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| Property: | A recently-restored Victorian mansion (one of the last in Hawaii), and its 1910 guesthouse, set on 5 1/2 acres of lush gardens and untouched jungle, just 5 blocks from downtown Hilo. National Register. | Aloha! Experience the
gracious, unpretentious hospitality of Old Hawaii with an old Island family.
In 1993, the Shipmans' great-granddaughter and her husband returned to Hilo to purchase and renovate the family home. Gary and Barbara continue the Shipman tradition of old Hawaiian hospitality as they invite you to their historic home and guesthouse, sharing memories and family anecdotes with you. Bathe in oversized tubs. Play the same piano Hawaii's last queen, Lili`uokalani, played. Walk on honey-colored fir floors under 12-foot ceilings. Read the travel books of a century ago. Gaze through curved windows of hand-rolled glass. Fall asleep on a porch rocker. Stroll to town, taking in the historic district, art galleries, antique shops and Lyman House Museum. Buy an armful of tropical flowers at the farmers' market...and get change. Walk a bit farther, past the Kamehameha statue to the morning fish auction and the Lili`uokalani Gardens.
Hilo town...a most uncommercial place to visit. Stay here with a kama`aina family. This is "Old Hawaii". Aloha, Barbara and Gary
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| Location: | On Reed's Island, a peninsula in Hilo, just 1/2 mile to Hilo Bay, 10 minutes to Hilo airport, 45 minutes to Volcanoes National Park. | ||
| Rooms: | All rooms are large, with 10' to 12' ceilings, modern, private baths
with tubs, small refrigerators, fresh flowers, cotton kimonos, and heirloom
furnishings.
Cottage Mauka and Cottage Makai are in the guesthouse, with private entrances, window seats, queen beds with headboards from the bed Jack London slept in, and a shared screened lanai. Flossie's Willow Bough is on the first floor in the main house, with twin koa beds and ceiling fans.Library, verandah adjacent. Auntie Clara's Shell Room is upstairs, with queen bed, koa furniture, shell collection, and outstanding view of Hilo Bay. Private bath is adjacent in hall, with clawfoot tub. Auntie Carrie's Room is upstairs, 1/3 of original ballroom, overlooking the expansive side yard. Queen-size koa bed with feather mattress topper. Porch adjacent. |
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| Rates: | Rates are quoted at Single night/Multiple night rates, before taxes. Auntie Clara's Shell Room is $214/$189, double occupancy. All other rooms are $194/$169, double occupancy. Please add $25/night per extra person. | ||
| Breakfast: | Breakfast is a glorious celebration of Island foods, served outside on the lanai with a view of Hilo Bay beyond our fern- and palm-lined gulch. Feast on fruits backyard-fresh, macadamia nut granola, fruit juices, breads or rolls, and Kona coffee or exotic teas. When available, we serve baked bananas and hashed brown taro. We try to accommodate special diets, with sufficient notice. | ||
| Facilities: | Wrap-around verandah, extensive grounds, library, concert grand piano, porch rockers. Tour of house included. | ||
| Payment & Cancellation Policy: | Cash, travelers checks, American Express, Visa, MasterCard.
A refund will be given for cancellations made 2 weeks or more before the reserved date. Cancellations made within 2 weeks of the reserved date will get refunds IF we are able to rebook the accommodations. |
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| Hosts Name: Barbara Andersen
Address: 131 Ka`iulani Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone/Fax 808-934-8002 Toll Free 800-627-8447 Email: bighouse@bigisland.com WEbsite: http://www.hilo-hawaii.com |
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