Puerto Del Sol

The website did say 2 ½ hours drive from Baguio… Impossible. Maybe if you were running at a speed of 100 all the way then the possibility was at a 100%. But considering all that traffic and driving through more or less 8 towns took almost 4 hours to get there.

Beautiful Saturday morning, we begin at 9am. Traffic was not heavy so it was a smooth drive. Following the directions a friend of mine gave me found our way there. As the directions were not very precise and signs were at a minimum, we encountered minor difficulties in taking the right turns and found ourselves asking people passing by. They were very helpful by the way. One tricycle driver let us follow him to get back to the main road and go the right direction. He earned 20 pesos for that. Well the only difficult part was Dagupan. There were too many turns with no signs as to which turn you should take to get somewhere. The rest of the ride was smooth.


We reach our destination at almost 1:30 pm in the afternoon. The website advertisement was quite inviting. We get there and I guess I can say that it was okay. Not as great as how it was presented online but it was a nice, little, relaxing place. The rooms were good enough with a balcony fronting the pool and a view of the sea. Anywhere where there is water soothes my stress so it was all good.


We started the afternoon with some cocktails over at the restaurant with a great view of the beach. However, I have to say that the drink lacked something. Again I would describe it as “okay”. Then we head off for the water. The beach was a bit too shallow to swim in and the deep part was splashing strong waves, it was a bit dangerous. So we decided to splash around in the very inviting pool, I must say. Very few guests were around so we had the pool all to ourselves. Ahhh the most relaxing moment. Well not quite yet. We head back to the beach to watch the sunset.


Sunset was at 6pm. BEE-OO-TEE-FUL. Well every sunset is beautiful to me whether it sets by the mountains or the sea. So I really enjoyed watching it drop…. My relaxant.

We ordered dinner and some drinks. I really have to say that the food and drinks needs some improvement in this place. The ambience and all is doing good but the food has to get some more touch to it. I enjoyed the “dinner by the sea” idea more rather than the dinner itself.

They had a Jacuzzi that was operational from 9-11 in the morning and 7-9 in the evening. When I first saw it, I couldn’t wait to get in. After dinner we head on to the supposedly “hot tub”. I put my feet in, and say to myself... “this is the coldest hot tub I have ever been in!”… haha. Now the “hot tub” is running on cold water. Jeez. I stayed there for about 10 minutes and didn’t even bubble up a bit.


So we decided to just swim the night away in the pool, which was far warmer than the Jacuzzi. Out of everything, I think I loved the pool the most. It was a nice, long curvy pool with landscaping by the middle and the surroundings. They should just name the place “Puerto del Pool”. Haha.

Well despite the shortcomings, I really had a great weekend. The place wasn’t that bad anyway. I had my sea, my pool, relaxing ambience, my sunset and great company. So what’s there to complain for? =)