Sampaguita Villas

The villa itself in terms of the bedrooms / bathrooms and swimming pool was lovely. The bedrooms were very spacious.

The location is really not ideal, I can’t imagine what kind of group / family this location would suit. It’s only a 10/15 minute walk into the town but down the sketchiest path / past a graveyard etc with so many stray dogs chasing you and it isn’t lit. You wouldn’t want to do this on your own or even a couple of you. Some tuk tuks can drive you to the villa but a lot will refuse due to the track. The power was always down during the day from about 9am - 3pm which meant we couldn’t have the air con on or charge phones / use the wifi (and there is no signal). The water was often switched off so we couldn’t shower or use the taps. Marco really tried his best to accommodate us and was very friendly however there was a big language barrier a lot of the time. There is also a horrible stray dog that has decided it’s his home which wasn’t ideal.

This was an absolutely gorgeous property! It is a 10 minute walk to downtown El Nido and close to everything while also providing privacy. We had an amazing stay, and a big part of that was thanks to our property managers who were amazing. Marco was kind, respectful and always close by if we had questions. He had great advice as to where to visit and helped us set up our island hopping tours and scooter rentals.

One thing to be aware of is that even though the pictures show a pool, one of the villas does not include the pool so make sure to read to property description if you are expecting a pool to make sure you book the right villa.

The accomodatian was very nice, everything clean and very comfortable. The manager and the personal were super kind and friendly. We really enjoyed our stay there. Highly recommneded, nice view to the sea directly from the accomodation.

it is not possible to get there by car, we rented a car and had to leave it on the public parking place in the center of the city as there is not any way to the house for cars, but it is possible to get there by tuk tuk or motorbike.

The villa is very cute, spacious, comfortable and calm.

The area is kind of sketchy with mostly no lights at night. We didn’t really feel safe walking around in the dark with dogs following us and barking at us. The checkin instructions weren’t clear and we struggled to find the villa, that has no standard portal which is also an issue as anyone and stray dogs can get in. Finally, there’s almost nothing around the villa.

High quality

it was clean and spacious and had everything you need for a great stay, there was fresh water provided consistently throughout the stay and nothing was to much trouble for marco, the staff at the property are lovely and helpful

a small swimming pool would have been great instead of a big garden, the 2nd villa does have a pool however this one was not available at our time of booking it can be a little bit of a tiresome walk after a very long day (but thats to be expected as we were aware of the rough location prior)

The caretaker is very accomodating and kind. The villa is very nice and IG worthy

It is far from the main road and the access is too dark and there are stray dogs at night. It is not car accessible, only tricycles can access the villa.

Marci was amazing! The only thing is that he should learn English little bit more:)

The second room was too small! Basically it wasn’t a room more like roof room and you can’t stay up ! You should crawl it was a bummer! And also the staircase was too unsafe specially when you get down at night! This should be a one bedroom villa!

The interior was nice. The master bedroom was spacious and nice too. The room upstairs was cozy, it is a little low but not too bad. Marco and Janet were very accomodating and eager to help.

Location is VERY poor. Pretty much no street lights along the road back so it was quite scary to walk back at night. As mentioned in other reviews, the tide comes up at night so you’ll have to walk back through the water. The high tide at night wouldn’t be an issue if the villa was closer but it’s about a 10-15min walk after that through pitch darkness (you will need a torch). No electricity for majority of our stay there. Electricity was only available when the generator was on and you’ll have to ask to turn the generator on. the generator was so loud that we could hear the walls rumble in the master bedroom. We thought we would have at least got complementary fruit, coffee or tea but there were no extra amenities. ALSO, NO WIFI. We at least expected wifi but was told that it would be down for another week or so. Pretty poor effort from the owner to make our stay comfortable.