Country Info
- Manila
- Capital
- Philippine Peso (PHP)
- Currency
- 82,841,518
- Population
- PH
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Philippines
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Lorenzo South Beach Resort Boracay
4 reviews -
Blue Crystal Beach Resort Puerto Galera
25 reviews -
Boracay Beach Club
237 reviews
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Villa Paula Beach House Boracay
6 reviews
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Trafalgar Cottages Boracay
9 reviews
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Citystate Tower Hotel Manila
48 reviews -
Northview Hotel Laoag
11 reviews
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Boracay Courtyard Beach Resort
63 reviews
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Tubod Flowing Waters Resort Cebu
16 reviews -
Sulo Hotel Manila
7 reviews
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Bohol Beach Club Panglao
252 reviews
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Pearl Garden Hotel Manila
159 reviews
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The Garden Heights Condotel Quezon City
18 reviews
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Metro Park Hotel Cebu City
26 reviews
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CSB Hotel International Conference Center Manila
12 reviews
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Asturias Hotel Puerto Princesa
35 reviews
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Townhouse Hotel / Hostel Manila
49 reviews
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Copa Businessman's Hotel Makati
11 reviews
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Leisure Coast Resort Dagupan
18 reviews
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Hotel Isla Boracay-South
33 reviews
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Asya Boracay
77 reviews
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GIC Tourist Inn Makati
3 reviews
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Red Coconut Beach Hotel Boracay
166 reviews
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Makati International Inn
15 reviews
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Panglao Island Nature Resort Bohol
150 reviews
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Erus Hotel & Restaurant Boracay
73 reviews
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Turtle Inn Resort Boracay
147 reviews
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Tambuli Beach Club West Hotel Cebu
22 reviews -
Waling Waling Beach Hotel Boracay
87 reviews
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Grand Men Seng Hotel Davao
13 reviews
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Century Plaza Hotel Cebu City
6 reviews
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Dona Crispina Resort And Hotel Philippines
1 review -
Carm Rob Inn Puerto Galera
1 review
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Liberty Park Pension Puerto Princesa
21 reviews
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Via Bohol Tourist Inn
4 reviews
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Fat Jimmy's Resort Boracay
19 reviews
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Ambassador in Paradise Resort Boracay
138 reviews
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Benguet Prime Hotel Baguio
22 reviews
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Bloomfield Hotel Baguio
83 reviews
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Mount Crest Hotel Baguio
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Travel Blogs from Philippines
Trekking Up The Worlds Smallest Volcano
... board the flight until he paid the money. Somehow, I managed to excuse myself and got into the car. From my observation, daylight in Philippines starts around 5 am and the sun sets again at 5 pm. Quite early compared to Malaysia. By 5 am, the traffic ...
Charlotte's Birthday
... to watch the end of Hannibal which is so fucking turd when you sit it next to SOTL. Charlotte had a nice day, perhaps the night wasn't what she hoped for but I had prepped her for the potential of a not so crazy night. Thanks alot Philippines ...
Goodbye Helldivers
The staff here had been pressing us about a check out time. We assumed that this was because they are wanting to get the next lot of people in. Well you're nice people but you can fuck right off, we are leaving the room at one second before 12pm. In ...
A short stop off in Baguio
Our trip to Baguio was aboard a very luxurious coach with extra wide comfy seats and even wifi. We actually booked our accommodation online whilst on the bus! The five hour journey flew by due to the good company (Ashley & Anna), great scenery ...
The Remaining Days
Hi Everyone, My last few days in Tacloban have been absolutely packed finishing up every project I have started over the past 5 months and saying my goodbyes to everyone I have met, which has been by far the worst part of my trip. I woke up Sunday ...
Rest days
It has been 11 weeks since I set off from the uk and perhaps time to re charge my batteries, I am spending the next 5 days here in Manila and will sort out my washing ( getting short on clean undies ) amongst other things!! When I first visited Manila it ...
Stairway to heaven
... we were on a mountain pass heading through the Banue Rice Terraces region. They are the only UN protected heritage site in the Philippines. The pictures don't do them justice! We didn't get much sleep after that as the bus winded its way through the hair ...
Catch-up blog #2: Flight to Cebu
... In-Community Orientation', before we would be moving in to our various host homes scattered around Cebu! First impressions of the Philippines (or what I have seen of it) is the massive disparities of wealth. The spanish influence has left sprawling ...
Let the journey begin...
