Honolulu International Airport (HNL): Approximate driving time is 30 minutes and distance is 12 miles.

Driving directions from Honolulu International Airport: Exit the airport ramp onto Nimitz Hwy. heading east. The highway merges into Ala Moana Blvd. leading into Waikiki. The hotel is located on the corner of Kalakaua and Kaiulani avenues.

Pikake Terrace - Serving breakfast and dinner buffets with an emphasis on seafood in the evenings, Pikake Terrace is relaxed, casual, and open-air, with the pool just steps away. Dozens of buffet options lead inevitably to an astonishingly sumptuous dessert bar.

Pikake Lounge - This is the place to enjoy the low-key Hawaiian musical entertainment provided every evening by the pool.

Food Court - Next to the pool, this fast-food center is one of Waikiki’s best bargains. Choices include huge made-to-order sandwiches and salads with finesse, succulent roast pork and rotisserie chicken, pizza, hot dogs, pasta, Chinese noodles, beer and wine, and Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins.

Room service is available during limited hours.

Amenity highlights: Titled “Creation: A Polynesian Journey,” the hotel’s buffet-dinner show attracts visitors from all over Oahu. On three elaborately decorated stages and accompanied by lasers and illusions, actors, dancers, and singers explore the Pacific peoples’ greatest legends. The Samoan fire-knife dance is a show-stopper.

Insider Tip: Clustered within two blocks of one another, Waikiki’s four Sheraton hotels offer the convenience of “Stay at One, Play at All” hospitality. Guests at any hotel are invited to enjoy dining, entertainment, and facilities—except swimming pools—at the other hotels while simply charging expenses to their rooms.

The Sheraton Waikiki, for example, offers daily Keiki Aloha activities for kids 5–12, with morning, afternoon, and/or evening sessions as well as lunch and dinner options. The Royal Hawaiian’s Abhasa Waikiki Spa, the Sheraton Waikiki’s fitness center, and the Sheraton Moana Surfrider’s famous Banyan Veranda afternoon high tea similarly are available to Princess Kaiulani Hotel guests. This hotel’s 24-hour doctors on call medical clinic is also open to other Sheraton guests.

Guests staying at any one of the four Sheraton Hotels in Waikiki can sign charges to their room for dining, shows, oceanfront bars, and entertainment options at any of the properties.