SABANG AND LAS LAGUNAS

When I first heard and read about Sabang, I thought it would be something like Puerto Galera .  I expected a small fishing village with hotels and a few roads with jeepneys and trikes.  Well, there is only really 1 road in Sabang ... the one from Puerto Galera and it is paved for about 1/8 of a mile from the beach up to the foot of the hill.  There are many footpaths and sidewalks running parallel to the beach that connect the eastern and western parts of Sabang with the main road, so don't expect any taxis or trikes to take you anywhere.  Once you are in Sabang, travel is by foot only.  Now this is not really a problem because the distance from the western part of Big La Laguna to the eastern part of Sabang is under a mile.

CLETUS & MAVEL'S RECOMMENDATIONS:

 

If you're traveling alone:

We suggest that you stay in Sabang to be close to the night life and restaurants. If you have a tendency to over indulge, then the walk to the La Lagunas may be difficult to navigate at night time.   But to us, it seems a little silly to have an ocean front hotel where you cannot swim in the water.

If you're rich (and traveling alone), then Atlantis seems to be the nicest of all the hotels in Sabang.  Even though it doesn't directly face the ocean, it is less than a hundred feet to the beach.

Sabang Inn vs. Villa Sabang.   The pool at Villa Sabang is nicer than the one at Sabang Inn, but both are very small and used mostly for diving lessons.  Villa Sabang does have a bar including pool tables whereas the Sabang Inn only has a small bar that hardly anyone uses.  But since they are only 100 feet apart, you can walk over to Villa Sabang in 30 seconds.  The rooms are about the same, so it would seem that Sabang Inn be the better deal because of the cheaper rates. Also, the upper rooms at Sabang Inn are reached by lots of stair climbing.

If your a beach bum:

Small La Laguna vs. Big La Laguna. We suggest that you stay at Big La Laguna.  We met a long time resident of Sabang from Canada who said that he would never swim at Sabang because of the pollution and he was wary of the water in Small La Laguna.  He did all his swimming at Big La Laguna.  Also, the beach in Big La Laguna is twice as nice as Small La Laguna and the walk to Sabang is only 5 minutes longer to "downtown" Sabang.

If you're rich (and a beach bum) stay at the Big La Laguna Beach Club.

We really liked the rooms at El Oro and Millers Corner where your front door opened right out onto the beach.  There's plenty of bars and restaurants at Small and Big La Laguna.  Snorkeling equipment is cheap to rent and some of the nicest coral formations are to be found in Big La Laguna.  We liked Millers Corner because it had AC and was a whole lot cheaper than La Laguna Beach Club.  By the way, Miller's Corner is just west of Fernando's Resort.

If you're traveling with a ton of luggage:

The El Galleon Hotel has a pier where the banka's can drop you off without getting all feet wet.  But you have to haul your stuff up quite a few stairs.

 

SABANG
Hotel	Price	Amenities	Contact
Angelynn	P500 fan, P1200 AC	AC, Ocean front
AAA Apartments	?	Hill side
At Cann's Inn	fan P450	Ocean Front	cell phone  0912-306-5332
Atlantis	AC US $45-$105	AC, Pool, Hot Water
Big Apple	fan US $20, AC US$ 40	AC, Pool, Hot Water, hi season x2
Capt'n Gregg's	fan P500, AC P1000	AC, TV, Ocean front
Gloria's Inn	AC P600	AC, TV, Ocean Front
Gold Coast	fan P700	Kitchen, Ocean Front
JAA Lodge	fan P500	Ocean Front
Kokomo's	fan P300	Ocean Front
Lopez Lodge	fan P1200	Ocean Front
Paradise Lodge	?	Ocean front
Red Coral	P1200 AC	AC, Ocean front, Hot water
Sabang Inn	AC P850	AC, Hot Water, Pool, Kitchen, TV, Ocean
Seashore Lodge	fan P600, AC P1500	AC, Ocean front bungalow	seashore_lodge @yahoo.com
Seoul Beach	?	?Ocean front
Sonny's	fan P600, AC P1000	AC, Kitchen, Ocean front	cell phone  0912-884-2596
Sunshine Lodge	P10,000/month	AC
Tanya's Lodge	P500 fan, P1200 AC	AC, TV, Ocean front
Terrace Garden	P500 fan, P1200 AC	AC, Hillside
Tina's	fan P550	Ocean front
Tropicana Hotel	AC P1300 - P3200	AC, Hot Water, Hillside
Villa Sabang	fan US $14, AC $24	AC, Hot Water, Kitchen, TV, Pool, Ocean
SMALL LA LAGUNA
Hotel	Price	Amenities	Contact
Carlos' Inn	US$20 fan, US$30 AC	AC, TV, Hot Water, Ocean front
El Galleon	fan US $31 - $60	AC +$10, TV, Hot Water, Ocean, Pool
Havana Moon	P400 fan, P2000 AC	AC, Ocean front
Marelex Resort	?	Ocean front	cell phone  0917-562-0072
Nick & Sonia's	P350 fan, P800 AC	AC, Ocean front
Portofino	US$40 - US$135	AC, TV, Hot Water, Ocean front
Roglyn's Resort	?	Ocean front
Sha-Che Inn	?	Ocean front	cell phone  0918-272-2201
Sunsplash	US$23-29 fan	TV, Ocean front
BIG LA LAGUNA
Hotel	Price	Amenities	Contact
Cataquis Lodge	?	Ocean front	cell phone  0912-328-3056
El Oro	P500	Ocean front
Fernando's Resort	?	Ocean front	cell phone  0912-311-5065
La Laguna Beach Resort	US$20 cottage,   US$45 AC	AC, Ocean front, Pool, Hot water,  hi season add $10.00
Millers Corner	P300 fan, P1200 AC	AC, Ocean front
Starfish Inn	?	?Ocean front	phone 442-0178

 

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