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Jony’s Beach Resort is not only a family-run, easygoing hotel ideal for families, but offers ‘Al Fresco’ dining under palm trees - choose between Filipino, Mexican or international menus - and its famous fruit-shakes, which are blended to perfection since more than 20 years.

Staying at Jony’s Beach Resort is an unforgettable experience of beach holidays at a perfect tropical beach with true Filipino hospitality and accommodations, which ensures privacy.

Jony’s Bar and Restaurant – Perched right in front of the beach, offers a casual and relaxed atmosphere where one can enjoy the sumptuous delights to please even the most discriminate palate.

Jony’s Restaurant offers Al Fresco dining under tropical palm trees. Choose between native and international cuisine including the Especialidades de la Casa, known to be the ultimate Mexican food of its natives. One may also indulge in the panoramic view of the seaside while savoring the aroma and taste of their delectable seafood specialty, “The Fisherman’s Basket.”

Chill-out with friends at our beach luau set-up where one can watch the sunset while having a sip of frozen margarita while listening to the relaxing music that CHILLOUT@JONY’S is best for. One can get a thrill of 2 drinks for the price of one or get spoiled in the PhP 250 worth Drink Beer As Much As You Can promo for 2 hours within the bar’s happy hour from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

- Flight Booking and reconfirmation             - Baby sitting
- Airport pick-up and transfers                 - Baby cribs
- Safety deposit box at the front desk          - All major cards accepted
- Island Activities information                 -  Laundry and pressing service
- 24 Hour standby generator                     - Internet access
- Massage and beauty services arrangement       - Room Service

Contact Information:

Telephone: +63-32-254-9665
+63-32-412-7321
Fax: +63-32-412-7321

Are you a Filipino based abroad and longing to revisit your home country but you have no place to stay? Or are you a foreigner planning to spend your vacation on the island of Bohol in the Philippines? Well, you have come to the right place. Discover this newly built Villa Tarcela Resort that will bring you to a spectacular getaway experience that you will never forget.

 

This nicely designed Villa Tarcela Resort is a small but cozy place to stay and spend the most wonderful holiday you ever had. It is beautifully nestled between the sea waterfront and the gentle rapids of the fresh water river that flows right into the ocean. It has a nice beach and aquamarine clear water that will invite you to go swimming or even just enjoy a terrific day by the shore. Villa Tarcela is also ideal and affordable for anyone who wants to spend a family vacation or a holiday with relatives and friends. It can even be made into an exclusive group reunion for a special occasion. All nine guestrooms have been designed by a creative, artistic Boholana who is distinguished by her interior design profession.

There are five well crafted and beautifully designed rooms with a breathtaking view of the ocean. From its terrace, you can see the scenic island of the Mindanao Sea. On a clear day, an exquisite panoramic view of Mt. Hibochiboc can be seen in the silhouettes of the Camiguin islands. At night, you can enjoy watching the fishermen’s luminous bobbling lamps on their boats trying to attract and catch fish near the shore. The other four rooms are also well decorated with marvelous views of the palm trees, the pleasingly beautiful Pangatan river and the vast rice fields of Tangohay. These rooms have air conditioning, mini bars, telephones and televisions that can be hooked up to a DVD. All rooms also have hot/cold showers. Villa Tarcela Resort also offers diving equipment for those who are interested in diving to see the many exotic species of fish in the clear and sparkling water and be able to enjoy the fascinating protected coral reefs. A splendid native restaurant beside the pool offers authentic local and international cuisine for dining. While enjoying your meal, you can see a spectacular view of the ocean during day or at night. There guests can also freely interact with the local people who are friendly, hospitable and can make your stay a cultural adventure. There hotel’s staff are trained to assist in all your needs in a pleasant and personable manner so you will have a safe and comfortable stay.

Accommodation & Amenities:

Scandinavian Rooms
Japanese Rooms
Hawaiian Rooms
British Rooms
Deluxe Single Rooms
Deluxe Double Rooms
Standard Rooms

AC Rooms
Hot and cold shower
Swimming pool
A sea view Open Bar and Restaurant
Mini bar
Telephone that features: Front desk assistance, Housekeeping needs or even a call for breakfast in bed
Internet Connection
Cable TV
DVD player upon request
Laundry Services
On-call Spa services: foot spa, body massage and Pedicure/Manicure. This services can be requested for a private experience right in to your room
Free pick-up from Tagbilaran City
Souvenir Shop
Tour Assistance

Contact Information:

Valencia, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines
Telephone numbers:
0063 (0) 38 5320182
0063 (0) 9212824794
E-mail: villatarcela@yahoo.com

We are all aware that travelers is everywhere! Whether who you are or where you came from you could be a traveler. There’s no such requirements to be considered as a certified traveler. What matters most is you happened to explore the other places around the globe and experience all the beautiful scenery that you have been to. One great fact about traveling is you will experience the life, cultures, practices and enjoy the unending scenery of the places that you have been. It was one of the great fact that you will achieve if you happened to got a chance to travel anywhere on the earth. Aside from that, traveling helps you become an informed person pertaining to the specific country or places you had been.

