Only Seed Resort

Only Seed Resort: A 40-Room Property in Danao

Only Seed Resort is a 40-room resort a seven-minute walk from Danao Beach, making it one of the larger properties on Panglao’s quieter eastern shoreline rather than a small guesthouse. It carries a 7.8 (“Good”) score on Booking.com from 152 reviews, a respectable result for a property operating at this scale away from the Alona strip’s concentration of high-review boutique inns.

The Accommodation

Rooms come with air conditioning, private bathrooms, a tea and coffee maker, TV, and free WiFi — standard amenities delivered across a genuinely large room count for this part of the island. The resort runs a spacious restaurant, an outdoor pool, a bar and lounge, a poolside bar, and a snack bar or deli, giving guests more on-site dining variety than most Panglao properties this size attempt. Onsite massage is also available. Worth noting for arrival planning: a 2,000 PHP damage deposit is collected in cash at check-in and reimbursed at check-out, a common practice at larger Philippine resorts that’s still worth confirming before travel so guests arrive with the right cash on hand.

Location and Getting Around

Danao Beach, a seven-minute walk away, is a quieter and less developed stretch of coast than Alona, without the density of dive shops and restaurant options that define the main strip. Guests wanting Alona’s reef access, tour operators, or evening dining will need a short tricycle ride, typically covering the few kilometers between Danao and Tawala in well under fifteen minutes.

Panglao Context

A 40-room resort represents a meaningfully larger capital investment than the small guesthouses and six-to-ten-room villas that dominate much of Panglao’s accommodation stock, and its presence in Danao rather than Alona reflects the lower land costs on this side of the island — tourism development has concentrated overwhelmingly along Alona’s 1.2-kilometer strip since the early 1980s, leaving Danao with room for larger-footprint construction at a fraction of beachfront-Alona land prices.

A short drive from Danao toward Poblacion reaches the San Agustin Parish Church complex, where 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 — stands beside the active St. Augustine Parish Church, its nave completed in the 1920s. Every August 28, the parish’s patronal feast becomes Hudyaka sa Panglao, drawing all ten of the municipality’s barangays into street parades and food stalls built around local seafood.

For a meal beyond the resort’s own restaurant and snack bar, kinilaw na tanigue — raw Spanish mackerel cured in coconut vinegar produced on the island, with ginger, chili, and onion — remains the dish most identified with Panglao’s local kitchens. On the environmental side, this stretch of coastline draws on the same freshwater lens supplying the rest of the island, a groundwater layer that dry-season demand has pushed past safe chloride levels in some wells according to published studies, which is why tap water isn’t potable anywhere on Panglao and bottled or filtered water remains standard practice even at a resort of this size.

Practical Notes

Larger resorts like this one typically hold up better during Panglao’s peak windows — Holy Week, Christmas week, Chinese New Year — simply because more rooms means more inventory left when smaller properties sell out, though popular room categories still book ahead fast enough to warrant early reservations. Confirm the deposit policy directly before arrival: a 2,000 PHP cash deposit collected at check-in is standard practice here, and travelers unfamiliar with the convention sometimes arrive without enough local currency on hand.

Getting to Panglao means flying directly into Bohol–Panglao International Airport, which opened in 2018 on the island itself, or crossing by fast ferry from Cebu City to Tagbilaran — roughly two hours — followed by a 15–20 minute tricycle or multicab ride over the Tagbilaran–Dauis bridge. Visitors arriving between July and September should expect the southwest monsoon to bring choppier conditions specifically to Alona Beach, with Danao and this side of the island generally less exposed to the same seasonal swell.

Who Should Book Here

Works for: groups or families who want more on-site dining variety and a larger pool area than small guesthouses offer, and travelers comfortable with a short tricycle ride to Alona’s reef access.

Skip if you: want to walk directly to Alona Beach, or prefer a smaller, more personal property over a 40-room resort. Guests wanting an in-house dive shop rather than an arranged pickup should also confirm what’s offered directly, since the listed facilities center on dining and pool amenities rather than a dedicated dive operation.

Current rating: 7.8 (“Good”) on Booking.com from 152 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: Danao Beach is a seven-minute walk. Rates and current availability are listed on Stay22 and Booking.com.