Hi, Does anyone know of a good child friendly family hotel on Cebu Island? The next time we visit Cebu we would like to stay for a couple of weeks at a hotel with a swimming pool. We will go in the summer of 2015 or 2016. Is there a website that books flights and hotels the way we can do it for Europe? I put in 13 x July 2015 nights in the boxes for the Shangri La hotel in Mactan and it came up with £2,100
The Shangri-La hotel and resort are not on Cebu island but rather on Mactan next door . It is a five star hotel and its lunch and dinner buffets are amazing but it is expensive and it can take up to an hour to (say) Ayala Mall in Cebu City. A better bet might be the Marco Polo in Nivel Hills which has both a childs' pool as well as a good size one for swimmers. The General Manager, Hans Hauri, is a good friend of mine and he was my neighbour for a year when I rented an apartment at City Lights just up the hill from the hotel. It also is a five star hotel and the only one on Cebu island. The Marriot on Archbishop Reyes Avenue, Cebu City, next to Ayala Mall, is reasonably good and does have a pool but it's quite small - in fact the hotel lost a lot of its gardens when Ayala extended the Mall in 2008/9. HSBC Bank is directly opposite. Have you thought about spending part of your time at one of the resorts on Panglao island?
I've used this web site several times for hotel bookings and usually finds hotels that don't appear on other sites http://www.asiatravel.com/en-us/hotels/philippines.html?&sid=1000&trck=htlsp&lan=#
Thanks for the info, Mark. I want to take my family but don't want to pay a fortune after spending about £2,000 on flights and needing money for my wife's family when we arrive. I don't mind anywhere on Cebu, Mactan or Panglao as long as it is good value for money. Will look online at Marco Polo - Nivel Hills.
went here for the day with the wifes family, good for kids. About 30 mins from the city http://www.danaococopalms.com/ Stayed here, very cheap and has a pool. In the city http://www.holidayspahotelcebu.com/ Here too, cheap, pool & in the city http://sarrosahotel.com/cebu/ I haven't personally been here but family recommended it, great for families http://jparkislandresort.com/ (formely imperial palace), mactan, 30 min from city Here I got married here http://www.costabellaresort.com/ mid priced, maribago, mactan, 30 min from city
