Negros
The most luxurious resort in Dauin, possibly all of Negros, Atmosphere has a dash of Miami Beach style leavened with Filipino warmth and a dedicated team…
Must-see hotels in Negros
Dumaguete
With a plum boulevard location and rooms long on both style and comfort, Dumaguete's top hotel is terrific value. The design is shabby chic to the core –…
Sugar Beach
The amount of love and energy that has gone into this wacky German-owned hotel is in evidence everywhere, particularly its nine themed rooms. The Mad Mix…
Apo Island
Tucked away in a secluded cove, this refined and peaceful dive resort claims Apo's best white-sand beach. The Spanish Mission rooms and cottages have fan…
Negros
The Kookoo's Nest is a 1700-step descent from the main road, but you won't mind when you arrive. Situated on a lovely, if small white-sand cove, with…
Sugar Beach
The Danjugan Island Marine Reserve & Sanctuary lies just offshore at this swish resort occupying its own kilometre of golden sand. Designed by its…
Negros
Combining an attractive, leafy property with long years of Philippines diving experience, Atlantis is an excellent choice for high-end divers. There's a…
Negros
Negros' most popular mountain resort is a massive property set amid forests, streams and ponds with a historic Japanese-style hot-springs bath…
Bacolod
Located by the highway outside Talisay City, between Bacolod and Silay, this unique 3-hectare resort combines sustainable hospitality with rustic, high…
Negros
These houses on the Manjuyod sandbar appear marooned in the middle of the ocean. Bring your own supplies. The rate includes return boat transfer and can…
Sugar Beach
At the far northern end of the beach, Sulu gets the Sugar Beach recipe just right: fan-cooled nipa huts with tile floors, en-suite bathrooms and verandahs…
Bacolod
With a touch of Spanish-Colonial style, this centrally located boutique hotel is the best value in town. The rooms are every bit as comfortable as a high…
Negros
Easy Diving has sunny and pleasant Mediterranean-style rooms, a nice beach and a well-set-up dive centre, with far-ranging multiday trips, including dive…
Dumaguete
Very much the boutique hostel it proclaims to be, Flying Fish is a self-sufficient compound of taste and hipness 2km north of the centre. The on-site…
Negros
Pioneering owner, Arturo, was the first to establish a diving operation here and the resort has grown over the years. Today, there are 16 fairly dated…
Negros
Close to Malatapay and Zamboanguita, Thalatta delivers fine food and excellent lodging in mustard-coloured bungalows set around a lovely infinity pool…
Negros
This 1930s resort is famous for having hidden President Quezon from the Japanese during WWII. The large (5 hectare) hacienda-style property is nicely…
Apo Island
Perched above the village beach, a bit messy with simply furnished rooms, this is where budget-minded divers tend to stay. Rooms have balconies with…
Bacolod
This centrally located mall-like complex combines three hotels with a range of shared facilities, the most important being an attractive rooftop pool. The…
Negros
Diving backpackers get bang for the peso at these simple, fan-cooled nipa huts (one has optional air-con) set in a leafy garden. The complimentary…
Dumaguete
A faux Spanish hacienda, replete with oil paintings, a wide wooden staircase and pots overflowing with ferns. The rooms have solid wooden floors and…
Sugar Beach
This long-running Swiss-owned place offers a classic mellow beach vibe with hammocks and nipa huts of variable quality scattered about its leafy grounds…
Dumaguete
One of the city's most professionally run hotels with long years of experience helping travellers arrange travel plans. The Spanish Mission decor adds…
Bacolod
Bright yellow and somewhat grand in appearance, the Planta is a comfortable and good-value choice. However, not much is within walking distance. Popular…
Negros
One of the best midrange dive resorts in Dauin, Liquid offers simple nipa-hut rooms with sea-facing balconies and more upmarket and stylish common areas…
Negros
Azure, the only Filipino-owned resort in Dauin, has tastefully minimalist rooms with nice local decorations and wooden touches. The two-storey whitewashed…
Negros
A good midrange choice, Mike's is a compact and perfectly manicured property directly on a wide stretch of beach. Family-run and intimate, with only eight…
Dumaguete
For affordable digs right on the waterfront, look no further than this long-running high-rise. Yes, the rooms and corridors are hospital-like in their…
Negros
Recharge your batteries at this peaceful woodland resort. It has a lovely shaded pool on two levels, light and airy bungalows with nice bamboo touches,…
Dumaguete
Boasting a colourful palette of bright yellows, flaming oranges and deep greens and small balconies with good views, this eight-storey hotel is a solid…
Dumaguete
Especially good for young families, this complex offers playfully decorated rooms and huge apartments in European themes (these can be hard to discern)…
Negros
In pleasant leafy surrounds, this 1910 landmark has large, simply furnished rooms and an atmospheric restaurant (meals P100 to P180) with high ceilings…
Bacolod
Within walking distance of SM City, a plus in these parts, the Westown offers spacious rooms with especially comfortable beds and rooms with plenty of…
Apo Island
Run by Mario, a former barangay captain of Apo, this small and slightly dishevelled dive centre has sunny rooms. The pricier ones (P1000) are top value:…
Whispering Palms Island Resort
Negros
A large, German–run complex spread out over 4 hectares of beachfront (high-tide swimming only), contains mostly concrete buildings with spacious, spick…
Dumaguete
This alluring property combines Zen modernism with indigenous Philippine elements: woven lamps, contemporary art, stone love seats and plasma TVs. The…
11th Street Bed & Breakfast Inn
Bacolod
On a relatively calm and quiet side street, just off busy Lacson, this B&B has no-frills rooms (single standards are claustrophobic) with a leafy…
Negros
Easily the best choice in Silay, the mission-style Richmond has decent rooms. For light, choose the ones facing the street. It's on the edge of town,…
Sugar Beach
The quality and comfort of the rooms varies, ranging from bare-bones dorm beds to nicer stand-alone cottages. The restaurant dishes out traditional…
Dumaguete
One of the city's largest hotels, this high-rise offers good-value rooms, with flat screens and nice linen, but be sure to ask for a room with windows and…
