This is a great, historic building and worth your time to visit when in Honolulu. Take the docent tour to get the historical background on the history of the islands, and how this building played a part. The building has been lovingly cared for and restored when required. Be sure to take a walk through the basement exhibits while here - there is a lot to see and learn there as well as the main parts of the house.

What hasta really respect the friends of the Iolani Palace for making this possible. Our docent was so good. She clearly loved the palace, the stories and everything involved with the history of the Hawaii royal family.

My twelve year old daughter and I took the self paced tour of the palace and it was even better than I had hoped. The palace itself was amazing with so many beautifully recreated displays. The real highlight for me, however, was learning the detailed history of the Hawaiian royal family and the struggles they endured. I hope to visit again in the future.

Iolani Palace was such a special place. The toured the palace with a docent which is highly recommended. He had such great knowledge to share about everything we saw and the group was small. I’ve been to Hawaii several times and this was my first trip to this royal museum. I highly recommend to those who loves history and wants to understand Hawaiin culture. I especially loved the Queens quilt being a quilter myself!

We had several Hawaiian's ask us in our first week if we'd been to see the Iolani Palace yet, so we added that and went on our last day (which we'd left open so we could just relax and absorb the place). This was a hugely revealing and enlightening event for us. We wish we'd done it earlier, as it helped us understand so much about the culture of the place. Highly recommended! As a history major it filled in much of what I didn't know, and made me have a renewed respect for Hawaiians.

Visiting the Royal Palace in Honolulu is a key experience. The very fact that this only palace on U.S. soil still exists, has been professionally renovated, and continues to be preserved, deserves recognition. The tour with audio guide explains the self-image of the Hawaiians up close. The guided tour, the pace of which everyone can determine for themselves, tells us the history of Hawaii through the palace and its royal inhabitants. I was impressed by what I learned. The tour made me think: afterwards I had to say goodbye to some clichés. The tour of the Iolani Palace not only showed the rooms, but also conveyed powerful messages about the country and its people in a very successful way.

My wife and I had a great time visiting the Iolani Palace. The self guided tour was easy to follow. We learned so much about the history of Hawaii, it was well worth the time spent there.

Iolani Palace is a great site for anyone visiting Honolulu who is interested in history. Iolani Palace is a pleasantly air conditioned building committed to showing the history of the Hawaiian monarchy, particularly how it modernized during the 1800s and its long but futile struggle against American annexation. The building is very well preserved and pleasant to visit.

This is a fantastic tour where our family learned so much about the history of Hawaii and the Hawaiian monarchy. We chose to do the docent-led tour where a local woman took our group through the palace and gave us tons of informations about each room. We were so happy we chose to do this as she was able to share so much about the history of the items in each room, about the individuals from that time period, and answer the different questions we had. Would highly recommend!

We were recommended by friends to visit here if you are interested in the history and culture of Hawaii. We loved our audio tour. There are numerous tours here. I would have really enjoyed the fashion tour but it was on a day we were unavailable. Look, plan, and buy your tickets ahead of time to get the most out of this amazing place.