Oasis Resort

Oasis Resort: 50 Meters From Alona Beach in Tawala

Oasis Resort sits in Barangay Tawala roughly 50 meters from Alona Beach — genuinely close enough to qualify as beachfront-adjacent, unlike several similarly named Panglao properties whose “Alona Beach” claims stretch across a mile or more. Its Booking.com score of 8.8 (“Excellent”) from 235 reviews, and a location rating that external sources put as high as 9.4, both reflect that proximity. The 21-room property runs a genuine dive operation rather than simply arranging outside tours, which sets it apart from most similarly sized Alona-strip inns.

The Accommodation

Rooms are air-conditioned with complimentary WiFi, flat-screen TVs, and — for most units — individual balconies, with bathrooms stocked with bath sheets and, in some rooms, a separate toilet. Free breakfast is included, and the resort runs its own outdoor swimming pool alongside spa services that include garden-gazebo massages or in-room treatment with a private therapist, an amenity tier above the typical Alona inn. An airport shuttle is also offered, useful given the direct flights connecting Manila and Cebu into Bohol–Panglao International Airport.

Diving and the Reef

Because Oasis Resort organizes its own daily scuba-diving excursions rather than referring guests to a third-party operator, dive scheduling and gear logistics run through the front desk directly — a meaningful convenience for divers who’d rather not coordinate between their accommodation and a separate dive shop. Alona’s house reef starts just offshore, and boat trips to Balicasag Island, roughly 8 kilometers southwest, are a common add-on; that island operates under a strict visitor cap of 150 divers and snorkelers a day, two dives maximum per diver, with a roughly 250 PHP environmental fee collected per visitor booked in advance.

Panglao Context

Fifty meters from Alona Beach places this resort squarely within the busiest, most tourism-saturated stretch of Panglao — the same 1.2-kilometer arc of coralline sand that has anchored the island’s dive economy since backpackers began building the first beach huts here in the early 1980s. Land this close to the water carries a real premium over parcels even a few streets back, part of why 21-room boutique resorts rather than sprawling complexes are the norm on this particular block of Tawala.

A short trip north from Alona reaches Poblacion, where the San Agustin Parish Church complex holds the 1851 Panglao Watchtower — a five-story hexagonal coral-stone tower declared a National Cultural Treasure in 2011 and reopened to visitors in December 2017 after earthquake restoration — alongside the active St. Augustine Parish Church, its nave completed in the 1920s. Every August 28, the parish’s patronal fiesta becomes Hudyaka sa Panglao, drawing all ten of the municipality’s barangays into street parades and food stalls built around Panglao’s seafood.

On the environmental side, even a well-established beachfront resort like this one depends on the same freshwater lens that supplies the whole island — a groundwater layer that dry-season demand has pushed past safe chloride levels in some wells, according to published studies, since Panglao has no river system of its own. Tap water isn’t potable anywhere on the island, so bottled or filtered water remains standard practice for guests here as everywhere else on Panglao.

Practical Notes

A location this close to Alona Beach comes with the trade-offs of the strip itself — evening bar and restaurant noise carries until 10–11pm most nights along this stretch, easing after that. Booking well ahead matters more here than at inland alternatives, since 21 rooms sell out quickly during Holy Week, Christmas week, and Chinese New Year, when Panglao’s established beachfront resorts routinely report occupancy near capacity. Confirm whether the in-house dive package includes gear rental and which certification level the on-site instructors hold before booking a multi-dive package through the resort directly.

Reaching Panglao at all typically means flying into Bohol–Panglao International Airport, which opened in 2018 on the island itself, or taking the roughly two-hour fast ferry from Cebu City to Tagbilaran followed by a 15–20 minute tricycle or multicab crossing over the Tagbilaran–Dauis bridge. Visitors arriving between July and September should expect the southwest monsoon to bring choppier conditions and occasionally reduced dive schedules specifically to Alona Beach, a seasonal pattern worth checking against travel dates in advance.

Who Should Book Here

Works for: divers who want an in-house dive operation rather than a separate arrangement, travelers who want genuine walking-distance access to Alona Beach, and guests interested in spa treatments alongside beach time.

Skip if you: want to avoid the noise and density of Alona’s busiest block, or are on a strict budget where the estimated 6,250 PHP starting rate exceeds plan.

Current rating: 8.8 (“Excellent”) on Booking.com from 235 reviews, as recorded 2026-07-15. Rates from roughly 6,250 PHP are estimated from comparable Panglao properties at a similar rating band — confirm the live rate on Stay22.

Getting there and booking: Alona Beach is roughly a one-minute walk. Rates and current availability are listed on Stay22 and Booking.com.