Pakalana Inn, Hilo, Hawaii Web Site

Click on link to website below for more information about Pakalana Inn, new Suites now available:

http://www.pakalanainn.com/

Hawaiian Ginger

Tender young ginger grown in volcanic soils.

Local vegetable include fern shoots.

Hawaiian Canoe Club

Hawaiian Canoe clubs thrive at Hilo bay, where teams of paddlers practice and race.

Pakalana Inn, Hilo, Hawaii

After your walk to the beach, enjoy vibrant tropical flowers fresh daily at Hilo Farmers Market.

Downtown Hilo Restoration

The sawdust was certainly flying as local Hilo Architect Neil Erickson tackled the restoration/recreation of historic Pakalana Inn, in downtown Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii.
The entirely new, relocated and reimagined stairwell encourages one to linger. A pleasant ghost of the Victorian Age seems to pervade the space. The mind is persuaded to rest in the memory of a slower time, before institutional "beehive" hotels became the norm. This is the kind of place Jack London or Mark Twain might have stayed. Genuine explorers, whether literary or rapacious, true originals, will appreciate the Pakalana Inn. And yet anyone who ventures into this space will feel the sensations of a slower time. A time when the tropic days unfolded in their own heated splendor, untouched by human visitors.

Not to say that the Pakalana is so chaste that it does not have flat screen television or internet access. It has both. Long term visitors, including writers, professors, astronomers and doctors will appreciate both the ambience and the convenience of staying in old downtown where everything is within walking distance, including the Ocean front, as well as fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables from the Hilo Farmer's Market. If you don't want to feel like a tourist, if you prefer not to rush to the same old franchises with their vast parking lots that appear in every city with little alteration, If you truly want to be in Hilo, you may find the Pakalana Inn is your place.
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Restoring Historic Pakalana Inn

The restoration of the historic Pakalana Inn in downtown Hilo Hawaii by local Architect Neil Erickson began with creating ideal tenant spaces on the ground floor for expanding "Hilo Guitars and Ukeleles", as well as "Sponge and Son" Bodyboards. Decades long tenant "Kojis" had already been enticing everyone in the vicinity of the Pakalana Inn with savory aromas daily. Guitar and Ukelele lessons are a natural for former flower child cum guitar virtuoso, now revered proprietor and guitar and ukelele walking enclyclopedia "Ken", a once upon a time pop sensation in the British Isles and beyond. You can see his Album cover displayed modestly if you peruse the gorgeous instruments.