Honolulu is located on the south coast of Hawaii's third largest and most popular island of Oahu. Tourists are friendly and warm by a colorful ethnic mix of Polynesians, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos and whites included. The metropolis, with its countless office towers has about 850,000 inhabitants and was originally founded as a port city. During the 19th Century, it developed quickly to the trading hub of the archipelago. The relocation of the Hawaiian capital of Lahaina to Honolulu in 1845, the "sheltered bay", the importance of place-names, mainly thanks to that great port.

Also a modern metropolis in the Pacific with an embossed cityscape of skyscrapers and hotels offer all kinds of historical treasures. Is perhaps the most beautiful downtown Honolulu's

Across from the Iolani Place the tourists King Kamehamehas radiates in the form of a statue. It was built in 1883 for King Kalakaua in front of the Aliiolani Hale, the Supreme Court.

The Chinatown district, also located downtown Honolulu, abducted his visitors on a small exotic trip to the Far East - to the roots of many inhabitants of the islands. At markets and small shops for fresh food such as fish, meat, fruit or vegetables and any kind of kitsch "Made in China will be offered" for sale. Dozens of restaurants tempt with Asian specialties and the "Dim Sum Lunch", where you can search for all sorts of delicacies from trolleys. According to the motto: "What You See Is What You Get". The district, however, is a large part of new buildings, since it was destroyed after two devastating fires at the turn almost completely. Nevertheless, a visit to Chinatown is worthwhile with its many Buddhist temples, as it tells an important part of the history of Hawaii.

In the port of Honolulu's Aloha Tower since 1926, welcomed the incoming ships. In the 20s and 30s, the passengers were called on the so-called "Boat Day" welcome from the locals with Lei rings, music and the Hulatanz. At that time the tower, which owes its name to the "ALOHA" lettering on the clock towers, the tallest building in Hawaii, leaving behind all the arriving passengers at the port of Honolulu a lasting impression. On the top floor of the square Aloha Towers, there is a visitor platform from which one has a great view over the harbor. Provides a nice opportunity to stroll around the adjacent Aloha Tower Marketplace, have accumulated in the many shops, stalls, restaurants and cafes.

Just a stone's throw away, can also be found in the port of Honolulu, the Hawaii Maritime Center. This museum, through numerous exhibits of the Hawaiian seafaring history. Thus, for example, a cloned catamaran to see how the Polynesians used it as she entered over 1500 years ago as the first discoverer of the Hawaiian soil. They crossed with her up to 20 meters long boats across the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometers from the Marquesas Islands to Hawaii. Not until 1778 was followed by Captain James Cook's first Europeans, and rings slowly to the time of merchant ships from 19 Century moored in the port of Honolulu. From this era is also the ship "The Falls of Clyde", which is admired in the Hawaii Maritime Center.

Whaling also plays a major role in the history of Hawaii and is documented in the exhibition including the rare skeleton of a humpback Wales.

The merchant ships arrived in the 19th Century, soon the first missionaries to Honolulu. The Mission Houses Museum in downtown in the three restored houses from this era a sense of the life and work of missionaries in Hawaii. They established schools, translated and printed the Bible, as is clearly shown in the "Printing House" of the museum. The three buildings are, incidentally, the oldest houses in the western archipelago.

Opposite the museum, also in downtown, there is another witness from the time of the missionaries: the Kawaiahao Church. It was built in 1842 by one of the first missionaries in the interior and countless coral blocks are to be admired.

A wonderful way to discover Honolulu and the surrounding area, take a ride on the Waikiki Trolley. These colorful little buses are reminiscent of the Cabelcars in San Francisco and run all day on different routes between the various attractions and shopping centers. The windows of the vehicles are open, which provides for a tour of Honolulu for a cool breeze. We wish, "Bon voyage!".