Bohol
A fine little beachfront hotel with eight double-level rooms, a lap-sized pool, a great little bar, a bright and breezy restaurant with a view and a…
Bohol
A fine little beachfront hotel with eight double-level rooms, a lap-sized pool, a great little bar, a bright and breezy restaurant with a view and a…
Panglao Island
Set well back from Danao Beach, this place would be a good deal even without a free motorcycle. If you don't ride, hang out at the pool all day and order…
Leyte
This family-owned lodge has simple, clean rooms in a row off the water near the centre of Pintuyan. Fan or air-con options are available, though no meals…
Cebu City
This environmentally responsible place touts its zero-carbon philosophy, doesn't use plastic and provides free drinking water – however, the structure…
Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort
Cebu
Located on remote Sumilon Island, Bluewater fringes an idyllic white-sandbar beach and its rooms have Japanese touches, such as sliding screen doors…
Mike & Diose's Aabana Beach Resort
Malapascua Island
This friendly, rambling place fringing the boat-building barangay of Pasil, at the eastern end of Bounty Beach, has a range of accommodation, from budget…
Cebu City
This biking-tour operator also has a little guesthouse, with cosy bamboo rooms (with air-con or fan, and shared or en-suite bathroom) and a six-bed dorm…
Cebu City
Brushing up against the Ayala Center, and its myriad restaurants and shops, is the ultraplush Marriott. No piped muzak or cheesy white-suited pianist…
Panglao Island
This large, recently rebranded resort hotel enjoys a stunning setting on an astonishing white-sand beach, and boasts two infinity pools and a private …
Moalboal
In a peaceful location on the tranquil southern side of Moalboal, Love Beach has an attractive bar and pool area, restaurant with excellent sea views,…
Eastern Visayas
A popular resort hotel with several pools. The rooms aren't flash, but they do have marble floors and flat-screen TVs. Has decent food (try the roast…
Thresher Cove Resort & Dive Center
Malapascua Island
On a private beach a 10-minute walk north of Bounty Beach, this well-managed operation is an excellent all-rounder. Dorms have air-con and are cleaned…
Moalboal
This resort enjoys a wonderfully secluded location on the rocky coastline just north of White Beach. The snorkelling offshore is the area's best, or just…
Cebu City
A long-running hostel with lively, helpful staff and decent dorm rooms – though bathrooms need a deep clean and better maintenance, and facilities need…
Bohol
A French– and Filipino–owned place in a superbly tranquil riverside setting. It feels very remote, though it's only 2km from Loboc town. Bamboo-and-thatch…
Malapascua Island
This full-service resort smack in the middle of Bounty Beach has some of the nicest rooms on Malapascua behind its popular beachfront restaurant. Plush…
Cebu City
This chain hotel's rates fluctuate wildly according to demand. If you get in at the low end the small but extremely functional and identical rooms (there…
Cebu City
Flying Fish has an eye-catching design that makes heavy use of upcycled and recycled materials, a mellow bar-cafe, a plunge pool and superb-value air…
Malapascua Island
This locally run hostel is well set up, with a choice of dorms (four, 10 or 14 beds) each with reading light and privacy curtain – though bunks are…
Leyte
The best place to stay in Hinunangan, with a garden facing a lovely dark-sand beach. 'Boutique' is pushing it, but rooms and suites are very spacious …
Panglao Island
If you're looking for something a little luxurious near Alona Beach but don't want to pay five-star prices, this cluster of beautifully designed stand…
Talima Beach Villas & Dive Resort
Cebu
Talima enjoys a lovely beachside location on the northwest of the island and offers a choice of rooms, some sleeping four, as well as a two-bedroom villa…
Leyte
Peter's is just off the road on a pebble beach with a great variety of rooms catering to all budgets. The dorms and budget rooms are in the main building…
Cebu
These 14 simple yet homely, overwater cottages with private balconies are perfect for those in search of tranquillity, except when the day trippers arrive…
Panglao Island
Exclusively for divers, this nipa-hut complex has a laid-back communal vibe and is perfect for scubaheads on a budget. There are only a few rooms, all…
Bohol
European-owned hostel-style place with a social atmosphere on a lovely white-sand cove beach with good snorkelling offshore. It's not exactly a party…
Eastern Visayas
This waterfront resort in Catmon, 7km south of Naval, has fine-value, very comfortable rooms, plus a great bar loaded with booze and bar games. Rooms have…
Cebu City
The celebrated Mad Monkey chain has filled a void in Cebu City – a high-volume hostel that can draw a critical mass of backpackers for fun excursions…
Moalboal
Someone behind this shoreside place has a strong sense of design, which is both contemporary and quirky by equal measure. Every structure, from the…
Malapascua Island
Very much a backpacker pad, next to the elementary school in Logon village, with an eco-cum-Rastafarian vibe, simple shared doubles and dorms, a kitchen,…
Moalboal
Quo Vadis boasts a beautiful coastal setting and has extensive gardens around a lovely pool. Staff are sweet, the dive shop is excellent and the…
Moalboal
Three kilometres south of Panagsama Beach, this well-managed oceanfront dive resort has 16 traditional bungalows, eight of them suitable for families, set…
Panglao Island
A fine place with eight very smart, well-furnished air-con rooms that enjoy pool views from their balconies and have satellite TV and hip en-suite…
Eastern Visayas
A dated resort hotel 5km east of Esperanza, Flying Fish is perched above a remote rocky beach, with some cottages enjoying fine sea views. Unfortunately…
Panglao Island
The name is not a misnomer at this mellow resort, with well-appointed thatched cottages set around a central pool and garden behind the busy beating heart…
Moalboal
This hostel's location on the noisy main drag is not great, but step inside and you'll find airy mixed and women's dorms and a couple of semi-private…
Moalboal
Chief Mau is a sociable hostel that stops short of being a party hostel – perfect for flashpackers, yet priced for backpackers. Dorms are all en suite…
Malapascua Island
Located on the quiet east end of Bounty Beach, Exotic is a tale of two resorts. The main complex is a self-contained dive resort with some of Malapascua's…
Moalboal
There's a lot to like about Moalboal's most happening hostel, from the soaring airplane-hangar-like dorm rooms (in four- to 12-bed configurations) to the…
Cebu City
Cebu's original hostel has three decent, six-bed, air-con dorms (including a female-only option) and a few tidy en-suite private rooms. Hot showers are…