Honolulu
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S.
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The population of Honolulu was 350,964 at the 2020 census, dropping to an estimated 341,868 by 2025. The Urban Honolulu metropolitan area had an estimated population of just under 1 million residents in 2024 and is the 56th-largest metropolitan area in the nation.
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Worth seeing in and around Honolulu
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Hawaiʻi System
The University of Hawaiʻi System is the public higher education system of the state of Hawaii. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers, and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii.
3.4 km · college and university system in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi · Wikipedia - 02Diamond Head
Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. It is known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi, which is most likely derived from lae plus ʻahi because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin.
6 km · volcanic tuff cone and state monument on the southeast edge of Waikīkī, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States · Wikipedia - 03University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system.
3.4 km · public co-educational research university and flagship University of Hawaiʻi system · Wikipedia - 04Honolulu Museum of Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke.
500 m · art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii · Wikipedia - 05Diocese of Honolulu
The Diocese of Honolulu is a Catholic diocese for the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco.
2.7 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 06Hawaii State Capitol
The Hawaii State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of the U.S. state of Hawaii. From its chambers, the executive and legislative branches perform the duties involved in governing the state.
1.2 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of Hawaii · Wikipedia - 07First Hawaiian Center
First Hawaiian Center is the third-tallest building in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi and the city of Honolulu, the largest city in the state. It is the world corporate headquarters of First Hawaiian Bank, the oldest and largest bank based in Hawaiʻi.
1.5 km · Second tallest building in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi · Wikipedia - 08Hawaii House of Representatives
The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Pursuant to Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of Hawaii, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consists of 51 members, each elected in a single member district.
1.1 km · Lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature · Wikipedia - 09Hawaii Senate
The Hawaii State Senate is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature. It consists of twenty-five members elected from an equal number of constituent districts across the islands and is led by the President of the Senate, elected from the membership of the body, currently Ron Kouchi.
1.1 km · upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature · Wikipedia - 10Q826520
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the largest museum in Hawaiʻi and has the world's largest collection of Polynesian cultural artifacts and natural history specimens.
4.3 km · museum of history and science in Hawaii, United States · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
See the districts articles for more listings. Also see Oahu for details on attractions outside of Honolulu. Naturally, when most visitors think of beaches here, they think of the famous Waikiki Beach. As the tourist center of the Hawaiian Islands, this white sand beach, framed by hotels and Diamond Head as a backdrop, is easily the most crowded.
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Things to do
= = Hawaii's year-round tropical weather provides perfect running weather all year, so bring your running shoes. Kapiolani Park and Ala Moana Beach Park are where most joggers in Honolulu congregate; the 4-mile 6.4-km) loop around Diamond Head is also a popular and scenic route. If you're up for a challenge, Tantalus Drive above Makiki is a winding, two-lane road that is relatively safe for joggers.
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Where to eat
See the Districts articles for more listings. For general information on the kind of food available in Hawaii, see the Eat section in the Hawaii article. Honolulu and Waikiki in particular offer a vast array of dining options for tourists. The local farmers markets are a great place for fresh and local food. Scattered around Oahu are various locations of the local Zippy's chain.
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Getting to Honolulu
- Airports
- Daniel K. Inouye (HNL), 8 km · Kahului (OGG), 154 km · Lihue (LIH), 171 km
- Stations
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, 7.8 km · Hickam Air Force Base, 7.8 km · Aloha Tower, 1.8 km · Honolulu Harbor, 2.1 km
- Kahului → HonoluluTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Lihue, Kauai → HonoluluTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Kailua-Kona → Honolulu268 km · quickest by air, 4h 11m · $140–210
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Honolulu
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Honolulu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAs of Jan 2023, there is no regular interisland ferry service.
- Get aroundLarger groups may want to tour the city via charter bus; there are several chartering companies available on the island.
- Go nextMost of the island's major attractions can be seen in a day trip, or spread out over several days.
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