Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea opened in 1990 on Wailea Beach, on the leeward south shore of Maui. It has 383 rooms and suites in an eight-storey, U-shaped building on 15 oceanfront acres, with three saltwater pools, four restaurants including Spago and Ferraro's, and the new Kai Holo Spa, which opened in July 2026 as part of a resort-wide redesign.
A Four Seasons Preferred Partner booking at Four Seasons Maui includes daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit ($200 in suites), a one-category upgrade when available, priority for early check-in and late checkout, and VIP recognition, at the same rate Four Seasons publishes, with no booking fees.
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1990. Renovated from 2014 to 2016, and redesigned again through 2026
Accommodations
383 in total: 312 guest rooms and 71 suites, over eight storeys
Setting
15 oceanfront acres on Wailea Beach, in a U-shaped building around a courtyard of fountains and gardens
Room size
600 sq ft for every guest room, plus a lanai. Executive Suites are about 840 sq ft and one-bedroom suites 1,100 to 1,400 sq ft
Pools
Three saltwater pools: the Fountain Pool, the Waterfall Pool for families and an adults-only pool for guests 21 and over
Dining
DUO, Ferraro's Restaurant & Bar, Spago, KOMO, the Lobby Lounge, Pantry Maui and Beachwalk Café
Spa and sport
Kai Holo Spa with an aqua-thermal centre, two tennis courts and three pickleball courts. The Wailea Golf Club courses are nearby
Rating
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star, 2026, and AAA Five Diamond every year since 1991
Airport
Kahului (OGG), 17 miles north. Allow about 30 minutes outside rush hour
The Perks
Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits at Four Seasons Maui
The program benefits are the same at every hotel. What changes is what they are worth. This is how each one works at this property.
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Breakfast for two at DUO
Full breakfast for two per bedroom at DUO, which serves a buffet and an à la carte menu from 6:00 to 11:00 am, or through in-room dining on your lanai. Club Floor guests also have breakfast in the Club Lounge. Over a week at Wailea prices, this is the benefit worth the most.
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$100 hotel credit, $200 in suites
One credit per stay, to use at the restaurants, bars or Kai Holo Spa. The five-course omakase at KOMO costs $150 a person, so the credit covers two thirds of one. At Spago, the resort's most expensive restaurant, it is a contribution to dinner, not the whole bill.
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Upgrade priority
A one-category upgrade when available at check-in. Every guest room is the same 600 sq ft, so an upgrade here buys a better view and floor: from a Mountain-Side room to Garden-View, or from an Ocean-View room to a Deluxe Ocean-View room higher up, with a wider angle on the sea.
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Early check-in and late checkout
Priority for both. Since July 2026 the resort fee has also covered use of a suite for early arrivals and late departures, so if your room is not ready, or your flight leaves in the evening, you still have somewhere to shower and change.
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VIP recognition
A welcome amenity and a VIP note on the reservation. In a U-shaped building where the view changes floor by floor, we send the resort your floor and view preferences before you arrive.
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Combines with Four Seasons offers
Preferred Partner benefits apply on top of the resort's own offers, such as Experience More, which adds a resort credit, and The Complete Suite Experience for the larger suites. We check what is available for your dates when we quote.
Advisor Picks
Best rooms to book at Four Seasons Maui
The building is a U that opens towards the sea, so most rooms see the ocean straight on or at an angle, and none has direct access to the beach. Every guest room is 600 sq ft with a lanai and a king bed or two queens, so the categories differ by view and floor, not size. Skip the Mountain-Side rooms at the back: they face Haleakala and Wailea Alanui Drive, over a small parking area.
Best value
Garden-View and Deluxe Garden-View Rooms
On the lower floors, looking into the coconut palms and gardens. Garden-View rooms have limited views of the trees. Deluxe Garden-View rooms have the better outlook over the grounds. A sensible choice if you will spend your days on the beach and want to put the saving towards a longer stay.
Couples who want the sea
Ocean-View and Deluxe Ocean-View Rooms
The same room with an angled view of the Pacific from the lanai and the bed. Deluxe Ocean-View rooms are on the middle and upper floors and look further out over the sea and the resort grounds, which makes them the best balance of view and price.
Guests who want everything included
Club Ocean-View Room
Rooms on the top-floor Club Floor, redesigned by Meyer Davis and reopened in May 2026 with 26 rooms and suites. The Club Lounge serves breakfast from 6:00 to 11:00 am, afternoon tea from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres from 5:00 to 7:00 pm and desserts and after-dinner drinks from 8:00 to 11:00 pm. Check-in and checkout are private, with a dedicated Club concierge.
More room for two
Executive Suites
Suites of about 840 sq ft with a living area, a dining table and a king bedroom. The Ocean-View Prime Executive Suite, on the middle and upper floors, looks at an angle to the ocean and over the sculpture garden, and has two lanais.
