Banlasan Lodge

Bohol


If you want to sleep somewhere around the Chocolate Hills, the swimming-pool-equipped Banlasan Lodge is on the highway between the viewpoint and Carmen. Rooms are dated but affordable and there's a decent restaurant (mains P100 to P140).


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