Islanders Paradise Beach — Attraction in Larena

Our first choice was at Villa Alta but the local trike driver encouraged us to see Islander's Paradise Resort too. I was glad we took his advice because we instantly fell inlove with the place. Our cottage was right in front of the beach. For 950 pesos we totally enjoyed the serenity of the sea, the vastness of the sky and we got to bathe and soak in the waters as long as we liked, posed for outlandish photos, marveled at the sun setting below the horizon, wore my two-piece bikini without getting conscious because there were only 2 or 4 people in the resort (Foreign men with their Filipina partners). We were just lucky because September is not their peak season. I'm just glad we did not listen to the trike drivers in Siquijor port who tried to persuade us to book somewhere near like San Juan because Sandugan beach in Larena is quite far.

By the way, the room, the bed, the restroom were clean. We slept...

We stayed there overnight. We arrived in the evening and that was a bit difficult because the place is quite hidden. The staff were very helpful. The food was good though a bit pricey. They lend us an adapter and allowed us to leave our luggages at our place for a few hours with no extra charge. I highly recommend this place because it's...

Overall nice. Location: Calm place but also feels a bit empty and a bit far from everything like groceries Food: no restaurant available which was a bit difficult for us Cleanliness: good We only had running water for a little bit and then it kept cutting out. That was quite annoying. We also did not...