Entertainment Districts in Honolulu

Ala Moana Beach Park presents a calm swimming lagoon alongside Hawaii's largest open-air shopping center.

Bishop Museum presents the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and a planetarium in Honolulu.

Chinatown Honolulu is Hawaii's most culturally rich entertainment neighborhood — a historic Chinese American district being revitalized by galleries, cocktail bars, and independent restaurants that create Honolulu's most vibrant arts and nightlife scene. The neighborhood's extraordinary layering of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Native Hawaiian cultures alongside its contemporary creative arts scene creates an entertainment district of unusual multicultural depth.

Diamond Head State Monument presents a hiking trail inside a volcanic crater overlooking Waikiki.

Dole Plantation presents the world's largest maze and pineapple-themed attractions in Wahiawa, Oahu.

Foster Botanical Garden presents century-old exotic trees in downtown Honolulu's oldest botanical garden.

Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve presents Oahu's premier snorkeling reef in a volcanic crater bay.

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum presents tropical botanical gardens in Manoa Valley near the University of Hawaii.

Honolulu Museum of Art presents the largest art collection in Hawaii across Asian and Western galleries.

Honolulu Night Market presents food trucks, live music, and street art in the Kakaako district.

Honolulu Zoo presents African savanna and Asian rainforest exhibits in Kapiolani Park, Waikiki.

Iolani Palace presents the only royal palace on U.S. soil, former residence of the Hawaiian monarchy in downtown Honolulu.

Kaimuki is Honolulu's most acclaimed neighborhood restaurant and bar district — a residential neighborhood where an extraordinary concentration of James Beard Award-nominated restaurants, craft cocktail bars, and independent coffee shops creates the most authentic local dining experience in Honolulu. Kaimuki's genuine community character (it is where Honolulu residents eat, not tourists) and its extraordinary culinary talent create a neighborhood entertainment experience of genuine Hawaiian authenticity.

Koko Head Crater Trail presents a steep railway-tie stairway hike with panoramic southeast Oahu views.

Kualoa Ranch presents movie-location tours across a 4,000-acre valley used in Jurassic Park and Godzilla films.

Lanikai Beach presents a powdery-sand beach repeatedly ranked among the best in the world on Oahu's windward side.

Manoa Falls Trail presents a rainforest hike to a 150-foot waterfall minutes from Waikiki.

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific presents 'Punchbowl Crater,' a solemn memorial site with panoramic Honolulu views.

Nu'uanu Pali Lookout presents windswept cliff views and the site of a decisive 1795 Hawaiian battle.

Pacific Aviation Museum presents restored WWII aircraft on historic Ford Island at Pearl Harbor.

Queen Emma Summer Palace presents a restored 19th-century royal retreat in Nuuanu Valley, Honolulu.

Sandy Beach Park presents renowned bodysurfing waves on Oahu's southeast shore near Hanauma Bay.

Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art presents Doris Duke's oceanfront estate and art collection in Honolulu.

Sunset on the Beach presents free monthly outdoor movie screenings on the sand in Waikiki.

USS Missouri Memorial presents the battleship where Japan formally surrendered in 1945, moored at Pearl Harbor.

Waikiki Aquarium presents Pacific reef fish and monk seal exhibits along Waikiki's Kapiolani Park.

Waikiki Beach Walk is a pedestrian retail, dining, and entertainment complex in the heart of Waikiki — Hawaii's premier tourist district. The multi-block development with outdoor stages, bars, restaurants, and live Hawaiian music creates the social hub for Oahu's entertainment scene. While Hawaii has no land-based casinos (it is one of two states prohibiting commercial gambling), Waikiki's entertainment ecosystem is uniquely adapted to its tourism-driven economy.

Waikiki is the most internationally recognized beach resort entertainment district in the world — a 1.5-mile Honolulu strip where 80+ hotels, hundreds of restaurants and bars, and the world's most famous beach create an entertainment concentration visited by 10 million tourists annually. Its extraordinary combination of natural beauty (Diamond Head, the Pacific Ocean) and commercial entertainment creates an entertainment district uniquely shaped by Hawaii's position as the Pacific's preeminent vacation paradise.

Ward Village is Honolulu's most thoughtfully planned urban entertainment development — a mixed-use waterfront neighborhood between downtown and Waikiki presenting outstanding restaurants, Whole Foods, entertainment venues, and the Consolidated Theatres in Hawaii's most sustainable new urban development. Its extraordinary planning quality and its role in connecting Honolulu's neighborhoods create an entertainment district that is shaping the future of Hawaiian urban life.