Cagayan Holiday
Leisure Resort
Five Star Amenities, Awful Guest Services
Stay, Stray, Play and Feast
Tuguegrao, Cagayan Series 4
Tuguegrao, Cagayan Series 4
We arrived after almost a three hour exhilarating
drive from Tuguegarao
to Sta.Ana in Cagayan,
…where we were booked for an overnight stay
in Sun
City’s Cagayan Holiday
Leisure Resort.
Cagayan Holiday
Leisure Resort is
a huge Taiwanese owned resort complex,
…located in one of the northernmost point
of Luzon, the biggest
island in the Philippines.
It had a huge cavernous lobby located at the
main clubhouse and
checking in was a breeze.
We were given welcome drinks,
…and we were brought to our villa
by an electric car since it was located
about a block away from the clubhouse.
Stay
We were booked in a 2 bedroom villa,
and we were delighted to see the beautiful
living room, a far cry from the solitary sofa
that we have in Pulsar
back in Tuguegarao.
It had a full dining room,
a small kitchen, with a refrigerator.
a small kitchen, with a refrigerator.
The living room and kitchen
were tastefully designed.
It had its own beautiful toilet and bath,
…and a rather outdated box type flat screen TV,
but is was okay as the place was well maintained and
it did not bother us at all as it was working anyway.
The main bedroom had a queen sized bed and
just like the living room it was well designed.
It also had it’s own flat screen box type TV,
…and it’s own luxurious bathroom.
The second bedroom had two double beds,
…and its own box type flat screen TV,
…and just like the main bedroom
it was beautiful and well designed.
The villa did not make us feel
that we are in a hotel at all-
…it felt as if we were home that we
just wanted to laze
around and didn’t
want to leave or do
anything anymore.
We did not have a wi fi internet connection
and had a really nice working table
that doubles as a vanity area,
...equipped a broadband internet
and the sole telephone unit in our villa.
and had a really nice working table
that doubles as a vanity area,
and the sole telephone unit in our villa.
Stray
Even if we felt like we didn’t want to
leave our villa anymore there is still a lot
of places to stray and visit in the resort.
One can walk leisurely or jog
on the resorts well paved road,
while enjoying the scenery.
Or maybe just laze on the main clubhouse
have a drink and enjoy the exclusive serenity.
The resort is like a huge garden and guests
can enjoy Sta. Ana’s
local flora and fauna
on its impeccably landscaped backyard.
Guests may also laze on the
resort’s pristine beachfront,
…and just sit on the seawall
and watch the colorful sunset.
The resort has its own airport and offers
flights to Batanes, Manila
and even
direct flights to nearby Taiwan.
Play
Within the complex, and across
the private airport is a huge Casino
which we never got to visit as we
were never really interested to see it.
The resort is a kid’s paradise as they
gave a gorgeous Infinity
Pool,
…that had a sunken bar.
I had a great time swimming
with the kids in this pool and
they never want to leave anymore.
By the pool is a well
equipped modern Gym,
…and a Spa where
guests could
be pampered to full relaxation.
The kids also had a great time
swimming on the beach,
…and playing in the sand.
There is not a minute that they will
get bored as various waters sports
activities are also being offered.
We all had a great
time on the Jetski,
…which is safe even for very young kids as a lifeguard
may accompany the guests during their ride.
We also enjoyed the
ATV ride by the beach.
Some of the villas had private pools
in their backyard and
we were almost
tempted to upgrade our accommodation,
….but we decided not to do so, since we
would only be staying overnight.
would only be staying overnight.
The kids may not want to leave the villa anymore,
and might not be able to utilize the other
fabulous amenities available in the hotel..
Feast
Cagayan Holiday
Leisure Resort had Five Star
amenities and provided us with a perfect place to
stay, stray and play
for a relaxing family vacation,
…and we intended to feast
in between
and this is where the resort fails.
We had not had any lunch upon arriving
and we hit the pool immediately as we
intended to take a pool side lunch,
…but the poolside crew never showed up
again after serving us canned orange soda.
We have totally forgotten about the late
lunch until we transferred to the beach.
There was a seaside dining area and we
ordered food as we intended to eat there
after we were through swimming.
It was already dusk, our orders did
not arrive so we requested them just
to bring the food to our room.
It took them forever to bring the food
to our room and we were starving,
luckily we had a Cagayano
Pizza
that we brought along the way.
Our food finally arrived served
in Styrofoam containers…
…no plates, no utensils,
no spoon no nothing.
We had to call the front desk
to bring us some water to drink
and to give us spoon and fork.
They apparently do not provide plates
and other utensils so we had to eat
on the other half of the Styrofoam.
The next day, our
breakfast was served the
same way - in plain Styrofoam containers, no
plate, no spoon, no
fork and we have to request
for water and utensils from the front desk.
There is really nothing wrong with serving the food
this way if we were in a budget backpacker’s hotel.
But we were not backpacking. We are on a leisure
travel as and were traveling as a family with two
young kids. Cagayan
Holiday Leisure Resort is being
promoted as a luxury hotel and serving food the
way
they do is far from
being luxurious and derisory.
They have one of the most delicious Chinese
dishes that we have ever tasted though and it is
dishes that we have ever tasted though and it is
catered by the resort’s Chinese
Restaurant
located at the Casino area across the airstrip.
The tasty dishes at least compensated for the poor
costumer service and that was enough to please us.
The tasty dishes at least compensated for the poor
costumer service and that was enough to please us.
The resort also had a convenience store
and were discovered tome tasty Taiwanese
snacks like the pre cooked mini hotdogs,
…and honey filled mini pancakes that
looked like miniature hamburgers.
Recommendations
Despite the poor costumer service of this
this hotel, my family tremendously enjoyed
Sun
City’s Cagayan Holiday Leisure Resort.
The rooms are luxurious and beautiful,
…the amenities are first rate,
… the price was very budget friendly
...and they have a gorgeous beach.
...and they have a gorgeous beach.
Just bring a lots of disposable spoon, fork and even
paper plates when you intend to dine by room service.
But should the guest decide to dine out
in their Chinese Restaurant, that serves
delicious Oriental dishes, I don’t think
one would have any problem then.
it is one of the best places to stay in Cagayan.
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