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Staying 4d/3n in Alta Vista was a pleasant experience. There are pros and cons, and it depends on the type of guests. If you are traveling solo/couple who wants to have a perfect rest at day and night, this one’s for you. But if you are traveling with an infant or family, this is also good for a calm environment, however, the place is quite far from the main center which requires a little bit of costly transpo fee (₱300 one way) or you wait for the next trip of the hotel’s free shuttle. Let’s start with the Pros: -Very quiet environment. Peaceful, calm and relaxing. -Fresh air, you are loaded with lots of trees and flowers -Nice view of the beach on the other side. You can also see the way to NewCoast -Nice and friendly staffs. They are approachable and very accommodating -Clean room -With free shuttle (5 trips per day) -With ATM inside the hotel And some of the cons: -Very FAAAAAR from the main center. It will take 20-30mins to get to the beach at Station 2 -very far place means expensive e-trike exclusive fare rate of ₱300 one way. However, you can opt to ride for the common e-trike going to and from. Just take note that you need to walk a little downhill and uphill because it will only take you to the guard house. Overall transpo would cost about 600pesos for just 1 trip. -no wifi in the hotel. You need to have your mobile data be available. -No hotel phone. You need to have your prepaid load to call for assistance. -Their response time for assistance is slow. I understand that I called for housekeeping near lunch time. But I have to go personally at 1pm to remind them for my request. Note that I also requested the night before for a tissue. They gave it 30-45mins after. -There are some unpleasant smell in the comfort room. It’s manageable and understandable because the last hotel I stayed in Bora, the CR also has weird smell. So i think it’s weirdly common. -They have canteen but only serves breakfast. We checked in at 5pm and really hungry and exhausted from the trip, hoping to buy a good food at the hotel. Only to find out that they only serve breakfast. The staff informed us that there are pasabuy groups in fb that we can avail,good suggestion though , but still caused us big time inconvenience. -The food in the buffet……..all I can say is, the only thing I like about it is the view,and the danggit. The rest, they really need to improve especially their soup and their coffee. It tastes really matabang. Overall stay 3/5, if ever I will come back there, I would only come back because of the quietness of the place.