Well hello all from Manila! Glad to report i arrived here safe and sound on Thursday after a couple of days of travel. I stayed for the first few nights with my friend Hanne, who has a lovely apartment in one of the nicer areas of the city. Which has ...
Lezo, Aklan
... a few stores. However almost every second house has a store in front. This is something that seems pretty normal in the Philippines. Houses will have a little booth in front by the gate, or if the house is close enough to the road, there ...
Welcome to the Philippines
... less nice thing we have noticed in Manila, is that are many older Western men with young Filipino women. Manila, and the Philippines in general are big prostitution hotspots as over 70% of visitors to the country are single men, who come with only 1 ...
The Longest Day in Many Ways
... We began the day at 4 am, waking up in our hotel room in Cebu City which is one of the largest cities in the Philippines. After grabbing a quick breakfast we took a 2 hour ferry ride to Tagbilaran City in Bohol, a beautiful nearby island. Upon ...
It's time to whale! The sharks had gone
After our visit to Malapascua Island we headed east, to the island of Leyte and the town of Padre Burgos. The trip to our next destinations took much longer than we expected, we had hoped to do it in 10 hours, however we got stuck half way when we ...
Ferrytales
Matka alkoi viiden tunnin lossi ylityksella caticlanista roxasiin. Siita sitten minivanilla nelja tuntia suuntana pohjoinen. pari tuntii oltiin ajeltu kun tajusin etta kaverilla joka istu mun takana on kukko kyydissa laatikossa. Voitte varmasti tai ehka ...
Arrival in Manila - trip 2
As expected our line through imigration was amazingly packed. We stood so long, our ride actually gave up and went and parked his card. Finally we got through the mass inflow, grabbed our bags and Roy drove us back to the Flats in ...
Saving Rain
Hello Everyone, In case you guys were wondering, we did make it safely back from our lovely vacation. We were able to take a bus and then a van straight back to Tacloban. Just so you guys can get an idea of the expense difference here, I ...
Adventure in Vulcanology
... !! Oh that is just too awful to print... so I´m going to anyway. -------------------------------- As with all trips in the Philippines we got up early, later than most, but early for a Saturday still. Yet another kind and generous soul, a ...
A boat trip to El-nido
Having roughed it out on the road to sabang i met some other travellers who were weary of the road and were willing to share a small boat and take the seven hour journey to El-Nido from sabang, the journey was great but at times quite scary being so far ...
My first Island
What a nice to way to enter my first island to be met by a friendly face after having fought of the bagage handlers.... I manage to get a decent room at the tip top hotel, pretty reasonable and clean. going for a bar-b- que, tomorrow with rose's family ...
Premier jour Manille - First day in Manila
Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Nous sommes en plein party ici. Nous avons passe la journee dans une procession pour St-nino. C'etait genial. Cette evenement se produit une fois par annee donc quel chance! Nous avons rencontré plein de ...
Butiki
... inseparable piece of this wonderful place I call home. Like the iconic Jeepney and the Bahay Kubo, the Butiki is a symbol of the Philippines and an integral part and parcel of every day life. It is a general believe that they bring good fortune to their ...
Baguio vs. Manila
... occupation to serve as a place of relaxation for the American settlers who needed a break from the hot tropical weather of the Philippines. The city is littered with sunflowers and pine trees and a host of other flora and fauna. The air is fresh and ...
Not so Thriller in Manila
C - Holy crap! I have never seen so many guns in all my born days. There were the security guards at all the hotels, with reflective gear and rifles, there were the guys in camos at the train stations with the police dogs (OK, not guns, but ...
Turkey Day 2009!
We're celebrating Thanksgiving here in the office. Though we're here in the Philippines, we're still mindful of the holidays celebrated by our American counterparts. This week our company is hosting a Turkey-Making competition. What's the catch? The ...
The Celebration of Saint Rafeal
... a celebration of the patron Saint, San Rafeal. During Fiesta Bliss is filled with people from many cities across the Philippines, drinking, eating, and being merry. Friends and families gather together to honor and give thanks to the patron Saint. ...
Adorable Children
Hellooo, The orphanage was really good today. I ended up going from 8 to 2 I just couldn't leave the kids. I love playing and cuddling each of them. Today the house mothers were pretty much out of the room the whole morning (I'm not ...
swimming with the Whale Sharks
I had read months before our trip that we could swim with huge docile whale sharks in a place called Donsol in south Luzon if you get there in the right months of their migration and we timed it well. We arrived in Donsol and found a peaceful ...