My husband and I have been visiting Kauai since the ‘90s, when we brought our teenaged kids on a special Xmas break vacation and stayed at the Princeville Hotel. At the time, the Princeville hotel was a gorgeous, luxurious hotel with the most breathtaking views of Kauai’s Napali Coast that I have ever seen.
We stayed there a few times, but the price kept going up and eventually it was simply out of reach…also, the hotel underwent various renovations and changes of ownership that, sadly, were not really improvements.
So we wanted to find a condo nearby that would over similar views. In 2016 we stayed at Pu’U Poa for the 1st time, in a unit on an upper floor that did, indeed have very similar views to those of the hotel…elegant unit not available now.
This visit was our 1st time back since that one, and since the pandemic we always prefer condos to hotels, where we have more privacy and where dining in our unit during the day is even more important to us.
This unit is roomy and comfortable…good to have AC, even tho I didn’t need to use it this trip! Temps were on cooler side. It is well supplied, & a small plumbing issue was resolved very quickly & easily.
The view of the ocean from the lanai is great & we saw whales 2 out of the 3 days, binoculars r in unit. Nice.
I would recommend this unit! Outside stairs going up & down as one approaches entrance make no sense. Bad architectural choice, a hassle w luggage. Otherwise, nice.