Amarela

Top choice in Panglao Island


This classy beach getaway is run on environmentally sound principles. It's so boutique it has its own art gallery and library. Rooms with polished floorboards get plenty of sun, and most have balconies. Hammocks and deckchairs await at its lovely private beach, or relax in the superb pool surrounded by lush gardens. It's 5.5km east of Alona Beach.

Environmentally kind initiatives include water recycling and composting, and the restaurant offers a lot of organic dishes.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Panglao Island attractions

1. Alona Beach

2.75 MILES

This broad sandy beach, with its dreamy south-facing horizon, has boomed in popularity in recent years and is now lined with resort hotels, bars and…

2. Danao Beach

4 MILES

Far more mellow than its noisy neighbour Alona, Danao Beach consists of patches of fine white sand backed by coconut palms – it's an idyllic tropical…

3. St Joseph the Worker Cathedral

6.12 MILES

In the heart of town, this elegant church was built in 1767, burned to the ground in 1798 and rebuilt and enlarged in 1855.

4. National Museum

6.19 MILES

This small museum has a few anthropologically interesting items discovered around Bohol, including five artificially deformed skulls, a 500-year-old…

5. Blood Compact Monument

6.33 MILES

This great monument 1km east of Tagbilaran celebrates the March 1565 blood compact, where Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and Boholano…

6. Church

6.4 MILES

Landmark structure just off the harbour.

7. Baclayon Church & Watchtower

8.12 MILES

Facing the Bohol Sea, this huge coral stone church (1727) was severely damaged in the 2013 earthquake. It's connected to an imposing watchtower. The…

8. Museum

8.15 MILES

This dusty museum, set in a crumbling structure adjacent to the town's colonial church, contains a collection of poorly presented religious artefacts.