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Puerto Pension

  • October 23, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by marseilles from Metro Manila, Philippines
Puerto Pension

The next time I go to Puerto Princesa, I will definitely stay here again.

Puerto Pension (approximately 25 rooms) is a delightful pension house run by a delightful staff in an excellent location, on a street parallel to Rizal Ave., the high street of Puerto Princesa city.

We were greeted at the airport by Romy, who helped load our and four other guests' baggage into a van. During the drive to the inn, Romy chatted cheerfully with us, answering our questions about Palawan. In about 10 minutes, we arrived at the inn: a pretty structure, decorated in typical Palawan-style: with woven rattan walls and bamboo furnishings.

By telephone, we had originally booked a US$23 dollar room, but the person who was staying in the room we had booked had decided at the last minute to stay an additional night, so Ryan, the helpful receptionist, offered us a bigger $28 room, for which he later gave us a slight discount (given that it wasn't the room we had originally booked). For that price, we got a clean air-conditioned room with a queen-sized bed, four decent pillows on the bed (not those old lumpy pillows you usually expect to see at budget accommodations), a small television with cable TV, a personal refrigerator (with reasonably priced drinks in the mini-bar), and a private bathroom with a water heater in the shower. The price included a continental breakfast (toast, fresh fruit, egg, and coffee/tea/hot chocolate) that could be upgraded to a heartier breakfast for about US$1.50. Breakfast could either be brought to the room (a table and chairs were set up on the veranda outside each room) or eaten in the restaurant on the top floor of the building, with a beautiful view of the sea. We ended up upgrading our breakfast every morning, starting each day with delicious danggit (a kind of dried fish) and garlic rice.

We arranged two of our tours and two luxurious massages through the front desk. When we asked, the staff gave us helpful suggestions as to which restaurants to try and where to eat.

The only caveat I would give anyone is a teensy bit of noise. The floors were wooden, so we could hear the footsteps of the guests directly above us. Moreover, the inn is right beside another pension house that has a videoke bar; we weren't bothered at all by the noise from our room, but I'm not sure whether the guests nearer to the videoke noise might have heard the music through their walls.

At the end of our trip, when we got to the airport, I realized that I had left two items behind. After a quick phone call, a staff member promptly delivered the items to the airport. How's that for service.


From journal Picturesque Palawan

Puerto Pension

  • October 22, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by leine from den haag, Netherlands
Puerto Pension

It is simple but effective. There is a very nice staff and you can book trips at the pension's office. It has a nice view over the bay when you have breakfast on the roof terrace. When you want to pay with credit card, it is best to take your time.

From journal The Paradise of Palawan Island

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