Calypso Resort

Panglao Island


Set well back from Danao Beach, this place would be a good deal even without a free motorcycle. If you don't ride, hang out at the pool all day and order cocktails from the cosy bar, equipped with billiards and other games.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Panglao Island attractions

1. Danao Beach

0.1 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…

2. Alona Beach

1.21 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…

3. St Joseph the Worker Cathedral

9.36 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

9.43 MILES

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

5. Church

9.5 MILES

Landmark structure just off the harbour.

6. Blood Compact Monument

9.86 MILES

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

7. Baclayon Church & Watchtower

11.94 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

11.97 MILES

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