Wow, we couldn't have asked for a better Kona-town experience, Thank you David !!
We stayed in the King Palm at Palani House. Note that, the King Palm is just one of maybe 4? Apartments all sharing one large home. It's not necessarily a completely self-contained building. This took me by surprise but - actually it was great - we had the utmost privacy, a huge amount of space! And! The most AmazinG views of the sea right out all the floor-to-ceiling windows!!
The home is incredibly well-kept, clean, with all the furnishings very comfortable especially all the arrangements for relaxing, working at the great large table, dining, everything you need for cooking, and more.
It's also situated Just Right as far in concerned ! You are literally across the street from the beautiful beaches and sea, right off the coastal Ali'i drive, and yet situated up a hill a bit so you can also explore the other direction into the lush and quiet residential neighborhood, which we did on AM and evening walks. We encountered numerous others out running, biking, dog-walking and the like.
The main area of town-town is about 2-6min in one direction by car-- and this includes the BEST farmers / produce market I have EVER experienced :]. Beaches for surfing, swimming and snorkeling are plenty all over, and the 2 closest ones, are about .5mile each, in each direction from the house. I walked it most times. One of these is amongst the very Best for snorkeling imo !
Thank you David and thank you Big Island for a beautiful and awesome experience. We would most certainly return.
Mahalo nui,
Tara & Ed