Cocoon Boutique Hotel

Top choice in Manila


This is QC's most chic address for the wannabe hipster in you. The rooms are fit for the pages of Wallpaper*, with beautiful 3m-long recycled-hardwood desks (and floors to match), lavish beds draped in Egyptian cotton, plenty of hang-out space and practical touches like bending-pipe reading lights and full-length mirrors. Throw in legit green credentials and you have a real gem.

We'd like to see a larger pool and a real gym, but otherwise it's virtually flawless.


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