Four Seasons Resort Lanai

What the classifiers highlight

Hulopoe Beach sits below a red-lava cliff holding the resort's free-form pools, inside a marine reserve where dolphins migrate past reef fish offshore. Guests reach the island by a 45-minute ferry from Maui or a private flight from Honolulu. Forbes lists Jeep and horseback excursions, stargazing through a 40-inch observatory telescope, and lei-making and ukulele lessons through the Hoolauna program.