Guide Exploring Hilo, Hawaii | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > Hawaii > Big Island > Windward Hawaii > Hilo Hilo -- Neighborhoods -- Downtown Hilo Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Hilo • Arrival, Information And Getting Around • Eating And Nightlife • Explore Hilo • Hotels in Hilo HILO BE THERE NOW Hotels in Hilo • Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel Hilo from $83.00 USD • Hilo Seaside Hotel Hilo from $81.96 USD • Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Hilo from $95.00 USD More Hotels in Hilo >> Vacation Rentals in Hilo • Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Hilo from $99.00 USD More Vacation Rentals in Hilo >> READ IT HERE Although it's the Big Island's capital, and largest town, just 45,000 people live in HILO , which remains endearing and unpressured. Mass tourism has never taken off here; basically it rains too much. However, the rain falls mostly at night, and America's wettest city blazes with tropical blooms, set against a backdrop of rainbows. Hilo has always been at the mercy of fire and water. Cataclysmic tsunami killed 96 people in April 1946, and a further 61 in May 1960. Countless lava flows have also threatened to engulf it; in 1881 Princess Ruth summoned up all her spiritual power to halt one on the edge of town, while in 1984 another flow stopped just eight miles short. </body>