Families who need space
One-bedroom suites
Garden-View Suites are 1,100 sq ft. Ocean-View Prime Suites and Oceanfront Prime Suites are 1,400 sq ft, with a king bed, a sofa bed in the living room and space for two adults and three children. The Oceanfront Prime Suite faces the beach and the neighbouring islands across a 180-degree view.
Multigenerational stays
Presidential and Elite suites
The Elite Oceanfront Suite is 2,400 sq ft with two bedrooms, or three in its larger layout. The Maile Presidential Suite, 4,000 sq ft with three bedrooms, was redesigned in 2025. The Lokelani Presidential Suite runs to 7,200 sq ft in all, including a 1,900 sq ft private garden.
King rooms have a sofa bed and sleep three adults, or two adults and two children. Rooms with two queens sleep four adults, or two adults and two children. A cot costs nothing. Floor and view within a category are requests, not guarantees, so tell us what matters most and we will ask early. Accessible rooms are available in garden-view and ocean-view categories and as an Ocean-View Prime Executive Suite.
Before You Go
Advisor tips for Four Seasons Maui
01
Budget for the new resort fee and the tax
Until July 2026 the resort charged no resort fee. For arrivals from 1 July 2026 it charges $55 plus tax per room per night. The fee covers the spa's aqua-thermal centre, cabanas, tennis and pickleball, guided fitness, car service around Wailea, outrigger canoeing, the Hawaiian cultural programme and the early-arrival suite. Hawaii's lodging taxes add close to 19 percent on top: 11 percent state accommodation tax, 3 percent Maui County accommodation tax and 4.712 percent general excise tax. We give you the full total with your quote.
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Choose a view, not a size
Every guest room is 600 sq ft, so pay for the outlook you will use. Garden-View rooms sit on the lower floors and do not see the sea. Ocean-View rooms see it at an angle. Deluxe Ocean-View rooms are higher up with the wider view, and the Club Floor is at the top.
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Ask about the redesign for stays in late 2026
The Club Floor reopened in May 2026, Kai Holo Spa opened in July and Pantry Maui in August, and Four Seasons has said the guest rooms and suites will be refreshed later in the year. For stays before the end of 2026, we ask the resort which floors are affected and request a room away from the work.
04
Book dinner before you fly
Ferraro's, open-air on the oceanfront, asks guests to reserve ahead. The omakase at KOMO runs only from Friday to Sunday, at the sushi bar, for guests 21 and over. Spago takes reservations by phone or online through SevenRooms. Give us your dates and we will book them.
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Swim in the morning
Wailea Beach shelves gently and is good for swimming, but there are no lifeguards. The water is usually calmest in the morning, before the afternoon wind arrives. Snorkel at the rocky points at either end of the beach, and only when the sea is calm.
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Earn the $250 Malama Hawaii credit
Under the Malama Hawaii programme, guests who join a shoreline debris survey or a reef clean-up have received a $250 resort credit. It is a useful morning out with older children.
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Plan on valet parking
There is no self-parking. Valet parking costs about $60 plus tax per night, and the resort fee includes car service around Wailea, so hire a car for the days you plan to explore the island, not the whole stay.
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Travelling with children
Kids For All Seasons is complimentary for children aged 5 and up and runs daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. A tween and teen camp runs in some seasons, usually for a fee. Children aged 4 and under eat free with an adult at DUO, Ferraro's, KOMO and the Lobby Lounge, and the resort supplies a highchair, baby bath, bottle warmer and nappies at no charge. There is a games room for wet afternoons.
Where the Credit Goes
Dining at Four Seasons Maui
There are four restaurants, the Lobby Lounge, two cafés, food and drink service at all three pools and in-room dining around the clock. Executive Chef Ryan Schelling's kitchen draws on Maui onions, Molokai sweet potatoes, Kona lobster and local fish.
Breakfast and dinner
DUO Steak and Seafood
The open-air restaurant beside the Fountain Pool. Breakfast, buffet or à la carte, runs from 6:00 to 11:00 am, and this is where the Preferred Partner breakfast is taken. Dinner, from 5:30 to 9:00 pm, is steaks and local seafood. DUO won Best Steak at the 2025 Aipono Awards.
Coastal Italian, on the oceanfront
Ferraro's Restaurant & Bar
An open-air restaurant above the beach, for lunch from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm, a golden-hour menu to 5:00 pm and dinner to 9:00 pm. Chef Russell Rummer's signature is spaghetti al nero di seppia. After 8:00 pm, selected bottles of wine are half price.
Wolfgang Puck, Hawaiian and Californian
Spago
Dinner from 5:00 to 9:00 pm, with ocean views from the dining room and the lanai. The dish to order is the spicy ahi poke cones. Spago holds Forbes Four Stars and AAA Four Diamonds, and is the most expensive meal at the resort.
