The Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran Bohol !

 

We had the pleasure of staying at The Bohol Tropics Resort for 15 days this November.

Our room was the: "De Luxe Horizon Suite" Php 2750 a night booked & paid for in advance through Asiatravel.com.

The room was located on the "second floor" very nice & large with a real King size bed & a balcony facing the ocean overlooking the fishermen & the pier.

I got to hand it to the owners of this Resort...It shows that they really put in ALOT of money building it. Everything is very well built & has a nice design.

The Restaurant; Cafe Atanacio (in reality at the time we were there, this was the Resto that everyone used)

What i liked the most with this Resto is that Management has chosen to have Waiters (not waitresses) which in my mind is a good thing. In my experience waiters tend to be more focused & attentive then their female counterparts & the waiters at Atanacio are very good.

Now, the food overall is very good.

My tip would be; for breakfast...try the Spanish Onion Omelette!

For lunch or dinner u should also try the Salisbury steak (ground meat formed into a hamburger) , comes with choice of bread or soup & is served with veggies & a sliced up omelette but it´s VERY tasty, try it with garlic rice!



After what we experienced most of the clientele/guests at this resort are Koreans/Jap/Filipinos. Sure...there are westerners too but the majority are Asians. How this shows is stuff like how the menue in the Restaurant is composed & other details one notices when comparing this Resort with western owned/run Resorts (Bohol Tropics is Chinese/Filipino owned). Not saying it´s a bad thing...The Resort caters mainly to Asians not Westerners (The percentage of tourists to Bohol are Koreans / Jap / Americans /etc ... in that order.).

If you choose to book your tour (Tarsiers, The Chocolate Hills etc) through Bohol Tropics Resort my recommendation would be to choose Boboy Manigque;

See contact info for Boboy:

http://www.thephils.com/forums/forum19/169.html

 



PROS:

¤ The whole Resort is very well maintained, nice & clean & the staff are helpful. There are a few real ACES (meaning very good staff members. Don´t forget to tip accordingly when u are satisfied with the service that is provided).

The overall prices for the rooms are a very good deal considering the location & the standard. Resto prices are also fair.

¤ A very convenient aspect is that the Bohol Tropics Resort has shuttles/vans that will take u (no cost) to & from the Airport or the Pier.


CONS:

¤ Trying to book directly through the The Bohol Tropics By email or Phone.... Forget it, unless u speak Tagalog.

So, what they need to do is improve their webpage either so that u can order & pay online or just redirect u to a travel agency that will do it for u. We gave up & booked & prepaid through asiatravel.com (but before we did that it took several longdistance phone calls & emails trying to communicate with Bohol Tropics...all in vain)

¤ The Atanacio has a Live Band playing almost every night from 7 pm to 11 pm which is nice & all but the thing i cant understand is this obsession with speakers & volume?!? The Bands are actually quite good but the volume is so high it turns into beeing annoying. Since we stayed at the Bohol Tropics 15 nights we avoided the Bands most nights by having dinner before 7 pm.

 

Conclusion:

I rate this place high cause its very clean & nice & perfect for those who are in Tagbilaran for a convention / Tours etc. It is also very reasonably priced.

Check out their site:

http://www.boholtropics.com/

 

 



 



 



 



 



 





 

This location map will give u a better idea of what the Bohol Tropics layout looks like

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