Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Honolulu, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 76 m
Descend 74 m

Explore Honolulu in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Honolulu

Sight 1: Hawaii Children's Discovery Center

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Hawaii Children's Discovery Center is a children's museum located near Honolulu, Hawaii's Kaka'ako Waterfront Park. Founded in 1989, the 38,000 sq ft (3,500 m2) museum receives over 200,000 visits from children and their families every year.

Wikipedia: Hawaii Children's Discovery Center (EN), Website

1665 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Hawaii Mission Houses Museum

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The Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives in Honolulu, Hawaii, was established in 1920 by the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, a private, non-profit organization and genealogical society, on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries in Hawaiʻi. In 1962, the Mission Houses, together with Kawaiahaʻo Church, both built by those early missionaries, were designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark (NHL) under the combined name Kawaiahao Church and Mission Houses. In 1966 all the NHLs were included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives (EN), Website

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Kawaiaha'o Church

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Kawaiahaʻo Church is a historic Congregational church located in Downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. The church, along with the Mission Houses, comprise the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site, which was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1962. In 1966 it and all other NHLs were included in the first issuance of the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Kawaiahaʻo Church (EN)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Ali'iolani Hale

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Aliʻiōlani Hale is a building located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, currently used as the home of the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court. It is the former seat of government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the Republic of Hawaiʻi.

Wikipedia: Aliʻiōlani Hale (EN)

62 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: King Kamehameha the Great Statue

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King Kamehameha the Great StatueGage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA 2.0

Several Kamehameha statues honor the monarch who founded the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Wikipedia: Statues of Kamehameha I (EN)

534 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Iolani Palace

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Iolani PalaceGage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA 2.0

The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua. It is located in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It is now a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, the building was used as the capitol building for the Provisional Government, Republic, Territory, and State of Hawaiʻi until 1969. The palace was restored and opened to the public as a museum in 1978. ʻIolani Palace is the only royal palace on US soil.

Wikipedia: ʻIolani Palace (EN), Website

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Hawaii State Art Museum

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Hawaii State Art Museum

The Capitol Modern Museum, formerly named the Hawaii State Art Museum, is a small art gallery located on the second floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Long known as HiSAM, the museum is operated by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Wikipedia: Hawaii State Art Museum (EN), Website, Opening Hours

718 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 8: Dillingham Transportation Building

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Dillingham Transportation Building

The Dillingham Transportation Building was built in 1929 for Walter F. Dillingham of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, who founded the Hawaiian Dredging Company and ran the Oahu Railway and Land Company founded by his father, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham. The building was designed in an Italian Renaissance Revival by architect Lincoln Rogers of Los Angeles, who also designed the Hawaii State Art Museum (1928). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and restored by Architects Hawaiʻi Ltd. in 1980.

Wikipedia: Dillingham Transportation Building (EN)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Falls of Clyde

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Falls of Clyde is the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, and the only remaining sail-driven oil tanker. Designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1989, she is now a museum ship in Honolulu, but her condition has deteriorated. She is currently not open to the public. In September 2008, ownership was transferred to a new nonprofit organization, the Friends of Falls of Clyde. Efforts to raise $1.5 million to get the ship into drydock did not succeed. In November 2021 HDOT accepted a bid from Save Falls of Clyde – International (FOCI) to transport the ship to Scotland for restoration.

Wikipedia: Falls of Clyde (ship) (EN)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Aloha Tower

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Aloha TowerDaniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Aloha Tower is a retired lighthouse that is considered one of the landmarks of the state of Hawaii in the United States. Opened on September 11, 1926, at a then astronomical cost of $160,000, the Aloha Tower is located at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor. It has been, and continues to be, a guiding beacon welcoming vessels to the City and County of Honolulu. Just as the Statue of Liberty greeted hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year to New York City, the Aloha Tower greeted hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Honolulu. At 10 stories and 184 feet (56 m) of height topped with 40 feet (12 m) of flag mast, for four decades the Aloha Tower was the tallest structure in Hawaii. It was built in the Hawaiian Gothic architectural style.

Wikipedia: Aloha Tower (EN)

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