Cebu City
The lime-green colour scheme is a tad garish but rooms (there are four price categories) are well presented and kitted out with desks and flat-screen TVs…
Must-see hotels in Philippines
Panay
There's a warm familial vibe at this native-style inn set on the edge of a rice paddy. Rooms are basic and the restaurant serves excellent food. You can…
Baguio
This snazzy spot near SM Mall has tastefully austere rooms with inviting beds, polished wooden floors and colourful prints. The suites, with king-sized…
Bohol
Tr3ats is a fine-value hostel with small but tastefully adorned and blissfully air-conditioned five-bed dorm rooms (one female-only) and a few snazzy…
Davao
Essentially, a boutique homestay on a quiet residential street attached to a pleasant cafe. Three stylish rooms (Rosemary is the nicest) with a black-and…
Bohol
It's nothing fancy but this is probably the best accommodation in Talibon. Tiled rooms have cable TV and are kept clean and tidy. It's located on the main…
Western Visayas
Overlooking a beautiful beach, this expat-owned resort has simply furnished motel-style rooms, a small pool and a restaurant serving a good mix of…
Davao
A centrally located large high-rise with a wide range of accommodation options, including good-value dorm rooms – many have flat-screen TVs and all have…
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…
Baguio
Though modest in their furnishings, these rooms are brand new and in a couldn't-be-more-central-if-you-tried location. Perks include power showers and…
Boracay
Beautifully situated on quiet Diniwid Beach, and one of the best value places, Beach House's rooms are stylish and clean. Beachfront rooms are worth the…
Panay
These three two-floor nipas sleep six and are in an atmospheric spot facing the last cascade of the falls. Bring your food and definitely bargain…
Western Visayas
Upscale urban accommodation for Odiongan, this bright-yellow hotel and restaurant offers clean rooms with flat-screens and small balconies 50m from the…
Boracay
Tans has a wide variety of rooms, of all styles and quality, spread over a couple of locations. Best considered by groups for the large rooms with…
Boracay
Nicely appointed deluxe rooms with an inviting contemporary-meets-local design and great views define this dive-centric hotel. It offers walk-in discounts.
Eastern Visayas
In Poro Town, this somewhat uninviting family-run place in a rustic wooden house is a possible shoestringer base with simple fan rooms or air-con options.
Northern Mindanao
Centrally located with comfortable if cramped rooms. Has a shiny, slightly kitschy lobby and no elevator – so best to request a lower-floor room.
Around Manila
It's no mansion, but Herbie's offers family-friendly, decent-priced, no-frills rooms in the heart of the Waterfront. Good value for the location.
Dumaguete
Outpost of nationwide chain with clean and simple rooms. A good budget choice for travellers in transit, if style and character aren't important.
Leyte
The garishly painted new place has a selection of rooms, including family-sized units, all with cable TV and air-con. It's 1km west of the port.
Boracay
Spacious beachfront concrete cottages with private porches, friendly and helpful staff and an excellent restaurant run by an enthusiastic chef.
Southeast Luzon
Puraran Surf offers cute, basic cottages, plus fan rooms with shared bathroom and several air-con rooms in the sea-facing main building.
Coron Town
On the main road near the centre, Marley's is susceptible to street noise, but its arty kitchen and common areas are the best in town.
Northern Mindanao
Nondescript, simply furnished rooms a short walk from the main pier. Professionally managed with a convenience store at street level.
Davao
If you want some breathing room, try this sprawling complex with gardens and a small private beach, 8km northeast of the city centre.
Eastern Visayas
A delightfully friendly if basic place on Kawit Town's white-sand beach. Rooms are kept tidy though electricity cuts out at midnight.
Davao
This gleaming multistorey hotel has a large lobby and a nice cafe. F Torres St restaurants are within walking distance.
Bohol
Simple, pretty clean hotel with air-con rooms and affordable rates. It's around 600m from the port.
Northern Mindanao
A large complex with standard-issue rooms and spacious grounds with an attractive pool area.
Bohol
If you're marooned, this basic place in Ubay is worth a try and about 400m from the pier.
Davao
Large convention-style hotel in the centre of old downtown, with a nice restaurant.
Manila
With decor influenced by yin-yang balance and harmony, this stylish concept hotel is decked out in black and white throughout. The snazzy apartments have…
Manila
An elegant choice that’s also convenient to Malate. The lobby and bar are in a 1930s art-deco mansion – one of Manila’s finest pre-war architectural…
Manila
Yes it's cookie-cutter formulaic, but the exceedingly bright, clean rooms and gleaming lobby work perfectly if you're looking for a budget oasis near the…
Manila
The rates here fluctuate wildly according to demand. Get in at the low end and the small but extremely functional and identical rooms are a great deal…
Mindoro
Navigate a web of back roads south of town and you'll arrive at this rambling complex hidden among coconut palms on a dark-sand beach. There's a…
Dumaguete
This long-running high-rise hostel has seen better days, but luckily you can escape the dysfunctional rooms and grouchy staff by heading up to the the…
Crystal Paradise Resort Spa & Winery
Palawan
Rooms at this ambitious seafront resort range from motel-style rooms with so-called native art to villas with their own infinity plunge pools. It's not…
Malapascua Island
For budget digs in the village this long-running place is worth considering (though it is looking weary these days and street noise is an issue). On the…
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