Places

Bambua Lodge and Restaurant, the nicest among the small hotels of Sabang, is a kilometer away from the village. It is located in a beautiful area surrounded by mountains and rice paddies, just beside the St. Paul Underground River National Park. The resort is on a dirt road that connects Puerto Princesa to Sabang. The

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La Esperanza is a stylish wood schooner, built the traditional way. On windy days, it is very good-looking with its five sails spread out. Captain Jacob Bakker built La Ezperaza in 1974. This Dutchman, after crisscrossing the Caribbean, has been based in Palawan for the last 20 years. He knows these waters by heart and

Flower Island is an enchanted hideaway in the vast and remote Taytay Bay. The resort was built behind a golden beach encircled by a coral reef. With a homey and casual atmosphere that comes being at home with nature, the resort gives you the chance to get from the busy city lights. Moreover, the quality

Club Noah Isabelle has a spectacular location in a cove of the 40 hectare-wide Apulit Island, surrounded by forested limestone cliffs. The cove’s hollows lie a small beach of fine, almost white sand. the huge bay’s extraordinary waters of turquoise and emerald green shelter a coral riff that is exceptionally rich in colorful fishes. You

This idyllic little resort is nestled in a spectacular site on Sangat Island off the south coast of Busuanga, just 45 minutes by banca from Coron Village. The resort’s site has tall limestone cliffs encircling a small cove of golden sand, lined with coral reefs. The owners, Englishman Andy Pownall and his Filipina wife Edith,

Club Paradise is located on the 19-hectare Dimakya Island in the northeastern part of the Calamianes, northern Palawan. The resort’s appeal lies in its 700-meter beach of beautiful, fine white sand and its turquiose waters, which shelter a coral reef. Part of the island’s forest was preserved when the resort was built, and a 3o-minute

The Dolarog Beach Resort is in a deserted beach seven kilometers from El Nido. The view from the resort, which opens to the bay of Bacuit is particularly beautiful. One can contemplate on the mammoth-like form of Binagbayoton Island with a tiny rounded beach just facing the resort. The outlined silhouette of Lagen is in

Miniloc Island is one of the loveliest in the El Nido archipelago, with its high, sharp limestone cliffs and mysterious lagoons: Big Lagoon and Small Lagoon. You arrive at the resort after crossing El Nido Bay, dotted by many limestone islands. The ragged cliffs above the village of El Nido that you see at the

If you want to visit Coron Island or dive the many Japanese war ships sunk in the region during the Second World War, Dive Link is an interesting alternative to the uncomfortable and noisy lodges in the town. This low-key resort, established by the Matta family in 1999, is only five minutes away from Coron

Distant bells ring across the sea from the village of Sablayan on the set side of Mindoro Island. It is Easter Sunday morning on Pandan Island. Clear sea laps against the white sand beach, calm and glowing with the reflected colors of the rising sun. Mahal, the diving banca, is being prepared by the Whitetip

White House Safari Lodge, 45 minutes away by plane from Manila, is a good place to start discovering Occidental Mindoro, a region that has remained untamed and exceptionally beautiful. David Anthony “Tony” Parkinson, an Englishman who lived 28 years in Kenya, built his small hotel. He came to the Philippines when the Calait Animal Reserve

Right on Big La Laguna Beach in a small sheltered cove, this resort is managed by Australians Michael Donaldson and his partner. The resort as 33 rooms tightly laid out, without any green spaces, but nonetheless pretty and well-maintained. Its location in the middle of a nice white-sand beach where snorkeling is great is definitely

El Galleon Beach Club is ably manged by Alla Nash, an Australian national who took over in 1994, when the resort only had 7 rooms. Today, the resort has 31 rooms set in a vast, steep area covered with lush vegetation. The property is at one end of Small La Laguna Beach just beside Sabang

On an isolated 10-hectare property, the Coco Beach Resort was the brainchild of Danish-Italian, a furniture-buyer who frequently traveled to the Philippines. He fell in love with the site. It had all the necessary ingredients for a dream resort: white beach, tropical vegetation, crystal clear water swarming with fish and fabulous corals. In 1986, Coco

Atlantis Resort stands out because of its Mediterranean architecture evoking Greek village with its gleaming white structures. It is manage by George Bender, a German national. The hotel is slightly off Sabang Beach from which it is separated by a small public path. Because of the steep terrain, the building are literally clinging to the

Isolated on one of the promontories dominating Muelle Bay, Kalaw Place brings to mind the settings of “Sleeping Beauty” as soon as you walk through its large iron gate. The are is filled with molave trees, bougainvillea, cycas, fan palms, narra trees and wild orchids, all growing over wild grass. The main house, constructed more

Perched like an eagle’s nest on the peak of a hill overlooking Varadero and Muelle Bays, Tanawin is only two km from Puerto Galera. Far from the bustle of Sabang Beach, Small La Laguna or Big La Laguna, it is ideal resort for those seeking secret and serene places. The resort is surrounded by a