Big Island · Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona
Kailua
Kailua-Kona is the principal commercial and tourist town of West Hawaiʻi (population ~7,500 CDP), centered on the Aliʻi Drive waterfront along Kailua Bay…
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Aliʻi Drive is a working downtown — about seven thousand five hundred people live in Kailua-Kona, and the waterfront serves both residents and tourists. Park in the marked stalls; do not park on residential side streets. The cruise-ship tender days bring big crowds; if you're driving Aliʻi Drive on a tender day, expect slow traffic. The waterfront seawall is for walking; do not block paths for photographs. The IRONMAN finish line painted on the road is a working road in October — do not pose on it during race week.