The Cordillera
The best hotel in Tabuk, with immaculate doubles and a atmosphere of colonial hill-station chic. It's showing its age, though, and you have to allow at…
Must-see hotels in Philippines
Eastern Visayas
Marvin's is a mustard-yellow, three-storey modern building 2km north of town with 23 rooms. It's on the water but lacks any sort of beach. There's a nice…
Luplupa Riverside Inn & Restaurant
The Cordillera
Hard to miss due to the giant sign on its roof, this basic guesthouse is used to hosting international travellers. Meals available on request. It's down…
Mindoro
This exceptional deal is nestled amid well-manicured gardens on the water 2km west of town near the new RORO terminal. Fan rooms can sleep four in two…
Baguio
The 'Y' boasts huge, bright dorm rooms and colourful private rooms with soft beds and flat-screen TVs, which are pretty good value. It’s very centrally…
Negros
A two-storey building with Spanish-style roof and clean, if ageing rooms. The restaurant (mains P130) is one of the better ones in town. Conveniently…
Around Manila
More a homestay than guesthouse, this very basic place is cheap and run by an affable family with knowledge of the area. Breakfast is P60 extra. It’s 400m…
Western Visayas
On the coastal side of San Fernando, Sea Breeze Inn is a family-run affair with bamboo huts with verandas facing out to sea. There is a common kitchen, or…
Sugar Beach
While the simple rooms aren't much in terms of style, the atmospheric restaurant is a pleasure for spending a few hours whiling away an afternoon. The…
Samar
Rooms vary in size, quality and noise-quotient at this somewhat dated hotel, but are all serviceable – shame about the plastic mattresses. It's walking…
North Luzon
Motel-style accommodation with a breezy restaurant upstairs and a block of spacious, clean but bland concrete rooms. Wi-fi only works in the restaurant…
Vigan
Out on the highway right where the buses drop you off, the Henady has four-bed dorms that will please those on a budget and/or early-morning arrivals…
Camiguin
Several stylistically deficient rooms in a small concrete building are down a narrow alleyway in Yumbing. However, they're well kept and the sea-facing…
Around Manila
The pick of the central hotels in Balanga, multistorey Gap Plaza has spotless rooms with cable TV and the attached Cafe Nicole. Staff can arrange half-day…
Samar
This long-established place offers decent value in the centre of town, its rooms are well cared for though dated. Reception is on the 1st floor;…
Cebu City
This pension enjoys a quiet and central location but rates have increased recently and it's not great value. Doubles have hot water and all rooms have…
Palawan
On the main road in town near Fort Santa Isabel, Pem's is a friendly place with good-value stand-alone cottages arranged around a quiet courtyard. The…
Samar
Located incongruously next to a meat shop, just north of Dap Dap pier, this place has modern, well-designed rooms with plush beds and plasma TV. There's…
Mactan Island
The rooms here are decor-weary but the complimentary airport transfers and free use of the pool (at its sister hotel next door, the Bellavista) make this…
Western Visayas
This atmospheric family-owned inn overlooks the public stage on the plaza. Its breezy upstairs rooms have shared bathrooms and cold water, and there's a…
Cagayan de Oro
An eight-storey business-class hotel with dated furnishings halfway between Divisoria and Limketkai. Service can be spotty; make sure you get a room with…
Boracay
A fairly nondescript hotel with no-frills rooms. Most have balconies but these face another building. Check out the somewhat nicer annex and ask for a…
Western Visayas
This friendly downtown place offers spotless rooms with a scenic riverfront location and a restaurant with a limited menu. Definitely get the corner…
Around Manila
This reliable cheapie (by Lucban standards) is a friendly, homely and central choice, with some rooms overlooking San Luis Obispo church. The cheaper…
Panay
Sharing space with the Tibiao fish spa, these basic bamboo rooms have nice colourful native-style textiles, though rooms can be dim.
The Cordillera
The Archog is the closest thing Bontoc has to a business hotel. The clean doubles without bathrooms are a decent deal. It's a P8 tricycle ride across the…
Around Manila
This guesthouse, almost opposite the basilica, isn't as historic as some but it has a homey feel and the two upstairs doubles (sharing a bathroom) are…
Samar
A somewhat rambling place with huts in various styles dotted around a bluff overlooking Bobon Beach, 12km west of Catarman. The restaurant offers French…
Estreller's Sunset View Spring Pool
Eastern Visayas
This place has its own natural spring-fed pool. The rooms are some of the cosiest on the island but bathrooms are shared and the place fills with day…
Kalibo
This friendly and professionally run old-school place is just two blocks from City Hall, yet manages some quiet. It has dated rattan furnishings and past…
Bohol
Just off the busy town beach, this simple place is a nice alternative to the pricier resorts west of town. Rooms are sparsely decorated and wi-fi is…
Banaue
This centrally located spot has a huge variety of rooms, and a popular restaurant with rice-terrace views and a balcony, which most of its neighbours lack.
Tacloban
Set around a quiet garden courtyard, these budget rooms are time-worn but clean; the cheapest share bathrooms. It's opposite the Duptours van terminal.
Northern Mindanao
A clean and basic cheapie close to the market. Don't be discouraged by the 'reception' area, which looks like someone's basement storage space.
Camiguin
Each of the four light-filled, wood-floor rooms on the 3rd floor, even the dormitory with four bunk beds, has high ceilings and homey touches.
Palawan
The nicest place to stay in Quezon by some margin. It's new and clean, and the higher-class rooms are business standard, including cable TV.
Cebu
A South Korean dive resort at the bottom of the hill on the beach at Lilo-an, with spacious but somewhat dated rooms looking out to Negros.
OCCCI Hostel & Training Center
Leyte
An ageing but fairly decent old-school hostel that even has functioning wi-fi in the air-con dorm rooms. No lockers are provided however.
Davao
A colourfully painted high-rise with sparkling-clean floors and large, leanly furnished rooms; street-facing ones get good light.
North Luzon
If you've come to Liw-liwa to surf but want your own space, these basic beachside kubos (thatched huts) are the answer.
