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Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Bay Offers Culturally Immersive Retreat

by Michael B. Dougherty (RSS feed) —

The drive to Kapalua, along Maui's Honoapi'ilani Highway, hugs the western rim of the island and provides an amuse bouche of what awaits: a nearly endless horizon of surf and sky, perfumed air and an unusually strong sense of place. That last element being especially evident at the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, Kapalua Bay. If the mention of Hawaii still produces reflexive images of tiki heads and loud shirts, the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences has made it a point to provide a more authentic, and thereby transcendent, island experience for its residents and guests.

Not to be confused with the Ritz-Carlton hotel, the Club and Residences property is part of the brand's equity-based program that allows members to either purchase a fractional residence at a specific location or sample any of the portfolio's options through a real estate trust. Either way, buying in results in a deeded interest that can be passed down to family members. But the quality sure to lure most into the former arrangement with Kapalua Bay is the lengths the Ritz-Carlton has gone to ensure that luxury and cultural accuracy aren't mutually exclusive concepts.

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Verde Pacifica, Kapalua, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

Today's home is a little slice of heaven in the quiet closed gate community of Pineapple Hill Estates, Kapalua Maui Hawaii. The three-bedroom home offers approximately 6,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor space. The swimming pool and spa look over the Bay Course of Kapalua out to the ocean and the islands of Molokai and Lanai. The home has sunset views as well as views of the North Channel between Maui and Molokai and Kapalua's famous towering Cook Pine trees. This home is built around a central open air atrium that all the rooms surround it. The great room area includes a gourmet kitchen, media area, bar area and a dining/living area. Pocket doors open up the entire house to the outside for a true indoor/outdoor feel. The home is being sold furnished with items from Roche Bobois, Ralph Lauren, Maitland Smith, Baltica solid bronze hardware and imports from Santorini/Mykonos, Turkey, and Spain.

The Ritz Carlton Kapalua is located nearby and the Kapalua Spa is also available to Pineapple Hill Estates owners. That facility includes a fitness center, spa treatments, steam and sauna, swimming pool and restaurant/bar. The closed gate community of Pineapple Hill also has its own private swimming pool, club house and tennis courts available to all home owners.

Previously listed for $8.1 million this home has been dropped to $4.695 million for a quick sale.

Gallery: Verde Pacifica, Kapalua