VILLA JUAN - A Beach Front Villa in General Luna Siargao

If you are looking for an exceptional, quiet place to stay, then this is where you should go! The villa was truely amazing! So many nice, small details (wooden doors, nice scent, so much space, loved the two showers inside and outside and the bathroom in general with all the plants, and much more), and a very comfortable bed. The view is breathtaking and the beach is certainly one of the nicest ones on the whole island - almost just for yourself! We even had a surfing lesson with the onsite house manager Adrian, starting right in front of the house! We have in the meantime looked for other similar hotels or places on the Philippines and couldn't find anything comparable with this price. We also got good support before arriving on the island on how to get to the villa. Although the path from the main road to the villa (about 300 metres) can get very wet with puddles, we managed to drive there by ourselves with a scooter which we rented in the city centre. Adrian and Angel would have also helped to organise a car to drive us to the villa if we didn't want to drive a scooter ourselves. A scooter is also very good to get around the island, as in the small town where the villa is close by doesn't have as many restaurants to offer as the main place for tourists (general luna). But again, nothing negative here, just depends on what you actually look for. All in all, we highly recommend staying here!

The property itself is beautiful. You get to live alone in a beach front property. Sleep with the music of the ocean waves hit the shores. The beach area is also good for surfing. The owner is also accommodating with our concerns.

1. The location - it was our bad that we didn't check the location. This is almost 10 kms away from the town proper. If you don't rent a bike, you will have difficulty going out at night to dine and part at GL town proper. You'll have to pay 250 pesos per way for special tricycle trip, not to mention, wait at the road to get a transpo. Also, from the main road going to the property, this is 500 meters away. During rainy season, which was the season during our trip, tricycles won't agree to drop us off right at the property's doorstep because the internal road is not passable 2. Albeit the hosts were very accommodating, I didn't appreciate that we are charged for 400 pesos for a mug that we broke. That mug was the storage holder of utensils. It was an accident that it got broke. But I'm concerned why it's made or ceramic and stored in a very high place, like above head height. The more concerning part is the charge. 400 pesos. Really??? In addition, during our second night, the drinking water bottles were not refilled. Imagine, going back to the property tired from a tour and there's no drinking water. This is despite the arrangement was the water will be refilled every morning. I made a suggestion to just give us a 5-gallon water so that we have ample supply of drinking water. It's not out of whims that we requested this, we can buy at the store. But the nearest store is almost a kilomoter away. 3. Electricity and wifi connectivity - a day prior our check out, there's power outage from 5AM to 6PM. Since this is a beachfront property, it wasn't that hot. However, my concern is on the water. Due to power outage, the supply of water was also out. It could have been better if the owner upon knowing the situation (in fact, the residents of Siargao were pre-advised of the power outage), provided us big water containers to fill before the power outage.

The villa is amazing with the most beautiful view to wake up to! Very comfortable bed, clean bathroom, a flatscreen with Netflix… Everything you can dream of! The host is also very communicative and he was always around asking if we needed something :)

Be aware that the road to the villa is in very bad condition, so be careful when driving there. A sign indicating the path to the villa would also be nice in the future.

Every once in a while you find a truly exceptional place to stay. This villa is one of those. It is secluded and is directly on the beach with very few people around. A must try villa for anyone looking to have serenity and peace. The villa also featured a kitchenette.