Flower Island Beach Resort

Top choice in Palawan


Warning: leaving this idyllic low-key resort can induce severe depression. The staff are warm and friendly, the native-style cottages are a perfect mix of modern comforts and rustic charm, and the small beach is of the whitest sand. Full moons induce skinny-dipping with a rum and Coke in hand. Huge savings are often available if you book online.

Guests can also bed down in the five-storey hilltop tower, which has aerial views of the sea. Tours of the pearl-farm factory nearby are fascinating. Affiliated with Save Palawan Seas. Boat transfer costs P4000 for up to to six people one way from Taytay.


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