Anyhow, as of this present age, travelers are becoming more rampant to the extent that they all want to explore the world if its possible. In fact, even if they are just in a business trip they don’t let the chance to passed without visiting and roaming around the place where their business trips is happening. Due to that, I therefore highly recommend the Karisma Hotel if you wanted to be at Cancun, Mexico ’cause they got the best and quality services, Aside from that,  they had a great package on all inclusive mexico for all their customers! Means, you’ll be able to explore in this package the beautiful and amazing place of Mexico. No need to worry where to stay ’cause it s included in the package already. Amazing isn’t it? So, pay a visit now to Cancun, Mexico as it has the greatest scenery that you can only found in this place. A place to venture an d enjoy together all those people you care! Enjoy you vacation everyone! Have a safe stay and God bless!…c”,)

Experience sincerity at its finest by staying at GRAND MEN SENG HOTEL. Whether you stay with them in one of their clean and spacious guest rooms; dine with them at their buffet; or have your events with us in one of our function rooms, rest assured that you will receive first class quality and service at a reasonable price.

GRAND MEN SENG HOTEL is conveniently located in downtown Davao City. We are only less than 30 minutes drive from the airport. We offer complimentary airport shuttle. Also, we are less than 5-10 minutes walk from Rizal Park, Davao City Hall, San Pedro Cathedral, Legislative Hall, business offices and shopping malls.

Wi-Fi at GMSHGRAND MEN SENG HOTEL is Internet Ready
GRAND MEN SENG HOTEL is excited to offer high-speed Internet in our guest rooms. Our lobby and function rooms are also Wi-Fi ready. Be more productive while away from your office. Keep in touch with friends and family.

Room & Suites:

Our 70 Deluxe rooms and Suites are spacious and well-appointed, specially designed for your comfort and convenience.
Each spacious room is equipped with:

* Cable TV
* National direct dial and International direct dial telephone
* Air conditioner unit
* Refrigerator with mini-bar

The en suite bathroom is also equipped with a telephone extension. Hot and cold shower is a standard in our hotel.
For all our valued guests, we provide the following services:

* Wireless Internet access at the Grand Ballroom, selected function rooms, Le Grandeur Café, and the lobby.
* 24 hours room service from our excellent staffs.
* Massage service by experienced blind masseuse.
* Free airport shuttle to and from the hotel.
* Airline ticket reconfirmation
* Mailing
* Safety deposit boxes
* Doctors on call
* Photo development services
* Tour & Sightseeing reservations
* Shoe shine service.

Tariffs*
Single Deluxe     P3,000
Double Deluxe     P3,700
Triple Deluxe     P4,800
Suite Room     P7,000
Extra Person with buffet breakfast     P600
Extra Person without buffet breakfast     P400

Contact Information:

GRAND MEN SENG HOTEL
Magallanes-Anda Streets
8000 Davao City, Philippines
T: (63-82) 221-9040
F: (63-82) 221-2431
E: sales@grandmenseng.com

True to its name, Mergrande (mer French, n. ocean; grande Spanish, adj. great) boasts of the grandeur of the ocean enhancing nature’s beauty with uncomplicated landscaping and architecture. One doesn’t have to look too far outside Davao City to find the perfect family and business weekend getaway.

Just in the southern tip of the city, nestled in a 8.8 hectares beachfront property in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District is the picturesque Mergrande Ocean Resort. Only a twenty-five minute drive from downtown Davao, it is so near to the center of business and commerce that one doesn’t have to miss a step in one’s business and daily errands while enjoying the luxury of resort living.

Come visit Mergrande Ocean Resort and enjoy the pleasures of quality family time and impressive business functions.

Within the resort, complete facilities are readily available to suit the demands of every individual. For a perfect family beach day-out, Mergrande offers facilities to occupy the time of guests. Let children enjoy in the big and fantastic playground, or build sandcastles along the beach. For the youth and adults, enjoy a game of golf in the 18-hole mini-golf course or place bets in a few rounds of billiards or darts.

