The Marriott beach club resort was our favorite place to stay out of three places we stayed at in Kauai. It is near the Lihue airport, far from the North Shore but close to the Lihue town side and not too far from the hip town called Kapa'a. The resort has everything you need including nice ocean view and garden views and great restaurant called Dukes. We loved the large pools and we even swam in them around 9:00pm. We took surf lessons at the beach right off the hotel. The king bed was more comfortable than the hideaway bed but overall both types of rooms were nice and we were so grateful to stay at the Marriott!