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