Anika Island Resort - Bantayan Island

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Bantayan Island is our second stop during this Malapascua-Bantayan-Cebu escapade to celebrate the month of love (Feb 2017).

We stayed at Anika Island Resort, which from what we could tell is one of the best hotels in the small island. Great scenery, but by night time, the wind was howling and the sand is blown everywhere and can accidentally get to our eyes.

 We paid P2,252.71 (breakfast included, not buffet) via Expedia, but was asked to pay extra for the third pax.

We got to enjoy the center of the island as well, but we had to cut short our stay the following day because of the incoming bad weather with the last ferry leaving the island at 9:30am. We were supposed to check out at 12 noon.  So, after breakfast, we packed our things.  It was kinda sad.

The resort staff are courteous and very helpful.  The driver of the van even bought the ferry tickets for us.  They even contacted us the day before our stay to coordinate the time of pickup by their van (for free).  From the ferry, we have been picked up with an air-conditioned van and welcomed with drinks upon arrival at the resort.


They gave us a set of necklace as a welcome gift.

Welcome drinks


The rooms are made from container vans, but it was nicely designed that you wouldn't even notice once inside.  Air conditioning was excellent.  Our room was small, but nice and clean, and I love it!  The verandas are very spacious with table and chairs.  The swimming pool was under construction during our stay, but we heard it's open for use now.




Our villa - Sunset Pool Villa


A small playground near the beach.

The beach has powdery white sand.  Unfortunately, we were not able to swim because it was extremely cold. So, we decided to find some place to eat instead and ended up in MJ Square (open-air food bazaar, lined with restaurants), which was recommended by our tricycle driver.  This is also the place if you want to chill and drink.


Oh! What a lovely night!


MJ Square at night


We also found this cute place at MJ Square where you can scribble all you want and post it in the wall.
The stuffed toys were quite dirty though and their ice cream and shakes were very ordinary.


Breakfast at Anika Island Resort (part of the package)


Father and son.  What a lovely sight!


A very cold morning.

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Thank you all! Xoxo!

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