Blue Planet Panglao

Tranquil and private setting: The hotel’s small size ensures a quiet, peaceful atmosphere, far from the noise of Alona Beach.

It is far from anywhere sitting all alone, the beach being 1.5 - 2 km away. It is a motel pretending to be a resort. There is a swimming pool surrounded by motel like rooms. There is little privacy between the rooms. They do not accept credit cards, cash only something one has to be aware of. The room we had was spacious and clean and numerous cabinets, drawers and benches as well as a full kitchen, 3 burner gas hob, an oven, a microwave, a large fridge. Despite all this all the cabinets and drawers are empty. There are no cooking pots and pans, kitchen utensils, crockery or cutlery apart from 2 mugs and 2 spoons. What a waste of the space. The breakfast is virtually the same everyday, there being no buffet. The choices for breakfast are limited. They don’t know how to prepare poached eggs, I got fried eggs on 2 days despite the waitress being told I wanted poached eggs and she read it back. Likewise for dinner there is nothing if you are a vegetarian, she got “an omelette” for dinner which was apparently inedible. If you don’t like pork you are out of luck. There are no restaurants close by and if you want to go somewhere else to eat you have to call a taxi, no walking distance restaurant.

I wish I could give this place 6 stars. More impressed with this resort than I've been with a hotel in years, and I travel a lot. Brand new, incredibly spacious rooms, each with its own theme. I had the "Germany" room that even had Volkswagen branded coffee cups. Beautiful grounds, excellent service, and the food was wonderful. Worth 2-3x the price I paid. Because it's so small, everyone says hello to one another, and it's almost like staying with friends. The highlight of my 2 months travelling in the Philippines. As you can see from my history, this is not a fake review.