Mr & Mrs Smith

Amanpulo

Pamalican Island, Philippines

On remote, reef-fringed Pamalican Island, Amanpulo boutique hotel in the Philippines offers Crusoe luxe, with snow-white beaches, crystal-clear seas, pristine diving and endless watersports. After a tough day on the beach, recoup in the spa, then retire to your airy casita deck. The 'peaceful island' delivers on the elusive fantasy of getting away from it all.

Need to know

• Rooms 40 casitas and 11 villas.
• Rates Double rooms from $850.00. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 10% per room per night on checkout.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($850), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• Facilities Spa, PADI dive centre, marine sports, tennis courts, playground, golf cart for each casita, library with CDs and DVDs, boutique, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen satellite TV, CD/DVD player, iPod dock, minibar, coffee-machine.
• Poolside Bordered by vibrant bougainvillea trellises, the 30-metre, aqua-tiled swimming pool stretches out in front of the Clubhouse. Bask on your umbrella-shaded sun-bed or one of the three open-air salas where comfy mattresses reign supreme.
• Check-out 8am for 9.30am flight connections; 1pm for 2.30pm flights (not flexible due to flight departure schedule). Check-in, 9am in low season (June–October); 2.30pm in high season (November–May).
• Children Welcome: baby cots are provided for free and extra beds for older children cost S$100 a night (or they can sleep on day-beds in your room for free). Babysitting with hotel staff can be arranged for PHP300 an hour, with 48 hours’ notice. More...
• Eco-friendly The hotel is involved in turtle conservation and supports the surrounding island communities through the Andres Soriano Foundation. Food is locally sourced, with organic and homegrown produce where possible, and most staff are local.
• Also Rates exclude breakfast but include resort activities (non-motorised boats, tennis, gym and yoga). A minimum three-night stay often applies, but you'll want to stay longer.

Food and drink at Amanpulo

• Hotel restaurant Choices, choices... The poolside Restaurant at the Clubhouse serves up flavoursome Filipino and international cuisine, with views out to Manamoc Island. Settle indoors amid coconut-shell tables, Cebu rattan chairs and local lawan wood columns, or head outside to the terrace for informal dining. For just-caught seafood and tasty Spanish tapas by the sea, make for the chilled-out, open-air Beach Club pavilion, where loungers and shaded seats face the sand (the huevos rancheros are delicious). Alternatively, the Lagoon Club specialises in Vietnamese cuisine. Don't miss Pizza at the Windsurf Hut, where thin-crust pizza are whipped up in a wood-fired oven for munching by the waves. The chocolate and strawberry one rocks.
• Dress code From beach casual to Ab Fab kaftan chic, depending which eatery you plump for. This is the place fashion designers have in mind when they dream up their resort collections.
• Top table Any pew at the Beach or Lagoon Club will deliver mesmerising sea views, or crank up the romance with a private picnic or barbecue in your casita, on the sand or on a neighbouring isle.
• Last orders Breakfast is served from 6am–11am, lunch from 12pm–3pm, and dinner from 6pm–9pm. The bar shuts up shop at 11pm.
• Room service Available 24-hours, offering global and Filipino fare.
• Hotel bar Fancy some star-gazing with your sangria? At the Lobby Bar in a corner of the Clubhouse knowledgable staff can point out the constellations while you peer through the terrace telescope. Enjoy an apéritif at the marble-topped bar or an after-dinner liqueur with a cigar on the terrace, often accompanied by live music by local guitarists or harpists (guitars are big news in the Philippines). There's also the floating Kawayan pontoon bar if you don't mind swimming out to enjoy your liquid refreshment.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Amanpulo Pamalican Island, Pamalican Island