| The beautiful country of the Philippines | | | | the world. |
| comprises of over 7000 islands, however most | | | | |
| of the developed tourism destinations are | | | | Bayview Park Hotel - Located along the famous |
| located on 4 or 5 of them. It is a wonderful | | | | Roxas Boulevard, just opposite the American |
| country with genuinely nice people who are | | | | Embassy, and with the entertainment areas of |
| renowned throughout the world for excellent | | | | Adriatico only a short walk away the Bayview |
| hospitality and smiles that sparkle. The | | | | Park Hotel is an ideal choice for mid market |
| Philippines will be one destination you will | | | | travellers to Manila. Each room comes |
| want to return to time and time again. | | | | complete with tea and coffee making |
| | | | facilities, and cable TV, and in room safe. |
| The Philippines has it all, beautiful | | | | The hotel has different room categories to |
| beaches, a great night life with excellent | | | | choose from. The standard rooms offer a |
| bars and restaurants, and offers visitors | | | | choice of two single beds or one queen size |
| some amazing hotels to choose from. It would | | | | bed, and we can highly recommend the corner |
| be very hard not to enjoy the Philippines. | | | | rooms in this category as they are slightly |
| | | | larger and even have windows in the bathroom. |
| Manila has an enormous selection of hotels to | | | | As some of the rooms only have shower, and |
| choose from and while they may not be up to | | | | others do have bathtubs please be sure to |
| the very high standards of hotels in Bangkok | | | | make clear your preference. The hotel offers |
| or possibly other parts of Asia, due mainly | | | | guests 4 different choice of views, which |
| to the age of the hotels in Manila, this is | | | | include the slightly quieter back view |
| all about to change. Most of the major 5 star | | | | overlooking Makati, the sides, or the Bay |
| hotels in Manila are now undergoing or about | | | | view to the front of the hotel. Floors 8, 9, |
| to start some enormous renovation programmes | | | | 10 and 11 recently finished a renovation of |
| which will bring them on par with the best 5 | | | | the rooms. The hotel is a very comfortable |
| star hotels around the world. | | | | property with friendly and efficient staff, |
| | | | and the roof top pool offers guests a |
| Hotels in Manila, which are undergoing or | | | | wonderful place to relax and watch the sunset |
| about to undergo such programmes include | | | | over the bay. |
| leading hotels such as the Makati Shangri-la, | | | | |
| Peninsula, and Mandarin Oriental. | | | | Citadel Inn Makati - - Possibly the first |
| | | | "Condo" style hotel or condotel as it is |
| Choosing a hotel in Manila however very much | | | | known, in Manila. The Century Citadel enjoys |
| remains a choice of a) location and b) | | | | an enviable location in the heart of Makati |
| category of product. The traffic in Manila | | | | along the infamous P. |
| while not as bad as four or five years ago, | | | | |
| can still be very time consuming and we do | | | | Burgos Street, which is home to one of the |
| strongly advise that you choose your hotel | | | | most famous strips of bars in Manila. |
| with care to where you will need to be | | | | |
| travelling to when in Manila. | | | | The hotel has different categories of rooms |
| | | | available from a small studio to a three |
| All the major hotels in Manila offer a very | | | | bedroom suite. As this is a condotel you |
| wide selection of television channels, in | | | | enjoy the same amount of space from a regular |
| fact one of the broadest you will find | | | | appartment yet at better rates than most |
| anywhere in Asia. Channels will normally | | | | hotels could ever offer, plus on top of that |
| always include the BBC, CNN, CNA, CNBC, HBO, | | | | you also enjoy cooking facilities with your |
| ESPN, Star Sports to name but a few. However | | | | own private kitchen. The Century Citadel is |
| if you are an avid sports, or more | | | | part of the highly respected and well known |
| specifically, English football (soccer in the | | | | Century Hotels International Group of hotels |
| Philippines) fan then you will have a very | | | | and as such has a good reputation to maintain |
| hard time finding any hotel in Manila that | | | | among its regular customer base. This is just |
| will have the games shown live in the room, | | | | one of the reasons why the hotel has |
| or anywhere else in Manila for that matter. | | | | undergone an enormous renovation programme to |
| To date we have only found one way around | | | | ensure that all its rooms are of the highest |
| this, and it is not 100% foolproof, however | | | | quality. The Citadel Inn Makati as with its |
| if you select a hotel which shows Thai TV | | | | sister property only a few doors away, the |
| Channel 7, then this channel although with | | | | Primetown Tower Makati offers some of the |
| Thai language commentary does normally have | | | | most amazing views of Makati and Manila |
| the live English football matches on to give | | | | available, with rooms extending up all the |
| you your weekly fix. | | | | way to the 33rd floor, and large floor to |
| | | | ceiling windows ensuring unobstructed views. |
| You also need to be aware that the majority | | | | The studio rooms are reminiscent of a regular |
| of hotels in Manila, only offer one telephone | | | | hotel room, while the one bedroom suites are |
| line, so if you use your laptop a lot whilst | | | | very large with a separate living area, |
| connected to the internet this can be rather | | | | dining area, and kitchen. The bathrooms are |
| annoying. The renovations mentioned above | | | | complete with shower, toilet and handbasin. |
| will change all that and our reviews below | | | | As with most hotels in Manila, the Citadel |
| will highlight those hotels that do offer you | | | | Inn is complete with full cable TV which |
| the convenience of two telephone lines in a | | | | offers you almost too many channels to be |
| room, which is really now becoming a | | | | able to watch. Excellent value for money. |
| mandatory feature of five star hotels around | | | | |