My grandmother, sister and I stayed 5 nights at Maria's guest house in Hilo and had an amazing time exploring the east side of the big island. Very homey feeling and a great place to use as homebase to visit the amazing trips around, including the volcano national park, downtown Hilo, MaunaKea, the observatory etc... We would highly recommend staying here, especially if traveling with a group/family when you come to visit Hilo, we will stay again next time we are in the area....