Sushi and Japanese
KOMO
A 50-seat restaurant, with a 14-seat sushi bar, set in part of the lobby. Chef Kiyokuni Ikeda, born in Tokyo and a Morimoto alumnus, works with fish flown in from Japan twice a week. It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The omakase, five courses for $150 or seven for $232, is served at the bar from Friday to Sunday.
Cocktails, pupus and hula
Lobby Lounge
Craft cocktails and small plates looking down over the courtyard to the sea. The torches are lit at sunset, there is a hula show every night and live music through the evening. Easy for a first night, when you have not booked anywhere.
Coffee and food to go
Pantry Maui and Beachwalk Café
Pantry Maui, from the Los Angeles brand Madhappy, opened in August 2026 and serves coffee, matcha, pastries, sandwiches, açaí bowls and gelato from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. Beachwalk Café, on the path along the beach, sells drinks and snacks to take away.
On Property
Beach, pools and spa at Four Seasons Maui
The pools sit on terraces between the building and Wailea Beach, with 81 cabanas and 11 hillside sanctuaries around them. Attendants bring fresh juice, ice lollies and sunscreen through the day, and there are free water aerobics classes.
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Wailea Beach
A wide, golden beach on a public shoreline, with a gentle slope into calm, warm water. Attendants set up loungers and umbrellas for guests, and towels and sand toys are on hand, with boogie boards to hire. There are no lifeguards, so check the flags. Snorkelling is best at the rocky points at each end on calm mornings.
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Fountain Pool
The main saltwater pool, under palms with a view of the ocean, open 24 hours. Most of the complimentary cabanas are here, and the four ocean-view cabanas on their own lawn can be booked in advance for a fee.
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Waterfall Pool
The family pool, built for children, with a waterfall, a small slide and a shallow keiki area. It is open 24 hours and keeps young swimmers away from the adults-only deck.
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Adults-only pool
Also called the Serenity Pool, for guests 21 and over, open from 7:00 am to sunset. It has an infinity edge looking towards Lanai and the West Maui Mountains, a swim-up bar, underwater music and bubble loungers. Its private cabanas are booked with the room.
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Kai Holo Spa and fitness
Opened in July 2026. The aqua-thermal centre has a vitality pool, a hot pool and a cold plunge, with a steam room, a sensory shower and traditional and infrared saunas. Treatments include oceanfront rituals with kukui oil and lomi lomi massage. The fitness centre has been redesigned with Technogym equipment and an infrared studio for yoga and Pilates.
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Culture, tennis and golf
Hawaiian programmes are led by Aunty Mopsie Tuivaioge. The Queen's Garden, opened in September 2026 in the courtyard, tells the story of Queen Lili'uokalani across six stations. There are two tennis courts and three pickleball courts. The Wailea Golf Club's Gold and Emerald courses charge visitors $325 a round in 2026, or $225 after noon.
Timing
When to visit Four Seasons Maui
Wailea is on the sunny, leeward side of Maui and is warm all year. The decision is about whales, school holidays and price.
December to March
Whale season. Humpbacks are in Hawaiian waters from November to April, at their peak from January to March. These are the most expensive months, and the festive weeks go first. In 2025, Santa arrived by outrigger canoe on Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve ended with a party on the Oceanfront Lawn and fireworks over Wailea Beach.
April and May
The last whales leave in April. After the spring holidays the resort is quieter until the summer, which is the better time to ask for an upgrade.
June to August
The family season. The kids club and pools are at their busiest, so book connecting rooms and suites well ahead. Mornings are the time for the beach and for a boat to Molokini, before the wind picks up.
September to November
September is Hawaiian History Month. In late October the resort hosts the Festivals of Aloha, three days of hula, music and an artisan market, free for guests. For 2026 stays, ask us about the room refresh before you book.
Travel
Getting to Four Seasons Maui
The resort is on Wailea Alanui Drive in South Maui, 17 miles from Kahului airport. There is no self-parking, so a hire car means valet parking every night.
From Kahului airport (OGG)
17 miles and about 30 minutes outside rush hour. At peak times, allow up to an hour. We can arrange a car or a limousine transfer through the resort, with a meet and greet at the airport.
By hire car
Collect a car at Kahului and drive south. Valet parking costs about $60 plus tax per night. A car is the practical way to reach Haleakala, Makena and the road to Hana, but for days at the resort the included car service covers Wailea.
Private and semi-private air
The resort can meet private jets on the tarmac at Kahului and arrange helicopter transfers. From November 2025, Aero has flown a 12-seat Gulfstream weekly between Van Nuys in Los Angeles and Kahului, with transfers to the resort, from $5,495 one way.
