Maui resorts public access
 

Aloha everyone!

I will be staying at some el cheapo hotels in Kihei before hitting the Hyatt at Maui. While at Kihei, I want to check out the Grand Wailea. I understand the beach is public access - can we walk around the resort etc.? Do we have to eat at some restaurant to get inside? I do not intend to use their pools etc.

In general, can we walk around resorts we are not staying at? Is that trespassing? Or should we just stick to the public beaches?

Unlike NJ, ALL beaches in Hawaii are public and must be accessible to everyone.

Even the beaches fronting the hotels are public and must have access.

We often go in and check out hotels we're not staying at and walk around the grounds. I can't imagine any hotel in Hawaii limiting access to their property.

Enjoy your trip

Mary

As a lawyer friend of mine puts it:

So, there are some counties that have stricter rules, thus making some beaches a little more impossible to get to.

Regardless, there is public parking and beach access to the beach fronting the Grand Wailea (since it is a public park area -- the parking lot is). I've done it with no problems.

Best of luck.

aloha

Absolutely. Many resorts have restaurants and art galleries that depend on non-guests for much of their business.

In the Wailea area there are three public access roads all with (limited) free parking. Some are marked with small white signs. Note the three "double lines" leading to the ocean on this map: http://mauiownercondos.com/images/maps/WaileaP.jpg

A simplier way is self-park free at any Wailea hotel parking lot (it aint exactly kosher though for only beach assess) and tour or eat or drink or buy at the hotel etc. I suggest a drink at the Grand Wailea's lovely impressive Botero bar (beer is a bargain but the mixed drinks are quite expensive and quite weak). Another way is to park at the Shoppes of Wailea and enter there for anything . I suggest lunch or dinner at Longhi's.

MisterNice

Can we watch the cliff dive at the Sheraton Maui even if we are staying at the Hyatt next door? Do we have to enter the Sheraton property, or can we watch that from the public beach?