Wat een heerlijke Homestay is dit, alsof je thuis bent! Fantastische gastvrije mensen, nergens te beroerd voor, heerlijk ontbijt, meerdere goed schoongehouden badkamers, goede stille airco's en warm water in de douche...later op de avond kans dat het hete eraf is maar altijd nog erg aangenaam. Was-service, scooter verhuur en via de buren een Tricycle in no-time voor vervoer. Drie minuten van het strand en twee minuten van de marktkraampjes en de meeste restaurants... Absolute aanrader!

This could be a delightful guesthouse; the greed of the owners prevents that. When I arrived for a three-day pre-paid stay, I found they had overbooked the last night. Their neighbours and reviews on this site confirm that the owners often do this. Rather than discuss the situation with me, they put me in a dorm room albeit with a door separating my mattress on the floor from the other mattresses. For that ‘privilege’ I paid three times as much as those sleeping outside my door. It definitely wasn’t what I had booked as this room – and the dorm – are not listed on Booking.com so I couldn’t have booked it. And it was much more basic than what I had paid for. Elsewhere in Port Barton there are similarly priced places with better amenities right on the beach. In Puerto Princesa, you can get a lovely ensuite in pleasant surroundings for not much more money. I tried to discuss the situation with the owner but she wasn't interested. Fact is, none of the staff seem very interested in hospitality. Other issues - Breakfast could be decent if served hot but cold fried eggs and cold toast is not so great (so I wasn’t worried about turning up on schedule the 2nd day). No tea, just Nescafe and Coffee Mate; not enough chairs for everyone to sit down to eat; not enough clean cups for everyone to have coffee and no one wanted to do any washing until breakfast was over. - I had expected somewhere to sit and read but the only place is the breakfast table which itself is in the middle of, well, everything: Laundry, toilet rolls, cleaning supplies, toys, filing cabinets, the reception area, staff (who had conversations over my head as they worked around the area), children watching television… it’s as if a family room was ‘cleared’ by pushing everything to the sides, plopping a table in the middle and adding one metre of space around it for chairs. In a dark room. With yesterday’s dried fish on the table. (On my last morning I found a concrete bench and table outside that I could use but it hadn’t been made clear that this was part of Ferranco’s.) - Bathroom. I had expected my own but re-reading the description I see this was my fault. Still, even with a shared bathroom I don’t expect one small room with cold shower and toilet (knees bang on wall opposite so must sit sideways) that is shared by everyone in the cottage (up to 12 people?). And to get to the toilet I had to walk through the dorm where people were sleeping, down the stairs, through reception, through the dining area and hope it’s not occupied. Not great if you get a dodgy tummy in the middle of the night. Some of the advertised amenities that I didn’t get: - “A hotel room”. Yes, it is a room. But the bed takes up the only normal height part of the room, the rest is 1- 1.5m high meaning even the shortest person must walk around stooped over. To get to the room I had to walk through the ‘dorm’ (a bunch of mattresses on the floor). - “Double bed”. Well, it was a double mattress, but on the floor, not a bed. - “Desk”. Yes, just large enough to put a small bag on. Other than the bed, that was the extent of the furniture – no shelves or anywhere to put clothes etc. - “rooms are equipped with a seating area”. No. No chair or other place to sit. - “Certain rooms also offer a kitchen with a fridge and a stovetop. Some rooms at the property have a balcony with a mountain view.” I didn’t get any of those rooms – and wasn’t offered the choice. The view from my room was – from window 1, the satellite dish right outside. Window 2, other people’s bedrooms 2 metres away (so limited privacy) and their aircon unit that roared to life in the middle of the night - “Internet Access”. There was a good wi-fi connection to the router but extremely limited access from there to the internet (around 64kbps – not Mbps, K…) – this is dependent upon the package the owner’s purchase as faster internet is available at other places. - “Air conditioning”. No. And as the cottage is wide open to the elements, there are mosquitoes in all common areas (rooms outside the cottage may have aircon). - “Hot shower”. No. Very cold. I had booked for three nights but left after two; I lost my third night’s rent (pre-paid). On the plus side, Ferranco’s is clean and the town’s electricity supply has recently been upgraded to 24/7 so no daily blackouts.

After posting really honest review on the experience that we had with this place (and have to say that it was before we left) we woke up in the middle of the night to door knocking and the owner that's yelled and threats us that if we wont remove our review from tripadvisor they will kick us out- and that is what happened and more then that.. they told us to pay even when they kicked us out. Horrible place with a staff that dont know how to treat guests. Do yourself a favor there are really nice places on port barton to stay with really really good and kind owners, this is not one of them.

We (2 persons) stayed in Ferranco Inn for 3 days and really recommend this place. The whole place was clean. There were enough bathrooms, 2 with heated water and 1 with only cold water. All these bathrooms were clean too. What I mostly liked about this place were the facilities. You’ll get a mosquito net, soaps and shampoos, laundry service (100 pesos per kilo) and they provide tours and motorbike renting. But most of all I really loved the breakfasts. Everyday you can choose between a lot of options, from Filipino breakfast to pancakes and oatmeal (really recommend the Banofie crepe). At last, the place is located near the beaches and restaurants. Just a 2 minutes walk!

I don't understand the last coment, I slept on this hotel two night and the price was clearly indicated. The personal was lovely and the room was clean. I definetily recommend this hotel !

Worst place ever! Do not go there!!! Please read if u plan to stay there. We booked 2 nights from the owner of the place and not from booking and we agreed on a price that was cheaper from booking. The owner asked from us an advance payment of 1000 peso and then spacific told us how much we left to pay. After one day we asked to book one more night, we asked how much it cost and aperently the price for each night that we booked was not the same as the owner told us. Basiclly she lied about the price and asked from us 2 times more expensive! While we spoked with her about it she didnt even looked at us, or even answerd us. The only respond from her was: " i dont care you can leave today if you want but you will still going to pay". And another guy who stayed in this place told me that the kind of the same thing happend to him. Really awfull staying, and an awfull attitude from the owner of the place!

Uno de los pocos lugares limpios practicamente al 100% en Hostel del País Asiático. Los chavales y el dueño son súper agradables. Puedes tomarte todos los cafés que te apetezcan ! :) Cuentan con camas con baño compartido y unas habitaciones en el edifico de atrás muy espaciosas y limpias. Nosotros conseguimos una de esas con 4 camas para mi pareja y yo sólos. El precio además es de los mas bajos de Port Barton. A 5 min de la playa

Nos hemos sentido parte de la familia filipina conviviendo entre ellos. Hay agua caliente y ventilador en las habitaciones. Es muy limpio aunque bien simples. La propietaria es un encanto y nos ha ayudado con todo el necesario. No hay lujo pero se vive un poco de la vida filipina muy de cerca.

Un lugar economico, limpio, cuidado con una atención excelente y un desayuno delicioso. Lo unico malo es que no es super centrico, pero llegas andando a todos los lados. Y que solo tienen electricidad por la noche. Por lo demás chapó. No s ayudaron en todo lo que necesitamos y nos sentimos como en casa

1. we asked for 24h electricity - only at night. 2. we asked for breakfast - only after "fighting" about it. 3. We asked for hot water - only if it was sunny that day ( and it wasn't ). 4. we got room number 1 which made us wait until 10:00 to get some light so we can pack our staff and leave this place, so make sure you take upper rooms.