bathed in dazzling white and fetching cob...