For more interactive family activities, there are the basketball and tennis courts for sports or splash around the grand pool or laze out with a little fishing at the Fishing Village . To extend for the weekend, the resort has family cottages and dormitory accommodations for overnight stay. There are also the conference hall, restaurant and pool garden for group functions and catered party celebrations.

Contact Information:

Bago Aplaya,
Talomo District
Davao City
Tel No.: (082) 2984100
Fax No.: (082) 2984101

A Tranquil Paradise. A Haven for Solitude.
Isla Hayahay Beach Resort & Restaurant is your idyllic sanctuary, situated in Pangangan Island, one of the offshore islands of Bohol, Philippines — known for pristine white sand beaches.

A Spot for Eco-Adventure.
Pangangan Island, a marine sanctuary, offers fantastic snorkelling and diving sites to view its diverse marine life — from coral gardens to caves, plunging undersea walls to coral seamounts.

 

At Isla Hayahay, offer their guests the opportunity to relax and unwind in an authentic setting of a local fishing community. Here, we try our best to provide you with the comforts of home.

Each of our 8 duplex rooms is equipped with:
• Air-conditioning
• Double or twin beds
• Private toilet and bathroom with hot & cold shower
• Private terrace/patio
• Satellite TV Isla Hayahay Rooms
For our staying guests, we provide a free complimentary range of tea & coffee, along with purified drinking water, available on the ground floor area of the restaurant, 24 hours a day!

Getting there:

Via Cebu City:
• 50 minutes flight on PAL, Cebu Pacific or Air Philippines
• 30 minutes by car / taxi from Mactan Airport to Cebu Port (Pier 1 or 3)
• 2 hours ferry boat ride from Cebu to Tubigon
• 45 minutes by car from Tubigon to the resort

Via Tagbilaran City:
• 70 minutes flight on PAL, Air Philippines or Cebu Pacific
• 1 hour by car from Tagbilaran City to the resort

Note: Transfer from Tagbilaran City airport and Tubigon port can be arranged by the resort.

Contact Information:

Brgy. Lomboy, Pangangan Island, Calape, Bohol
Tel. No. +639274965421 | +639194884594 | Fax: +630385079001
Email: islahayahay@merseymail.com

Kabayan started by building two small fan cottages and a pavilion. Not long after, demand for more cottages grew not only from private individuals but from corporate clients as well. Now, Kabayan Beach Resort boasts of 24 well-appointed air-conditioned cottages and a multi-purpose hall for social and corporate requirements such as parties, weddings, seminars, and the like.

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Kabayan Beach Resort is a pioneer in many ways. They were the very first resort built along the white sand beach of Laiya, San Juan Batangas. When others followed and built fan cottages as well, Kabayan upgraded their cottages and built air-conditioned ones. Soon after, others followed suit. Still, Kabayan managed to come up with services and amenities that are uniquely theirs —a few of which are: KTV rooms, a television set with cable service at the pavilion and in all of the cottages, a chapel with anticipated mass every Saturday, dormitories and a multi-purpose hall for seminars, a beach side bar, and a swimming pool for adults and children. Needless to say, Kabayan Beach Resort constantly strives to establish better standards of products and service—all for the continued satisfaction of their guests.

Kabayan Beach Resort takes pride in the amenities/ activities they have made available for guests’ pleasure and enjoyment. One will always find an activity suited to one’s personal style— whether slow and quiet, or action-packed—because Kabayan caters to the varied interests of its guests.

* Beach Volleyball
* Kayak
* Cove Hopping
* Snorkelling
* Hiking/Trekking
* Massage
* Billiards
* Lifeguards
* Playground

Kabayan provides various facilities to cater to our clienteles’ needs.

* Swimming Pool
* Chapel
* Multi-Purpose Hall
* Gardens
* Souvenir Shop and Convenience Store
* Fastfood
* El Kapitan Bar
* Aviary
* Pawikans
* Parking

Contact Information:

KABAYAN BEACH RESORT
Bgy. Laiya Aplaya, San Juan, Batangas

Office Hours:
Weekdays: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
Weekends: 8:00AM - 5:00PM (Cell phone only)

Manila: +63 (2) 709-1470
+63 (2) 709-0115
Mobile: +63 (917) 6279357
: +63 (917) 8963312
Email : kabayanbeachresort@yahoo.com

Come and stay in one of the four secluded and comfortable Lumbungs (traditional native Balinese rice barns with a Filipino touch) where we make the most of outdoor living. Ideal for a family vacations, but also for honeymooners or for people that just want to relax in a quiet, private, lush tropical paradise. Your hosts have fifteen years experience in the luxury hospitality business to offer. Treat yourself to an Alumbung villa, or cottage where luxury is affordable and have a memorable holiday away from the hustle of the cities.

