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Reviews of La Salangane Caalan Beach Villa

La Salangane Caalan Beach Villa
Barangay Masagana, El Nido, Palawan

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 10 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 54 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 54 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service. The staff were very helpful and friendly. The property had stunning views of the sea. Highly recommended 👌
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beach front. Homey ambiance.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In general El Nido is a quite crowded place, with ugly beaches and many people trying to sell you things. If you want to stay away from this mess, this hotel is a good option. It might take you a while to walk to it from downtown (around 20 min), but I think it is worthy. The room was spacious for the price we paid, and you will pay much more if you want to have the same in central El Nido. The hotel host was quite nice and helped us booking a bus ticket and finding a tricycle to take us to the bus station (100 PHP). It is not the hotel's fault, but if I could choose again I would not waste my time in El Nido. I'd spend more time in Port Barton (for relaxing and beautiful beaches) and Coron (for beautiful landscapes). There are so many people in El Nido's boat tours that it is impossible to see anything (you will get to the so called "secret beach" and find 300 people there). In general, the hotel made us feel better in a super disappointing place.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Iris, Davao City

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness
It’s like home away from home..very nice place with very nice staff. Would likely go back here.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Pinay on 8 Jan 2019
thank you for choosing our place for your stay hope to see you again back here in El Nido

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Comments overall...
Place is too far from the city proper and the ride with the provided 3 wheel transportation is terrible. Roads are too narrow and the only nice feature is the view of the sea but the beach area in itself is inaccessible. There are no food facilities available and not all appliances were working plus there were ants in the rooms.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

roel r.

Amazing time!
I will be staying here again when I come back. The house caretaker Mary is so awesome and offers help for anything. I don't think we would be coming back if it wasn't for her hospitality. The place is clean and the view of the beach and islands are amazing. I will be sending friends to here to visit when they come.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Lance Elison, Philippines

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect if youre looking for isolation
Before anything, I would like to say that the Mary Ann, the inn keeper, was very helpful and accommodating. Knowing that the location is very shady, she offers to buy water and drinks for us during our stay. Even helped us book a van. Now to the hotel review. The beach villa is a nice place to stay in if you want to get away from people and the main city center. It takes 10 minutes by trike to get there from the city center, and you'd have to pass through very small alleys and tight roads to get there. Beside the villa is an empty lot where they repair boats. If you're looking for a beach front, this isnt it either since there isnt much of a beach to speak of during high tide, and even during low tide, the beach is filled with big rocks so that doesnt make it any better. The rooms are very traditional with their walls and roofing with a really cold airconditioner. Comes fully equipped with a kitchen and fridge. Basically, if you just plan on staying in and cooking all your meals yourself, this place is perfect. However, if you just want a nice place to stay in and then explore the city streets and meet people, this wont work for you. They do have free hotel transfers from the beach villa to the city, but it takes 10 minutes for the trike to get there.

8/10 Good

Samantha, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relax away from crowded tourist streets of el nido
Had a lovely stay here. Great if you want a quiet, relaxing stay away from the hustle and bustle of el nido. Was in a very local area which we loved.

8/10 Good

Kevin, cebu city

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet place and spacious room
the hotel is nice and the staff is very friendly, however, the road to access it is very narrow so it's better to contact the hotel a little bit in advance to arrange a pick up in town

6/10 Okay

Pichet, Thailand

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Nice room nice view
Far away from El Nido town like 20 minutes walk from Ei Nido but have free tricycle service. Room and environment so nice. have kitchen in room so we can make simple dinner and enjoy beachfront.

2/10 Terrible

From, San Diego, CA

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Caution...
Ended up looking for another accomodation (Yes, it was double pay for us). No refund policy was a risk. They have diff hotels, wouldnt know if you'll be staying at the central part or out of no where. Also, make sure to REQUEST airconditioning, or else they will not transfer you to a room with one. Tried talking to the people to ask for even just a partial refund...nothing is the answer.

8/10 Good

Jessica, Portland, OR

Liked: Staff & service
Mellow Stay at La Salangane
The staff was very helpful in organizing boat trip and shuttle service. Great place to stay for families with a full kitchen in the room. Location is a bit out of town so be ready to walk about 20 minutes to get there but its a nice walk.

