Lanai Romance Vacation Guide

By its very nature Lanai is romantic, an isle of compelling natural beauty complemented by exquisite man-made gardens and manicured lawns in the kinds of resorts that one-up even paradise. There are no stoplights, just three hotels and one tiny town improbably named Lanai City. Lanai has a mere 30 miles of paved road, but rugged dirt tracks and trails invite exploration, many of them ending in places that take the breath away. Time on Lanai is relative only to the day's activities—the moment a whale heaving itself out of the water fills your lens, the hour you return to the dock after your first offshore dive, the minutes left until the setting sun gilds rocks on which ancient Hawaiians told the stories of their lives. There is mostly no reason to wear a watch—all the better to leave non-paradise behind.Read More