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They are located in Barangay Danao, Alona beach, in a lush tropical garden setting only 5 minutes walk from the sea and 2 minutes ride from the famous Alona beach in the island of Panglao, Island Bohol.

 The Tropical villas’ upper floor brings you a spacious tropical room and the ground floor perfect for lounging around or preparing a meal in our fully furnished kitchens. These 60sqm native-modern houses are all tiled at the ground floor, while the first floor has mahogany. Sleeping is done upstairs in an ultra rustic bedroom under the steep soaring arch of the lumbung roof, while the ground floor is reserved for the kitchen, bathroom and lanai where you can take a rest in your own native hammock. Our bedrooms have two double beds and a fan. The kitchen has a refrigerator, 2 burner electric stove, and all the essentials for you to prepare a meal.

The Lumbung cottage was inspired by the same concept and has it’s bedroom upstairs with an outdoors living area and bathroom downstairs. This cottage is ideal for honeymooners, a romantic weekend getaway or a single traveler wanting to indulge in very comfortable accommodation. High-Speed wireless internet is available throughout the property for our guests at a small fee.

Relax and enjoy living in a different pace of life. Or ask us what you would like to do and we can help you. Here at Alumbung we aim to take the best care of you and make your holiday on this beautiful island of Panglao a memorable one. Perfect for a week-end retreat or a few weeks diving or exploring the island, our houses have been inspired by our many trips throughout Asia.

Contact Information:

Panglao Island, Alona Beach, Bohol
Tel. +63 38 502 5528
Mobile +63 927 443 1769
Email: info@alumbungbohol.com

The Blue Mango Inn Boracay is a friendly family owned business, and Boracay’s newest resort that opened on September, 1, 2005. Formerly the Jazzed Up Café, the Inn is located in the heart of Angol Point, just a 3 minute walk from boat station 3.

 

Blue Mango Inn Boracay fronts Boracay’s famous White Beach. The Inn has four luxurious rooms on the second floor, complete with air-conditioning, hot and cold water, cable TV and wireless internet connection. Guests also get free breakfast and bottled water for your day at the beach. Blue Mango Inn Boracay is equipped with a stand by 24 hour generator that can provide power to the entire resort.

The Inn is equipped with a stand by 24 hour generator that can provide power to the entire resort. We also have a bar and restaurant where great food at reasonable prices are our specialty. Many of our dishes incorporate Mango in the ingredients, this is because Philippine Mangoes and known to be the sweetest in the world.

The Blue Mango Inn cuisine is a fusion of different cultural flavors, Our Specialtys include Chicken curry, caesar salads, Double Mozerella cheese burgers and our famous Sizzling Shrimp Gambas. We also have the best Angus steaks on the island served with mash potatoes, salad and a glass of wine.

Contact Information:

Sitio Angol, Barangay Manoc Manoc Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, Philippines Telephone (63 36) 288 5170 Fax (63 36) 288 5972

Casa Santa Barbara is a fully furnished Spanish style villa that sits on a 6000 square meters of property.  It features 100 meters of private ocean frontage. Secluded and quiet, the nearest neighbor is 200 meters away and yet is only 12 minutes away from Tagbilaran City and 15 minutes away from popular Alona Beach.

It is an ideal venue for events such as weddings, family reunions, corporate retreats, church gatherings, or just an old fashioned vacation!

Other Features

· 100 square meter living room with 20? ceiling
· Stainless Steel Industrial style kitchen
· Partially air conditioned
· Satellite TV
· Motorbike/car rental
· Maid service available
· Free airport/pier transfers

Accomodation
4 bedrooms (airconditioned)
5 bathrooms
Home Theater
ViewDeck
2 Kitchens

Rates
Nightly $120 up to 7 persons. $10 per head per additional person

* rates include unlimited electricity/water/lpg use
* to reserve, 50% deposit with balance due 30 days prior to check-in

Extra Services
10 passener airconditioned minivan $63/day
Single trip to city/beach $17(2 hours standby)
Motor Bike Rental $11 per 24 hours
Cook $11 daily
Day tours (email for rates)
SCUBA tours (for coordination)

Contact Information :

info@panglaobeachvilla.com
Mobile No : +63 917 696 2310
US Contact No : +1 805 415 3094

 

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