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North Zen Villas

4.0 star property
North Zen Villas offers a peaceful retreat with lush gardens where travelers can relax with soothing massages, enjoy poolside moments, or savor leisurely breakfasts

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Travelers find genuine relaxation at North Zen Villas, where serene gardens complement the tranquil spa. The outdoor pool offers a refreshing escape, and mornings start with breakfast on a sunny terrace. The property also features a billiards area for casual entertainment.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

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  • 1 bedroom
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  • 70 sq m
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About the neighborhood

Panglao is home to North Zen Villas. Lite Port Center and Island City Mall are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Alona Beach and Doljo Beach. Visit our Panglao travel guide
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Brgy. Doljo Panglao Island, Panglao, 6340

What's nearby

  • Doljo Beach
    Doljo Beach
    8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Virgin Island
    Virgin Island
    10 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Alona Beach
    Alona Beach
    18 min drive - 5.9 miles
  • Dumaluan Beach
    25 min drive - 9.3 miles
  • White Beach
    25 min drive - 9.8 miles

Getting around

  • Panglao (TAG-Bohol Intl.)
    10 min drive

Restaurants

  • 迷霧 Mist
    7 min drive
  • Ubeco
    3 min drive
  • Gerarda’s
    5 min drive
  • Barwoo
    7 min drive
  • Namoo
    6 min drive

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • Massage
  • Spa open daily

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

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  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

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  • Air conditioning
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 7 AM to 9 PM

Frequently asked questions

Does North Zen Villas have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Pool access is from 7 AM–9 PM.

Is North Zen Villas pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at North Zen Villas?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at North Zen Villas?

Check-out is at noon. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Where is North Zen Villas located?

Situated in Panglao, this spa hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Doljo Beach and Virgin Island. Momo Beach is 2.8 mi (4.4 km) away.

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Reviews

North Zen Villas Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

9.6

Cleanliness

8.8

Location

9.6

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 145 out of 175 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 175 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 175 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 175 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 175 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Beautiful big room with king size beds excellent friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Aubrey

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room was spotless, spacious and comfortable. Staff were friendly, helpful and courteous. Awesome place and will definitely come back.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Services, staff, food, clean room. Beautiful and relaxing facilities. We’ll be back again and again
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay; was here for three nights. Beautiful, quiet, and well-maintained property. Everyone on the staff was professional, courteous, and helpful. The resort is located just a few miles from the busy, loud streets of Alona Beach. Thus, it offers a pleasant escape from the noise and traffic. The mangrove forest, located behind the resort, is a lovely nature reserve and there is a great sunset spot at the end of the boardwalk. One of the best resorts in all of Panglao.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the clean spacious room with a full kitchen and breakfast delivered to our room by the warm friendly staff
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Shayne

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hospitality from the staff was great. Very welcoming and helpful. Spa staff were great too.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Valentina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a very enjoyable stay at North Zen Villas. The property is peaceful and beautifully designed, and the swimming pool was a highlight — never too crowded, making it perfect for a relaxing dip anytime. One of us tried the massage and was very pleased with the experience. We also highly recommend visiting South Farm, especially if you’re traveling with kids — it’s well worth it. There’s some room for improvement in the cleanliness of the common areas, particularly given the number of staff on site. It would also be great if the team were more proactive in suggesting activities.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
room is big, clean. bathroom as well.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Katy

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely loved our stay here! The staff went above and beyond to make our honeymoon truly special and were so accommodating in every way. Since many of our tours started early, they arranged takeaway breakfasts for us, which was a huge help. We stayed in the pool villa, which was amazing, peaceful, away from the crowds, and the 'floating delight' breakfast was a highlight! The bathroom and shower were incredible: very spacious with great water pressure. We also enjoyed strolling along the bamboo walk to the bar, which doubled as a great running path. The food and drinks are very reasonably priced as well. While the hotel is about a 12-minute tuk-tuk ride to the center, we actually valued being on the outskirts of the chaos of Alona Beach. Coming back to such peace and quiet was exactly what we needed, especially while dealing with jet lag. This was truly a little slice of paradise; I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it and would love to stay again!"
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

6/10 Okay

Maria

Liked: Staff & service
Pool looked great but restaurant was very old looking. Hotel needs a little more upgrades. Small hotel overall. However the staff were fabulous! Very pleasant and welcoming and overall nice people!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kell

Absolutely phenomenal!! Staff was amazing from the moment we got there until our departure. Definitely plan to stay again. Only concerns we had (but did not affect our stay): 1) When we got breakfast with 5 ppl vs 4 ppl, one person’s meal was always forgotten and they had to wait an extra 10-15 min to get their food; 2) My family prefers breakfast buffets, but I loved their breakfast menu
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lynne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Bamboo walk is amazing, and the staff is happy to help arrange for rides to different areas of the island and/or a scooter rentals for the day.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and beautiful facilities. Highly recommend
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Taeyong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

The fantastic sunset view resort

The reason why I select North Zen Villas is able to see a beuatiful mangrove woods. It was fantastic sunset when I've seen before. Also, the service quality is perfect. The employees always show big smiles.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our family of grandparents, parents and grandchildren stayed for 4 nights at North Zen Villas in December 2024. The rooms are spacious and comfortable, the grounds are attractive, especially the boardwalk through the mangroves, and the food at the restaurant was good. The staff were uniformly cheerful and helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice service and beautiful sunset
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

