Microtel Inn and Suites Mactan

CEBU, Philippines - A modernly designed hotel with an airy lobby facing the beachfront, Microtel Inn and Suites Mactan offers “easy breezy” accommodations with fantastic prices to suit your taste.

With a total of 160 hotel rooms, Microtel Mactan has 3 room types – a standard with two beds and a sitting area, a double with two beds plus a balcony overlooking the sea/pool and a suite with one bed plus a sofa sleeper, balcony and other extra amenities such as coffee/tea making facilities, kitchen counter with sink, refrigerator, microwave oven and bath tub – rooms with all good use of space.

Guestroom features and amenities are inclusive of complimentary breakfast (intercontinental buffet), chiropractor-approved mattresses, flat TV with cable channels, individually controlled air conditioning units, multi-function telephone system with IDD/NDD, toilet and shower with hot and cold water, electronic keycard entry system, clock, in-room safe, fully automated fire safety system, baby cribs available upon request plus children under 12 years old stay free in parents’ room.

Having visited Microtel Mactan a few times now, I have sampled almost everything on their menu without any complaints at the lobby restaurant/café called Rice. Favorites include plain or chili and coriander roti (an Indian flat-bread), Nasi Goreng (an mildly-spiced Indonesian rice dish with a mixture of prawns topped with chicken skewers and an egg), Tom Yum Goong (a Thai soup dish with a Philippine twist using sinigang) and all of the starters listed in the menu – no doubt you should try all these. If you opt for room service instead, food served up to your room is delivered in styrofoam containers and plastic cutlery, which indeed are easy to clear up and easy to dispose of – what a brilliant idea!

The resort facilities and activities in this designer beach include the 3 pools (one for adults, the other for children and one for wading located by the beach bar), kayaking, water biking, banana boating, island hopping and scuba diving. If you choose to have some quiet time, you could just laze around lying on the sunbeds under the beach umbrellas by just reading a book and sipping a cold drink – what more can you ask for?

As quoted on their flyer, “Fantastic beachfront view. Amazing blue sea. Great beds. Warm and friendly staff that treat you like family. Nothing could be better.” I couldn’t agree more!

In this colourful resort, one tip during your planned stay is to request for a top floor room facing the sea.

Microtel Inn and Suites Mactan (www.microtel-mactan.com) has a current promo available until the end of this month, the Leisure Within Reach for P2,900*, a standard room for two adults with breakfast. *promo is only available to locals.