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Ca-alan Beach, El Nido, 5313 Palawan, Philippines
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Really enjoyed our stay, the location and the view were incredible. The rooms were very basic, nice, maybe a little dark. The service could have been a lot better. The reception was very lackluster and stingy with details. When inquiring about booking tours with them they just referred me to a printed out poster with an overview and were unwilling to elaborate further. The tricycle shuttle to town is nice in theory, but it only goes at certain hours making it fairly useless. It’s active in the morning between 8-10am, which is too early if you want a relaxed morning, but too late if you have booked diving or another activity. It only goes again later in the evening. The breakfast was also a little sad with instant coffee and dry toast. We were also told breakfast would be between 7-10. However when I showed up at 9:40 they told me that the last order is at 9:30 and only reluctantly accepted my order. Overall the location and scenery is gorgeous, and we really did have an amazing time!
we had a really nice stay here! It’s just a 15 minute walk to El Nido town. The cottages are really cute. Just be careful to choose a room with AC, some of them don’t have a unit. Ours did and it worked well. Breakfast was amazing! Really delicious, and you have a great view of the beach while you eat. Staff was really nice. One thing to note when getting there - we were on motorcycle and Google maps took us down a very tricky dirt road/hill, not for the faint of heart. We found out after that there’s a small paved road along the beach that is much better. If you take a car/van, you cannot get there. You’ll have to be dropped off near town and walk 15 minutes. They also have a really convenient tricycle shuttle service that’ll pick up and drop off from town, and it’s free, you just have to let them know.
Beautiful location and greatly welcoming staff. Breakfast consists of American or Filipino options , both were great . Beach front rooms are a great option. Local services such as bike rental , tours , taxi and laundry are available onsite . Would definitely return .
Stunning location. Had the room with the view and my work its amazing. Room and hotel looked far better than I thought. Overall basic service could have been better. Cleaners did a poor job, and restaurant made basic mistakes such as getting our order wrong. Also the shower water is quite salty and there's some blackouts which is common for el nido.
We enjoyed our accommodation until we found out that our money was stolen from our wallet in a locked room. One day we were planning to go into town and found out our friend was missing $200 and about 4000 pesos. We thought it had happened at a previous accommodation and thought we would go into town the next day to change the money. We prepared $300. The next day again $100 was missing. The hotel said they didn't steal anything.