May

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay at the resort. The facilities are fantastic and the staff offered excellent service! It’s a bit away from Alona but that is what we wanted. Perfect if you prefer quiet. Would be back for sure.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marie APRIL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

North Zen Hotel

We love the rooms and the hotel itself with all the amenities around like the Mangroove, the big nice pool and the restaurant. Services are great, food is not the best for me because mostly are healthy, but for all, it was great!!! Crews were so courteous and they cleaned our room every day. Rooms were clean and smells great. I love this hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ingrid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful, clean, relaxing, well-designed resort. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The included breakfast was great to have on-site, however, the service was very slow. Even when food was preordered for a certain time, we still had to wait for it for about 45 minutes.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was amazing. They really helped us to feel safe and comfortable while lodging there. The food was 10/10 as well. It's a smaller size resort which is nice if you prefer the quiet. I highly recommend staying here. However as for exploring the surrounding area, it did not feel like a very walkable environment outside the resort. You need to set up transportation or rent a motorbike. They have both options at the resort and even the option to rent a tuk tuk instead of your average car. BONUS - Best happy hour in the world !!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kristin Emma Therese

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Peaceful and amazing hotel

We had a wonderful time at North Zen villas, we enjoyed that it was quiet and peaceful. Good service, the staff are very nice and helpful. Big and wonderful pool area with sunbeds. Food was very delicious, and the food decoration were amazing. The opportunity to find restaurants in Doljo is poor. But it is easy to grab a TukTuk/tricykle whenever you want to go somewhere else like Alona Beach. Had one massage at the hotel, can highly recommend. Super!! The bambu walk to sunset is very cool and beautiful, and they have a bar out there to. Can highly recommend this hotel// Therese & Anders
Stayed 15 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We loved everything about this place. The rooms, location, food, facilities were fantastic. The pool was exceptionally good and well maintained. But the best thing for us was the STAFF. All of them were wonderful and I am sad to leave. I'm sorry I cannot remember all the names. But of the names that I remember from the guys at front of house in the orange shirts are Jane, Azia. Lang, Dars, Mike and (superman) Ralph. Of the security guys in blue I'd like to thank Amor, Lacia, and Eorreon. And the bar and restaurant staff, there were so many of you but of the names I can remember I would like to thank Gian, Jeb Jeb, Peter. You treated us to the freshest and tastiest filipino food at breakfast and at dinner time. I'd also like to thank the lovely gardening lady in green with her big hat, quietly working on the grounds to make them pleasant for all of us. The massage ladies I am grateful for you all too and for your healing hands. As I have said, there are just too many names to remember and I apologise if your name is not in this review. But I want you all to know that you were ALL appreciated by my husband and I. This resort, North Zen Villas, is one of the best hotels I have stayed in. I definitely recommend it and would stay again. Finally, I just want to say: Jane, Azia and Lang, whenever I eat coconut or candy, I will think of you now. I have no choice but to give the NZV 10 out of 10. Thank you SO much for looking after us.
Stayed 9 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The Mangrove Walk Is Great

We were comfortable at Zen Villas, and the staff was very nice and willing to help us with whenever we needed. The hotel seems to cater more to families than those looking for romance. There's a great pool, but there were a lot of kids playing in the pool when we were there. At nighttime, you could usually relax at the pool in a more quiet atmosphere, for exercise or romance. Overall, the hotel is quiet, and the live music on the weekends was really excellent. We loved walking on the mangrove walk. That's a really nice feature of the hotel. The bed was comfortable but the chair in the room was easy for sitting and you have to take a shower really carefully to not splash water all over the floor. My suite had a nice little kitchen and refrigerator, which was great. The restaurant was okay, but they'ed bring breakfast to your room and breakfasts were really good. The restaurant had some tasty dishes but we were disappointed that there wasn't more local food to try and no fresh fish. A fresh fish of the day dish would have been nice. We liked staying at Zen Villas for a few days and would recommend it. Bohol is a great place to explore. We're glad we went there and loved seeing the Tarsiers at the official conservation center.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful setting

The hotel was beautiful although not quite ‘zen’ as the name suggests. The hotel seemed to have a deal with tour groups so there was constant bus loads of tourist groups coming through which turned the bar into a bubbling tourist spot with people pushing and shoving your tables and drinks rather than a relaxing place to enjoy your drink as the sun went down. Seems like the hotel needs to work on their zen vibe. The rooms were beautiful, comfortable beds and a good size. Cleanliness was ok but inconsistent, once our door was left open which was a security risk especially because of the sheer volume of non-guests staying there! Food was mainly good although issues with meat in food despite informing them of vegetarian diets. You have to prebook the breakfast in the morning so they can have the food ready for you but a few times we came in the morning and had to wait over half an hour for our breakfast - no apologies. It was a very inconsistent service! Bar staff at the pool had good consistent customer service. There was one lady at the reception that was always friendly and worked really hard to resolve problems, so we appreciate her help a lot! The manager was also very helpful and accommodating so thank you to her!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing, great, wonderful and I could carry on with all the superlatives. Its such a quiet place, staff was very helpful, our flight got delayed by several hours and they let us stay in the pool area for 9 hours…we will come back there one day. Thank you
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026