Bohol Coastal View Hotel

Bohol Coastal View Hotel: Tawala Stay

Bohol Coastal View Hotel sits on Panglao Island Circumferential Road in Barangay Tawala, less than 0.6 miles from Dumaluan Beach and about 1.2 miles from Bohol-Panglao International Airport. Its own listing describes the walk to Dumaluan at 10 minutes, and it’s this quieter southern beach — not Alona — that anchors the property’s location, with a free scheduled shuttle running guests over to Alona’s busier strip when they want it.

The Accommodation

Rooms are configured for families, with air-conditioning, private bathrooms, balconies, a mini-bar, TV, and free WiFi throughout. A rooftop swimming pool with a sun terrace and garden view sits above the property, alongside a hot tub and outdoor seating area — the rooftop positioning is a specific, checkable detail that distinguishes this from a ground-level pool setup common elsewhere on the strip. Free private parking is available for guests arriving with rented transport — a genuinely useful detail for anyone renting a scooter or car to explore Panglao’s north side and Doljo Beach independently rather than relying entirely on tricycles and the hotel shuttle.

Dining

The restaurant serves a genuinely mixed menu — Chinese, American, local Filipino, and other Asian cuisines — with breakfast built around local specialties alongside cheese and fruit. That range suggests a property catering to a broad mix of nationalities rather than a narrowly Filipino-seafood-only kitchen, which tracks with its 143 Booking.com reviews and 8.0 rating, a large enough sample to be a fairly reliable read on typical guest experience.

Dumaluan Beach vs. Alona

Dumaluan Beach, the property’s nearest stretch of sand, tends to draw a calmer, more local and family crowd than Alona’s dive-shop-and-bar-lined strip further south. It’s a legitimate alternative for guests who want beach time without Alona’s density of tour touts and evening noise, though it has fewer restaurants and dive operators directly on the sand — most of that infrastructure remains concentrated on Alona, reachable here via the hotel’s free scheduled shuttle or a short tricycle ride.

Area Context: Water & Livelihood

Panglao’s freshwater comes entirely from a lens of groundwater floating above denser saltwater within the island’s porous limestone — there are no rivers on the island. Studies of local wells have found chloride levels running well past the World Health Organization’s 250 mg/L safety threshold in some areas, largely from dry-season over-extraction outpacing the aquifer’s natural recharge. It’s the reason tap water isn’t potable anywhere on Panglao, hotel-grade filtration or not, and it’s a genuine constraint on how much further the resort corridor along this coast can expand without new water infrastructure.

Inland from Tawala, the barangays of Tangnan, Binoon, and San Isidro stay largely agricultural, growing coconut and root crops even as the coastline fills with hotels — a reminder that Panglao’s economy runs on more than tourism, even for guests who never leave the beach road. Coastal barangays like Danao and Boljo-on keep some traditional boat-building practices alive as well, though fibreglass hulls have mostly replaced wood for motorized fishing craft in recent decades.

If Visiting in Late August

Guests timing a stay for late August should know that the whole municipality — not just Alona or Poblacion — shifts toward Hudyaka sa Panglao, a fiesta held on August 28 honoring the parish’s patron, St. Augustine of Hippo. All ten barangays, Tawala included, take part with street parades, dance competitions, and food stalls built around local seafood. It draws heavier local traffic and fuller local eateries than an average week, worth factoring into a shuttle or tricycle schedule if a stay overlaps with it, since Tawala’s own roads see more activity than usual during the lead-up.

Practical Details

Location: Circumferential Road, Tawala; under 0.6 miles to Dumaluan Beach, about 1.2 miles to the airport.

Transport: Free scheduled shuttle to Alona Beach and free scheduled airport drop-off are included; independent tricycle transport to Tagbilaran runs roughly 150–200 PHP.

Day Trips

Chocolate Hills (about 45 minutes inland) and the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary (a similar distance) are both bookable through Alona-based operators reachable via the hotel’s shuttle, typically combined with a Loboc River cruise for a half-day countryside circuit.

Who Should Book Here

Works for families wanting a rooftop pool, varied restaurant menu, and calmer beach access at Dumaluan, with the option of a free shuttle when Alona’s energy is wanted instead.

Skip if you want to walk directly onto Alona’s reef and restaurant strip without a shuttle or tricycle ride.

Current Rating: Very Good, 8.0 from 143 reviews on Booking.com (as of 2026-08-26) — a substantial review base.

Getting There & Booking

Bohol Coastal View Hotel is on Circumferential Road in Tawala, near Dumaluan Beach. Book on Stay22 or Booking.com to confirm current rates and shuttle schedules.