Talisay Inn

Talisay Inn: A Small Guesthouse in Anda’s Beach Barangay

Talisay Inn’s coordinates place it within a few hundred meters of the center of Barangay Talisay, the barangay that gives Anda’s main resort beach its name — Anda White Beach runs along roughly 1.5 kilometers of calm, shallow shoreline through this stretch of the municipality. That’s a reasonable inference from the numbers rather than a confirmed address on any listing, since the inn’s own pages give a general “Anda Provincial Road” address without a barangay marker, but the coordinates match the area closely enough to support it. Some listings show the property operating as “Talisay Inn and Vehicle Rental,” suggesting motorbike or car rental alongside the rooms — a common secondary business for small Bohol guesthouses in areas without much public transport.

Rooms and On-Site Amenities

The inn runs ten guest rooms, each with air conditioning, a desk, flat-screen TV, private bathroom, and — per several listings — a terrace with a sea view. Rooms are also described as including a fridge, basic kitchenware, and an electric kettle, useful extras in a town with limited dining options after dark. On site there’s a restaurant and bar serving American and Asian breakfast options, along with free Wi-Fi and free private parking.

Rates and Reviews

No OTA rating or review count is attached to this listing at the time of writing, so no score appears on this page — treat the absence as incomplete data rather than a judgment either way, and check Booking.com or Agoda directly for current guest feedback before booking. The PHP 2,920 nightly rate quoted here is an estimate drawn from 30 comparable coastal Bohol beach-town properties, since Anda itself had too few direct matches to price against; confirm the live rate through Stay22 before committing.

The Name and the Barangay

“Talisay” refers to the beach almond tree (Terminalia catappa), a broad-canopied species common along Philippine shorelines and a frequent namesake for coastal barangays across the country — Bohol alone has more than one Talisay, including a separate, unrelated one in Loon municipality on the island’s western coast. Barangay Talisay in Anda takes its name the same way, and its stretch of coastline is where most of the municipality’s resorts and guesthouses have clustered as tourism has grown, distinct from the free public beach at Quinale in the poblacion proper.

Anda’s Layout and Diving

Anda covers about 133 square kilometers across 18 barangays, with tourism infrastructure concentrated unevenly across that area — Talisay’s beachfront row of resorts and guesthouses is one cluster, the poblacion around Quinale Beach is another, and the two are a short habal-habal ride apart rather than a single continuous strip. Anda Scuba Diving, one of the area’s established operators, shows up among the points of interest listed near this property, consistent with a Talisay-side address; the municipality’s roughly 30 dive sites, spread between Anda and neighboring Guindulman, are mostly reachable by boat in under ten minutes and weighted toward wall dives and macro subjects rather than big-animal encounters.

Getting There and Getting Around

Anda sits roughly 110 kilometers from Tagbilaran City on Bohol’s far eastern peninsula, a two-and-a-half to three-hour drive with no direct sea route — visitors arrive either by chartered van (PHP 2,000–2,500 per vehicle) or by bus to the Guindulman junction, transferring to a habal-habal or jeepney for the final leg. There’s no ATM in the beach area itself; the nearest is in Guindulman, about 30 kilometers back along the route to Tagbilaran, and habal-habal fares around town are negotiated on the spot rather than metered. Budget cottages around Talisay generally run PHP 600–1,500 a night, with mid-range resort rooms elsewhere in the barangay closer to PHP 2,000–4,000 — a useful bracket for placing this inn’s PHP 2,920 estimate.

Local Food

Anda’s characteristic dishes lean on what comes off local boats: grilled squid cooked over coconut-husk charcoal, and kinilaw made with tanigue or bariles rather than the tuna used elsewhere in the Philippines. Small carinderias around the poblacion and beach barangays are the more likely source of these than hotel kitchens, particularly at a smaller property like this one without a dedicated main restaurant beyond breakfast service.

Who This Suits

Talisay Inn fits travelers who want a beach-barangay base without a full resort’s overhead — a rental scooter, a room with a sea-view terrace, and easy reach of Anda White Beach cover most of what a shorter stay here would need. Confirm current rates and availability on Stay22, and check for guest reviews directly on the major OTAs before booking, since none currently register on this listing.