Puerto Galera
If privacy is your goal, look no further than this classy hilltop place on a private cove between PG town and Sabang. The 10 old-style rooms, with capiz…
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Boracay
The ground-floor garden and upper-floor sea-view rooms here are good (value is debatable in high season, while low-season rates are deals), but are…
Around Manila
The Oasis Boutique Hotel is integrated into the GK Enchanted Farm community in Bulacan, a 1½-hour drive north of Metro Manila. It's a pleasant retreat…
Siquijor
A quiet spot in a landscaped garden with stand-alone cottages (some have kitchenette) and no-frills rooms in a small concrete building. There's no real…
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…
Bicol
Gota Village is the sprawling seafront resort at Gota Beach, about 5km from Caramoan town (P120 and 20 minutes by tricycle). These 50 wooden chalet-style…
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…
Manila
Junction is an 111-bed poshtel with a distinctively urban feel. There are murals on the walls, industrial fixtures and boutique dorm rooms in a mix of…
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…
Boracay
Old-timey Boracay feel with blue tin roofs and bamboo set in a leafy, secluded garden at the end of a narrow alleyway off White Beach. Air-con rooms have…
JJ's Backpackers Village & Cafe
Siquijor
JJ's has been a fixture in Solangon since long before the area became a backpacker mecca. Occupying 100% prime beachfront, it has expanded in recent years…
Coron Town
Most rooms here are set on a pier over the water, well-removed from Coron's notorious noise, making this the pick of the budget hotels. The bamboo-lined…
Manila
Well removed from the busier parts of Makati, Guijo Suites is good value in a quiet location. Rooms are not fancy but are smart, with light-wood panelling…
Bicol
Villa Angelina is an ageing ancestral home in a central but quiet location a couple of blocks south of Albay's main street. Second-floor rooms are reached…
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…
Around Manila
The refurbished resort near Ligaya has well-appointed air-con rooms and cute thatched cottages facing the water. The restaurant and common area, under a…
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,…
North Luzon
The fanciest resort along Saud Beach, this is a Spanish-style confection with grand staircases, bright colours, stained-glass windows and Mediterranean…
Around Manila
Right on the river in town, 150m west of the bridge, friendly, family-run La Vista has five clean air-con doubles and loungey common areas, and is the…
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…
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…
Southeast Luzon
This well-maintained, character-filled ancestral house, with lattice breezeways, has nine simple but clean en suite rooms that represent the best budget…
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…
Coron Town
This hidden place is like a wealthy uncle's living room converted into a spacious en-suite dorm room. Just seven single beds, each with its own nightstand…
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…
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…
Coron Town
Set back from the main drag just east of the center, this hostel has an appealing contemporary feel born of brushed concrete, soaring bunk beds with…
Bicol
The 'boutique' tag may be stretching things but this central, modern hotel has clean and compact rooms decked out in classic creams and browns, and the…
Panay
This resort on Inampulugan, a large island 30 minutes off the southeast coast, is a good place to play Robinson Crusoe – in style. The 68 bamboo and nipa…
Boracay
A lively bar (open to 11pm) peddling cheap cocktails and teeming with young backpackers makes long-running Frendz the party people's choice. Dedicated…
North Luzon
The petrol station in the parking lot isn’t exactly in keeping with the ‘Balinese-Moroccan’ theme, but the spacious rooms are decorated in warm ochres and…
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…
Puerto Galera
The two eight-bed 'capsule' dorms – one male and one female – are the highlight here. They feature posh, double-wide capsules complete with personal…
Bohol
The only upmarket place in Loboc, this lodge about 1km south of town has a totally sublime riverside setting, good restaurant and a stunning 20m pool by…
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