Beachfront/Views! Kolea Villa 2D - Sleep 6-8, just 1.5 min walk to Beach Enter!

My family of 6 (2 parents, 4 grown children 24-30) stayed here and had a wonderful time! The unit is furnished very nicely and the location is great. You can walk a block to the pool and continue to the beach (A Bay) from there. We didn't have a great ocean view like you would from the higher story units, but we spent every evening and morning sitting outside on the deck and lawn and thought the lower units were much easier for accessing everything. Look for turtles sitting in the sun along the beach on the right as you walk onto the beach. Or you can take a longer walk as we did most mornings down the road on the north side of the condo 1 to a trail along the beach that winds through the Hilton properties and beyond. What a great way to start the day! This unit is also within walking distance of Lava Lava, a great outdoor bar/restaurant right on the beach. Or try restaurants in other directions from causal to formal, not very expensive (Queen's shops) to expensive (Hilton) . For something casual, try the little sports bar around the corner from the unit 1. Also, the weather here was great! Kona could be foggy or drizzly and it was sunny in this little pocket of perfect! Would gladly stay here again. Try Beach 69, but be careful swimming too far out everywhere.

As with all the other reviews I agree this condo is very nice. Plenty of room to stretch out. Easy walk to Beach club - pool and to the beach. The beach here is nice in there is shade and sun, plenty of chairs to sit on, refreshments close by. This is not a good beach for snorkeling, at least not while we were there. The water was very cloudy.

Overall, I think the property is very nice and have only a couple of comments of things that bothered me. Sounds kinda picky but it did affect my day to day life there.

One was that although the condo was neat I felt that it wasn't as clean as I would have liked it to be. I felt that all the counters in the kitchen and bathrooms were not pristine. The dishes were all put away, but I felt like they might not have been clean. Several of the pots still had some crusty food on them. The microwave had splattered spaghetti sauce in it. The kitchen drawer with the utensils (there was not a lack of ANY utensil) had a bunch of beer bottle caps in it.

The owner did say that the renters prior to us had left late and it was a bit messy which may have explained the above items.

In addition, the water in this unit smells bad and tastes bad. The dishwasher smelled - hard to believe clean dishes would come out of there. The bed in the master bedroom is way too soft for my liking. They have put very cushy mattress overlays on top of the mattress, I think to raise the height to make it easier to get over the bamboo sides of the bed. The mattress itself was perfect without the overlays but then it was difficult to get out of the bed.

Overall, I liked the kolea properties very much, this one was fine but not excellent.

This home puts the 'luxury hotel' suites on the Kohala coast to shame (many of which I have stayed in before)! Just spent some time in KOLEA at this beautiful condo. A gracious welcome gift awaited us upon arrival. The home was spacious and tastefully furnished, as well as meticulously maintained. The owners were delightful to interact with. If we return to the the Big Island, we would love to stay longer here. My family enjoyed "all the comforts of home" at this beachfront villa. Note: We had five people staying for the week and I would highly recommend stocking up in Kailua-Kona at Costco when you visit (it is minutes from the airport). The local grocery in Waikaloa Village is mighty pricey.... Safeway in town isn't much better. A car on this island is a must.