Elegance on a budget

CEBU, Philippines – The place is at a perfect point where to watch the Christmas fireworks or to get a good view of the festivities at the Fuente Osmena circle during Sinulog. It is right at the heart of Cebu City, with a spectacular 180-degree view of the city's central area. Most of all, it's an affordable

place to stay.

Elegant Circle Inn has rooms and suites available at modest rates. And yet affordability is not the only best feature of this centrally located hotel. Its staff and crew continuously strive to attain utmost customer satisfaction. For more than 20 years now, guests have been coming back - proof that the hotel has been doing a great job at keeping clients happy and satisfied.

The whole hotel workforce undergoes regular trainings and daily briefings to improve the services. There's a standard three-minute check-in, for guests to be able to immediately get settled in their rooms after a long travel or to enjoy Cebu right away. Recently, Elegant Circle Inn has been upgraded to the "Tourist Inn" category by the Department of Tourism.

Aside from being one of the best budget hotels in town, Elegant Circle Inn is undoubtedly one of the most accessible hotels in the city - it's easy to get to anywhere from the hotel, owing to its central location. Hospitals, shopping malls, banks, restaurants and bars are close by. And the main tourist and historical landmarks - like the Basilica del Santo Niño, Magellan's cross, the Capitol building and the Jose Rizal Memorial Library and Museum - are only a few minutes away.

The hotel even has tour packages for the guests' convenience to explore the best of Cebu.  There is, for instance, the whale watching in Oslob, where they arrange a shuttle and assign a DOT-certified tour guide.  There are also guided city tours, as well as tours to famous landmarks and beaches in the province.

After a tiring long day of exploring the beautiful city and neighboring places, and after looking around for "pasalubongs," the guests may now come home to their rooms and enjoy a hot shower or take a relaxing bath in one of the hotel room's newly installed bath tubs. Better yet, they may pamper themselves and get a soothing massage right in their rooms by simply calling the front desk for such service.

Then, the relaxed and physically recharged guest may head off to the hotel's Elegant Café for a sumptuous dinner amid a soundscape of live music from different bands every night.