8/10 Good

J.E., Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The beautiful secret called La Salangane
This is the best secret El Nido has. Now I know it's not the most convenient way of reaching and getting to the villa but once you get there it's amazing!!! The view in front of your villa is spectacular!!! The service we got from the caretaker (Mary Ann) and her husband is second to none. The couple went out of their way to serve us and to make sure we are happy and contented. They even cooked for us. Wonderful people. We would go back in a New York minute. We truly enjoyed staying at this place.

6/10 Okay

Magda, Melbourne

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not very hygienic
If you don`t mind sleeping with ants spread around the kitchen bench top and 12 inch geckos crawling around the room, then this place is for you. There is a slight partial sea view, but was mainly blocked by the vast amount of palm trees on the property. The building can be described as a very large and old tree house. It is literally supported by a large tree trunk with a swamp of ants housed within. Unfortunately, the geckos are necessary to keep the ants at bay due to the fact of it being supported by a large living tree trunk. The only good thing about this place was the housekeeper Myriam, who was always very kind and accommodating and even cooked a delicious lunch for us on two occasions. There was also a loss of electricity on a dozen occasions and their back up generator was faulty. If you don't want the ants and geckos stay somewhere else.

2/10 Terrible

Maggie, China

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not recommended
Not a very happy stay but we had amazing time in el nido. Hotel is very far away from downtown, the transportation is a huge problem, if you walk, it will takes like half an hour, and normal tricycle cannot come in Becoz the narrow road, if it is a raining day, you hv to walk into this muddy lane, and hotels staff not very helpful at all.

8/10 Good

Carina, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Accommodation for a familu
Good for a quiet family stay

8/10 Good

Carina, Liverpool

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family hotel
It was an amazing stay.peaceful and quiet.

6/10 Okay

Wendy, Richmond, VA

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
La Salangane Caalan Beach Villa
Review for room April 2015 Off the beaten path. Hotel is in El Nido town and is tucked away from the noisier hotel/bar coast line. You'll wonder if you're lost of if you missed it. Keep walking and you'll find La Salangane Caalan Beach Villa. Our room was clean. Bathroom has toilet and shower, low water pressure but did the trick after the plane in and dusty ride into town. I think you might find a better room for the rate - if you look. But this was a safe and clean place to crash, available on hotels.com. Couple of notes: No AC Sitting area overlooking beach (ironically not all hotels in El Nido have) Our rate did not include breakfast Kitchenette: Fridge, cabinets, sink, counters. No coffee maker or coffee (instant), no dishes in case you were interested in cooking Extra mattresses available for a surcharge (around 60 pesos each) Fridge was nice to have

8/10 Good

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

stephen, China

Just not right place for us.
Very secluded. If that's what you're looking for its great. I thought it was more in the main town area.

2/10 Terrible

Dan, Cebu

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A couples nightmare!!
When employers tell you they know it is a terrible place and that they have a lot of customer complains, you know to stay away. Going there takes about 30 minutes from el nido town.Ended up us calling the hotel many times and waiting for over 1 hour in a shady dark corner somewhere the tricycle had left us. They came with a smaller tricycle and we drove about 20 minutes from el nido town trough run down roads with no lights. We finally get there and they put us in a room where the "reception" area is. We asked for changing the room due to loud noise from the talking employers outside. We did not feel any privacy at all and despite there being available rooms, they never let us change room. When we tried to go to the bedroom I noticed a cockroach creeping to the bed and I already noticed extremely much ants and bugs in our room. The mosquito net that we were supposed to put around our bed was destroyed due to many holes in it.The sheets were dirty with a lot of stains on them and the area had a sour smell leaking into the bedroom we were booked. Me and my girlfriend decided to go to town to look for other hotels, turns out the best hotel in el Nido town that's modernized and new only takes 1500 php a night (Same price as This resort takes) And that hotel was in the middle of the town of el Nido, convenient for everything!!! We went back and said we were going to transfer, but then they said I would not get any refund back. It was a nightmare dealing with these people.

