This was the perfect place for a couple's first visit to Maui! The ground-floor condo was 50 steps from the ocean, and I spent many hours watching sea turtles with all the comforts of home. Having never been to Hawaii before, I wondered if the view would be as good as it seemed in the photos -- it definitely was!
We very much appreciated the beach amenities provided by the host (such as beach chairs, beach towels, boogie board, etc.).
Maalaea was also the perfect "home base" for our trip, as we weren't too far from Lahaina boat tours, the airport, or supermarkets for convenience but we weren't close enough to those things to be noisy or congested.