These are the best places to travel this summer

Inn at Mama’s

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Here the alohas are warm and the setting superb, with stylish cottages (studio, one bedroom and two bedroom) and luxurious suites with idyllic beachfront or garden settings, steps from one of Maui’s best seafood restaurants. Spacious junior suites have a courtyard. All are uniquely designed and extremely well done. One caveat: ever-popular Mama’s is not always the quietest of places.


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1. Tavares Beach

0.65 MILES

For a quiet 100yd stretch of sand, try this unmarked beach a short drive northeast from downtown, just beyond mile marker 7. Things liven up on weekends,…

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2. Hoʻokipa Beach Park & Overlook

0.78 MILES

Hoʻokipa is to daredevil windsurfers what Everest is to climbers. It reigns supreme as the world’s premier windsurfing beach, with strong currents,…

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3. Maui Dharma Center

1.25 MILES

Marked by its roadside stupa, this Tibetan Buddhist center offers daily, weekly and monthly prayer and meditation sessions, retreats and dharma talks. Or…

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4. HA Baldwin Beach Park

2 MILES

Bodyboarders and bodysurfers take to the waves at this palm-lined county park about a mile west of Paʻia. The wide sandy beach is lovely for sunbathing…

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5. Spreckelsville Beach

3.09 MILES

Extending west from HA Baldwin Beach, this 2-mile stretch of sand is a good walking beach. Its nearshore reef makes it less than ideal for swimming, but…

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6. Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center

4.96 MILES

Occupying the former estate of sugar magnates Harry and Ethel Baldwin, Hui Noʻeau is a regal setting for a community arts center. In 1917 famed architect…

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7. Kanaha Beach Park

5.17 MILES

Well, you can’t judge a beach by its cover. Wedged between downtown Kahului and the airport, and hidden behind a strip of ironwood trees, this mile-long…

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8. Sacred Garden of Maliko

5.36 MILES

This unique nonprofit is a self-described healing sanctuary offering a meditative moment on your trip. Your kids will love the rock-garden labyrinth walk…