Beyond the Hotel
Things to do near Four Seasons Maui
Wailea is a good base for South Maui and Haleakala. The north shore and Hana are full days out, so plan them for the middle of the stay.
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Wailea Beach Path
A paved path along the shore links Wailea Beach with Polo, Ulua, Mokapu and Keawakapu beaches. Walk it early, before the heat, and snorkel at Ulua on a calm morning.
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Makena State Park
Big Beach, 20 to 30 minutes south, is a long white-sand beach below the cinder cone of Pu'u Ola'i. The shore break can be dangerous, so swim only on calm days. Visitors pay $5 each plus $10 to park.
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Molokini and Turtle Town
Snorkel boats to the crater leave in the early morning. Boats from Maalaea are larger and take about an hour. Rafts from Kihei are faster and bumpier. Most trips add a second stop at Turtle Town for green sea turtles.
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Haleakala sunrise
The summit is about 2 hours and 51 miles from Wailea. A reservation is required for sunrise, booked on Recreation.gov up to 60 days ahead, with more released two days before. It is wet, windy and often below freezing before dawn, so bring warm layers.
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The road to Hana
About 63 miles and 2.5 to 3.5 hours each way from Wailea, without stops. Leave early, or ask the concierge to arrange a guided tour.
Good to Know
Four Seasons Maui FAQs
What are the Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits at Four Seasons Maui?
Daily breakfast for two per bedroom at DUO or through in-room dining, a $100 hotel credit per stay ($200 in suites), a one-category upgrade when available at check-in, priority for early check-in and late checkout, and a welcome amenity with VIP recognition. The benefits combine with the resort's own offers, such as Experience More.
Does Four Seasons Maui charge a resort fee?
Yes. For arrivals from 1 July 2026, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea charges a resort fee of $55 plus tax per room per night. It covers the spa's aqua-thermal centre, cabanas, tennis and pickleball, guided fitness, car service around Wailea, outrigger canoeing and Hawaiian cultural experiences. Hawaii's lodging taxes add close to 19 percent to the room rate.
What is the best room to book at Four Seasons Maui?
The Deluxe Ocean-View Room, on the middle and upper floors, with a wide angled view of the Pacific. Every guest room at Four Seasons Maui is 600 sq ft, so categories differ by view and floor. The Deluxe Garden-View Room is the best value, and Mountain-Side rooms, which face the road, are the ones to avoid.
How far is Four Seasons Maui from the airport?
Kahului airport (OGG) is 17 miles from Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, about 30 minutes by car outside rush hour and up to an hour at peak times. There is no self-parking at the resort, and valet parking costs about $60 plus tax per night.
Does Four Seasons Maui have a kids club?
Yes. Kids For All Seasons at Four Seasons Maui is complimentary for children aged 5 and up and runs daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. There is a family pool with a waterfall and a small slide, and children aged 4 and under eat free with an adult at DUO, Ferraro's, KOMO and the Lobby Lounge.
Can you swim at the beach at Four Seasons Maui?
Yes. Four Seasons Maui sits on Wailea Beach, which slopes gently into calm water and is good for swimming. There are no lifeguards, the water is usually calmest in the morning, and the best snorkelling is at the rocky points at each end on calm days.
How many pools does Four Seasons Maui have?
Three saltwater pools: the Fountain Pool, the Waterfall Pool for families and an adults-only pool for guests 21 and over, which has an infinity edge and a swim-up bar. There are 81 cabanas around the pools, most of them included for guests.
When is whale season at Four Seasons Maui?
Humpback whales are in Hawaiian waters from November to April, with the peak from January to March. These are also the most expensive months at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, and the Christmas and New Year weeks book up first.
Does it cost more to book Four Seasons Maui through Four Seasons Preferred Partner?
No. The Four Seasons Preferred Partner rate matches the rate the hotel publishes itself, and we charge no booking fees. The benefits are added at no extra cost.
Can Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits be added to a Four Seasons Maui booking I have already made?
Usually, yes, if you booked directly with the hotel. Send us your confirmation and the benefits can be added with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
How to Book
How to book Four Seasons Maui with Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits
1Send us your dates, the room category you want, and who is travelling. Tell us if it is a special occasion or a first visit.
2We reply within 24 hours with the Four Seasons Preferred Partner rate, which matches the hotel's own published rate, plus any hotel offer available for your dates.
3Confirm, and the hotel contacts you directly to collect your card details. The benefits are on the reservation from that point.
4We add your requests before you travel: flight times for early check-in, dining reservations, dietary notes and the upgrade request.
Already booked direct?
Send us your confirmation. A reservation booked directly with the hotel can usually have the benefits added, with the dates, rate, room type and cancellation policy unchanged. Bookings made through an online travel agency cannot be moved.
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