"We've rented all over Hawaii and nothing touches Hale Kai. You step off the lānai and you're on the sand. The turtles came in every morning. We've already booked again."
A barefoot house on the West Maui sand.
Hale Kai means house by the sea, and it earns the name. Four suites open onto a single long lānai; the lānai opens onto a lawn of palms; the palms give way to sand and the surf line. There is no road to cross, no path to find — the beach is simply where the grass ends.
Inside: louvered light, teak and linen, a kitchen built for long dinners, and a wall of glass that disappears so the trade winds can move through the whole house.
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