Villa Juana — Hotel in Panglao

Villa Juana, Danao, Panglao Island||Pros – Wonderful large rooms with all needed amenities, felt at home with friendly and helpful staff (including owner Juana), walk out back gate to bangkas for diving, snorkling & island hopping, best prices we could find for quality of rooms, easy 5 minute scooter ride to Alona Beach and main town.||Cons – Waterfront with nice view, but not really beachfront as shore is rocky / muddy and only serves as access for boat trips. Need scooter except for a handful of small stores, restaurants & bars within 5-10 minute walking distance.||Location – In Danao just west of Alona. 30-40 minute tricycle to Tagbilaran City & Port, 15-20 minute tricycle to airport terminal, 15 minute scooter to Panglao Public Market area, 5 minute scooter (or 20-30 minute walk) to Alona Beach & Town.||Rooms – Large clean units with a/c, cable tv (many international channels), fast internet with several routers around grounds, 5 gallon drinking water & dispenser, portable closet, fridge, rice cooker, toaster, hot water pot, sink, dishes / pots / pans / silverware, small dining table. Each unit has outside gas stove for cooking. Relatively large bathrooms with hot water shower.||Facility - 4 buildings not including owner / staff residences. 1 = 2 story house (perfect for groups) with common living room & full kitchen area, and 3 large bedrooms (each bedroom has own bathroom & small kitchen / stove on patio); 1 = 4 unit building, 1 = 2-3 unit building with a 2 bedroom shared living room / kitchen unit and 1 separate unit; 1 = nipa hut unit. Common yard area with 2 hammocks near back gate to waterfront. Quiet at night except for occasional dogs barking along waterfront and occasional distant music / karaoke.||Services – Scooter rental, staff can help arrange tricycle, boat trips, trips to other Bohol tourist destinations, and similar services.||We initially reserved for 3 days to look around for best place to stay, but could not find anything nearly this nice in this price range so we ended up staying here for over 4 months. We hope to return here on our next visit to the Philippines. ...

We stayed in a separate house with 3 Large spacious and clean rooms (all Independant of each other)with a decent enough bathes with hot water. A common Kitchen area on the outside verandah with as much free drinking water as you need.|There is also a pleasant and comfortable common area inside lounge away from the bugs.|Wonderful host who brought us a cake in New Year's day and who was pleasant throughout our stay.|There is also a gate right by the verandah to the beach which is not good for swimming though.|Unfortunately the "nearby" town is a serious tourist trap by the so called "world famous" Aloha beach and grocery shopping proved expensive and mostly foodstuffs that...

We loved our stay at villa Juana. The room was spacious and clean, hot water, comfortable bed, with big frudge, drinking water provided, cutlery, stove top and dishes. Nice balcony and garden. There is a small beach just next door, not really good for sunbathing /swimming, but extremely convenient for tours and enjoying the sunset. The villa is a bit off the busy life of Alona, which makes it very quiet, but transportation is needed for most days - we rented one of their motorbikes, it was in good condition and very reasonable price. The owners are amazing hosts too. Hope we can...