Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

What the classifiers highlight

Low-slung two-story villas and bungalows scatter along winding paths and pools on the Big Island's west shore, built into black lava rock rather than raised above it. MICHELIN calls the resort restrained, almost sedate, next to flashier neighbors. Forbes points instead to the 28,000-square-foot spa, open-air and indoor rooms combined into one island sanctuary.