ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

Accommodation plays a big role on how one’s vacation turns out to be. Different travelers have different reasons when choosing their “second home” no matter it may be. Most consider their budget and the rates, others the proximity to transport and purpose, while some to the sights and attractions a particular place has. One the most frequent inquiries is “ Is it near the airport ?” and the usual answer is “F orget about it. The airport is much farther away that almost all hotels are within the same distance ”. Besides, Iloilo City is just a small city that one can easily commute via public transportation. As this blog is a guide to anything and everything Iloilo (and beyond), here’s a guide of some selected accommodation in I loilo City . From first class hotels to inns and pension houses, this will surely be an important guide for travelers to Iloilo City. LIST OF ILOILO HOTELS, INNS, RESORTS, PENSIONS A Moritz Hotel, Lelac Inn  B Jaro Bellevue Pension,  C Vista I...

Flocked with big developments from the likes of  Megaworld , Ayala , SM and Gaisano , among others, the former salt beds in Mandurriao cut through by the Jaro West Diversion Road is fast becoming the new heart of business  and development in city. With combined development worth of around PhP70 billion, this is Iloilo City's new CBD - on the rise! Plazuela de Iloilo (left) will add an annex building while SM City Iloilo aside from its on-going Northwing expansion mall, will also build a hotel (Park Inn by Radisson), entertainment/dining (Southpoint)strip and a BPO tower rumored to be 24 storeys beside Injap Tower. Viewed from the current tallest building in the region, the 21-storey Injap Tower Hotel,  t he Iloilo Diversion Road (Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr Avenue is currently undergoing massive road widening and beautification that stretches all the way to the Iloilo International Airport - 20kms away! Megaworld's PhP35B Iloilo Business Park, in the...