Villa de Gloria

Villa de Gloria sits on Seaside Street in Barangay Songculan, Dauis — the same western-shore fishing barangay known for its waterfront eateries — at the northernmost coordinates of this stretch of Dauis lodging (lat 9.6386, lng 123.8294). It carries a 7.7 out of 10, “Good,” score on Booking.com from 39 reviews, and on TripAdvisor is ranked #12 of 137 specialty lodgings in Bohol Province’s Dauis listings, rated 4 out of 5 — a consistent, reasonably well-documented mid-tier reputation.

The property is a genuinely fuller-service resort than most of its Dauis neighbors: an infinity swimming pool, a fitness centre, a sun terrace, a lush garden, a hot tub, a minimarket, and a children’s playground round out the grounds, alongside family rooms with air conditioning, balconies, TVs, electric kettles, in-room baths, and terraces. A private beach with free beach cabanas and kayaking rounds out the water-based amenities — a genuinely more complete package, on paper, than the pool-and-terrace standard at most comparably priced Dauis inns. The family-friendly restaurant serves American, local, Asian, and international cuisines for lunch and dinner, with an à la carte breakfast each morning.

Being in Songculan rather than the Bikini Beach corridor further south puts Villa de Gloria in a quieter, more residential and fishing-oriented part of Dauis — roughly 10 miles (16 kilometres) from Alona Beach and about 2.7 miles (4.3 kilometres) from Panglao Beach, with Bohol–Panglao International Airport around 5 kilometres away. A 10-minute drive covers the Bohol National Museum and the Cathedral of San Jose (Baclayon), giving guests a cultural half-day option beyond the resort’s own private beach.

Songculan’s identity as a working fishing community is worth understanding as more than backdrop here: the barangay’s waterfront supplies the grilled tanigue and kinilaw na tuna served at the informal eateries along its shore, and that same fishing economy is the explicit subject of the Panagat Festival — Cebuano for “communal fishing” — which the Dauis municipal government has run annually since 2017, timed to the town’s founding anniversary and built around a parade, dance competition, and communal fishing activities that put Songculan and its neighboring barangays’ livelihood at the center of the celebration rather than treating fishing as scenery for tourists. A resort operating a private beach and kayak program in the same barangay sits directly alongside that working shoreline rather than apart from it, and staying here puts guests within easy reach of both the resort’s own curated water activities and the more workaday, locally used stretches of coast nearby.

The infinity pool, hot tub, and fitness centre represent a meaningfully higher capital investment than the pool-and-terrace standard found at most Dauis properties in this price bracket, and that investment is reflected in the estimated rate of roughly ₱3,110 and up per night, drawn from four comparable Dauis properties with a similar 7.7 rating — likely at or above that baseline in practice given the fuller amenity list. For context, Dauis resorts of this caliber still typically run well under the ₱4,000–8,000 charged for comparable amenities across the causeway in Panglao, which is the core reason a guest willing to base themselves a short drive from Alona Beach rather than directly on it can access infinity-pool-and-kayaking-level amenities at a meaningfully lower price.

Hinagdanan Cave and Dauis Church both sit a reasonable drive from Songculan rather than a short walk — the cave in Barangay Bingag with its brackish underground lagoon and UNESCO Geopark geosite status, and the church in Barangay Mayacabac with its 1697 Augustinian founding and pilgrimage well reputed for curative properties, especially during the August 15 Assumption fiesta.

Getting to Villa de Gloria from Tagbilaran means the standard Panglao-route jeepney or multicab followed by a tricycle into Songculan itself, since Seaside Street sits off the main coastal thoroughfare. Given its established TripAdvisor ranking, meaningful review base, and fuller resort amenity list, this is a solid mid-to-upper choice for travelers wanting more on-site infrastructure than a basic Dauis inn provides — book through Stay22 or Booking.com for live rates and availability.

Who this fits: families and groups who want a wider spread of on-site amenities — pool, hot tub, playground, gym, kayaking — packaged together at a single Dauis address, rather than piecing together a pool at one property and beach access at another. Couples looking for a quieter setting away from the Bikini Beach corridor’s foot traffic, while still having a private beach and kayak access on hand, are also well served here. Travelers whose priority is walking distance to Panglao’s dive shops or nightlife should note the drive to Alona Beach and plan transport accordingly, since Songculan’s appeal is precisely its distance from that busier strip rather than proximity to it. With a 39-review track record and a solid TripAdvisor ranking behind it, Villa de Gloria offers a reasonably low-risk way to test that trade-off for a stay of several nights.