La Vida Hostel

The owner is a visual artist and his art works beautifully grace the facilities, including the room. The room was a neutral white as a backdrop for the paintings, which add an artistic and colorful touch. The staff was very friendly and efficient. The restaurant serves good, basic food.

It's far from anything commercial. There are no restaurants nearby. Fortunately, the hotel restaurant is good and reasonably priced. There is a big step down from the bathroom to the bedroom, which could be hard for seniors. The stool and small table were very basic and were uncomfortable for a long video call.

Grounds were clean

Dirty trash on beach and double price high for tricycle rides provided by them. 100 php for coffee very expensive

Staff was warm and very polite and accomodating.

The water pressure in the shower was weak.

Clean and affordable

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Perfect for those looking for a quiet and smaller accommodation rather than a resort. The facilities are nice and the room is simple but clean and comfortable. You need a motorbike to get anywhere as there is not much food around and the beach near the hotel is not great, it has a lot of rocks and coral and it's impossible to swim. The staff is really nice and gives you recommendations of things to do around and places to eat. There is a curfew 10pm to 6am, so if you plan to stay out late, it's not the place for you, however the island is super quiet and there is not much open by that time, so it was not an inconvenience for me.

There were many ants in the room, they could do with some ant treatment.

Close to the beach