Great location right across the beach. Be sure to go to the other beach park across the street from Seaside restaurant where there are lots of friendly large Turtles. Hilo is such a charming town, really makes you feel like you are in Hawaii for real. We split our trip 3 days in Hilo, four days in Kona and I'm glad we did it. So nice to have a full kitchen! Lack of a air conditioner was a little jarring at first but it ended up being no problem at all. Wish there was another bathroom upstairs but not a big deal to use the one downstairs since we only had 4 people total. The host is very responsive.