One 4 Da Road

One 4 Da Road: A Three-Minute Walk From Alona Beach

One 4 Da Road is an inn a three-minute walk from Alona Beach and about 1.2 miles from Bohol–Panglao International Airport, close enough to the strip to be a genuinely convenient base without sitting directly on the sand. It holds a 7.9 (“Good”) score on Booking.com from 114 reviews, and couples specifically rate it 9.1 for a two-person trip — a notably higher figure than the overall average, suggesting the property suits pair travel better than larger groups or families.

The Accommodation

Rooms are air-conditioned with private bathrooms, showers, TVs, and electric kettles, set on tiled floors with a terrace or balcony overlooking the garden. The property runs a restaurant and bar on-site alongside free WiFi, and airport transfer service is available for guests who’d rather not manage tricycle logistics on arrival. Check-in begins at 2:00 PM, check-out at noon.

Location and Getting Around

A three-minute walk to Alona Beach is about as close as a non-beachfront inn gets on this strip, putting dive shops, restaurant options, and tour operators within easy reach without paying for a direct beachfront room. Hinagdanan Cave, a lit cave with a brackish swimming pool in Barangay Bingag, sits roughly 7.5 miles away — a common half-day excursion for guests based this close to Alona.

Panglao Context

Alona’s proximity here places the inn within the same 1.2-kilometer stretch of coralline sand that has anchored Panglao’s dive economy since the early 1980s, when backpackers built the first beach huts along what was then undeveloped shoreline. That history is worth remembering while walking the three minutes from this inn to the water: the strip’s density of dive shops, restaurants, and bars developed over four decades rather than all at once, and older, smaller properties like this one predate much of the larger resort construction that followed the 2018 opening of Panglao’s own airport.

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, Hudyaka sa Panglao, the parish’s patronal festival, draws all ten of the municipality’s barangays into street parades and food stalls built around Panglao’s seafood.

Being this close to Alona also means being close to its environmental pressures. The reef fronting the strip is monitored for recovery from past coral bleaching, and the wider dive economy depends on managed access at sites like Balicasag Island, roughly 8 kilometers southwest, where a strict cap of 150 visitors a day and two dives per diver keeps pressure on the reef within sustainable limits — a policy every dive shop booking trips from this stretch of Alona operates under.

Practical Notes

A 7.9 score from 114 reviews sits in a comfortable middle range for Alona-adjacent inns — high enough to signal consistency, without the volume of a 500-plus-review resort that would make trends easier to spot. The couples-specific 9.1 rating is worth weighing more heavily than the overall score for anyone traveling as a pair, since it suggests the room sizes, quiet level, and general atmosphere suit two people better than a family or larger group. Booking the airport transfer in advance rather than arranging a tricycle on arrival can simplify a first night in Panglao, particularly for guests landing later in the day.

Getting to Panglao at all means flying directly into Bohol–Panglao International Airport or crossing by fast ferry from Cebu City to Tagbilaran — roughly two hours — followed by a short tricycle or multicab ride over the Tagbilaran–Dauis bridge onto the island. Visitors arriving between July and September should expect the southwest monsoon to bring choppier water and occasionally disrupted dive schedules specifically to Alona Beach, a seasonal pattern worth checking against travel dates given how close this inn sits to the affected stretch of coast.

Who Should Book Here

Works for: couples wanting a short, walkable distance to Alona Beach without a full beachfront price tag, and travelers who value airport transfer convenience.

Skip if you: want to step directly onto the sand, or are traveling as a larger group where the couples-oriented rating may not reflect the experience. Divers arranging multiple boat trips to Balicasag or Cabilao Island may also prefer a property with an in-house dive desk over one that relies on nearby operators.

Current rating: 7.9 (“Good”) on Booking.com from 114 reviews, as recorded 2026-07-15. Rates from roughly 3,090 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 a three-minute walk. Rates and current availability are listed on Stay22 and Booking.com.