Related stories Kelley, who grew up in Moorea, remembers watching her dad welcome guests to the hotel. Celebrities and actors traveled across the world to sleep in the overwater bungalows.

Bungalow 1A was a favorite of Marilyn Monroe, and the hotel still keeps the bench where she took a well-known photo. Guests frequently pose on the bench themselves to recreate the photo The ...

Tucked behind impeccable clipped hedges, one block west of South Palm Canyon Drive, two from the coy Pensione Korakia and a mile or so from the funky and more frivolous Ace Hotel, this flamboyant ...