8/10 Good

Samia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Le personnel été au top !! Super accueillant
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

stephanie

Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Philippe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Carole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just parfait
Excellent séjour, le lieu est magique, une vue sur la baie, des couches de soleil à couper le souffle et le sourire deMary Anne, elle a été aux petits soins...
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Jiri

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Mia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Tatjana

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Det finns bättre...
Det var väldigt lyhört.prominad på ca 15 min från stan var ok men när det var strömavbrott så var det väldigt mörkt överallt. Toalett funkade inte som det ska, efter att man spolade fylldes inte vatten, så man var tvungen att göra det manuellt.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
街まで遠い
エルニドは昼間電気が使えないところが多いとは聞いていたがこのホテルは他のホテルと比べても使えない時間が長過ぎる。ホットシャワー、エアコンがついていても電気が不通だとなんの意味もない二泊しましたが初日は深夜になってやっと短時間使えましたがその頃にはシャワー浴びる気もおきず結局入らずじまい。又、街中から遠くトライシクルを降ろされてホテルまで10分くらい悪路を歩かされるし周りにもこれといってお店やレストランも無いので結果何かしようと思うとまた悪路を歩いて街中へ。面倒なのでホテルでゴロゴロするにも電気なし。部屋は広々として清潔感はありましたがやはり我慢出来ず街中のホテルへ移動しました。一泊1500円の所でしたが地獄から天国へ引っ越した気分でした。二度と泊まらない。
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

frederic monicard, france

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
tourisme
calme et repos

6/10 Okay

Kajsa

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Manon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The room is at 10 minutes walking distance from El Nido Center and is big and has a nice terrace. It' s quit and next to the sea. The housekeeper is very friendly. The villa needs a construction though.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Dejligt hotel, ærgelig beliggenhed
Hyggeligt, intimt lille hotel, med store værelser og fantastisk udsigt. Venligt personale der glædeligt hjælper med daglige udflugter og transport. Vejen til og fra et mere by/turist/resturent område var meget bøvlet og ubekvem.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
少し繁華街からは離れていましたが、オーナーさんも優しくバンのドライバーを呼んでくれるので快適に過ごせました。

8/10 Good

Kerstin, Stockholm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bra boende
Fel rum från början pga. dålig kommunikation mellan Hotells o hotellet. Efter 2 dygn med ac som gjorde oss sjuka( fläkt var inget alternativ då den knappt gick runt) fick vi det rum vi hade beställt. Därifrån till utcheckning var allt mycket bra.

8/10 Good

Jonathan, paris

Liked: Staff & service
bonne chambre loin de l'agitation du centre-ville
Points forts: Le calme, la vue, le lit, l'espace, on peut tout organiser sur place Points faibles: Wifi faible voir inexistant, climatisation bruyante. Séjour d'une semaine agréable.

6/10 Okay

christophe, Fréjus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Bruits
Hôtel mal insonoriser. Prendre les chambres à l'étage. Actuellement construction d'un hôtel à côté. Sinon grande chambre et service impeccable situé en bord de mer sans plage

10/10 Excellent

Patryk, Oslo / Warsaw

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The quiet place where you can escape from the noisy city center, but enough close to the center to take a walking for dinner or shopping. You can fall in love with nature in the nearby hotel. Incredibly friendly and helpful service. Thank you Meriam, I had a really nice time at your place.

10/10 Excellent

Xochitl, México D.F.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bueno, bonito y barato
Reserve en este hotel, pero el chofer del triciclo se equivocó.. Y nos llevo a otro de la misma compañía que era perfecto, ya que tenía casi su playa privada, el servicio excelente. Muy recomendable.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Strandnähe aber kein Hotel
Es gibt zwei Standorte daher gibt es sehr gute und sehr schlechte Bewertungen. Der Standort abseits des Zentrums ist in sehr schlechtem Zustand. Es fehlen ca. 10 Jahre der Wartung. Salziges Wasser, rostige Armaturen, nur Deckenlüfter, Kühlschrank offenbart Hinterlassenschaften jenseits MHDs. Positiv: großes Zimmer mit Kochmöglichkeit und Kühlschrank. Die Lage am Wasser. Negativ: alles andere

6/10 Okay

CLEMENT, Montpellier

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel sale
Hotel situé dans une zone où les tricycles ne peuvent pas y accéder. Prévoir 15min de marches avec vos bagages... Propreté a revoir , 2 énormes blattes sont venus nous rendre visite, mieux tenu, cet hotel aurait pu être agréable. Wifi inexistant