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Where to stay in Eastern Visayas

This guide covers 22 destinations in Eastern Visayas, a first-level administrative division of Philippines, with 22 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Tacloban, Ormoc and Calbayog. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (TAC).

Destinations in this guide
22
Places to stay
22
Main airport
TACDaniel Z. Romualdez Airport
Currency
PHPPhilippine peso
Time zone
Asia/Manila

Destinations

Destinations in Eastern Visayas

Every destination in this guide in Eastern Visayas, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Tacloban259,35314TAC · 3 km
Maasin85,4862SUG · 81 km
Basey57,6452TAC · 7 km
Ormoc238,5451TAC · 52 km
Palo80,2911TAC · 9 km
Borongan71,4311TAC · 62 km
Naval59,2361CYP · 55 km
Calbayog187,848CYP · 5 km
Baybay114,708TAC · 65 km
Catbalogan107,896CYP · 49 km
Catarman97,738CRM · 0 km
Hilongos66,774CEB · 85 km
Abuyog61,854TAC · 54 km
Laoang60,980CRM · 42 km
Kananga60,885TAC · 51 km
Tanauan60,212TAC · 12 km
Palompon59,486TAC · 73 km
Alangalang59,063TAC · 20 km
Carigara56,060TAC · 38 km
Burauen54,635TAC · 31 km
Guiuan52,749TAC · 80 km
Dulag50,728TAC · 31 km

Where to stay

Hotels in Eastern Visayas

22 hotels in Eastern Visayas recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

HotelWhereTypeOpenedWebsite
Agta Beach ResortNavalhotel
Asia Stars HotelTaclobanhotel
Boro Bay HotelBoronganhotel
Caluwayan Palm Island ResortBaseyhotel
Hotel Alejandro TaclobanTaclobanhotel
Hotel EstrellaTaclobanhotel
Hotel LorenzaTaclobanhotel
Hotel RodolfoTaclobanhotel
Hotel XYZTaclobanhotel
Ironwood HotelTaclobanhotel
Kuting Reef ResortMaasinhotel
Padre Burgos Castle ResortMaasinhotel
RedDoorz @ Downtown TaclobanTaclobanhotel
RedDoorz @ Picas Sagkahan TaclobanTaclobanhotel
RedDoorz @ Western Highway Lodge HotelBaseyhotel
RedDoorz Near Ormoc Port TerminalOrmochotel
Rosvenil HotelTaclobanhotel
Summit Hotel TaclobanTaclobanhotel
Tacloban Plaza HotelTaclobanhotel
The Ambassador HotelTaclobanhotel
The Oriental LeytePalohotel
Zpad ResidencesTaclobanhotel

When to go

Best time to visit Eastern Visayas

From the climate of 22 destinations in Eastern Visayas with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 2229 °C342 mm
February0 of 2229 °C225 mm
March0 of 2231 °C218 mm
April0 of 2232 °C150 mm
May0 of 2232 °C179 mm
June0 of 2232 °C207 mm
July0 of 2231 °C213 mm
August0 of 2231 °C199 mm
September0 of 2231 °C209 mm
October0 of 2231 °C263 mm
November0 of 2230 °C338 mm
December0 of 2230 °C457 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Eastern Visayas

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Eastern Visayas name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

medium airport · Tacloban City

TAC · Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport

Nearest for 15 destinationsNamed by 19 destinations3.2 km from the closest
medium airport · Calbayog City

CYP · Calbayog Airport

Nearest for 3 destinationsNamed by 17 destinations5.4 km from the closest
medium airport · Catarman

CRM · Catarman National Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 9 destinations0.4 km from the closest
large airport · Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City

CEB · Mactan Cebu International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 12 destinations85 km from the closest
medium airport · Surigao City

SUG · Surigao Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 5 destinations81 km from the closest
medium airport · Mambajao

CGM · Camiguin Airport

Named by 1 destination99 km from the closest
medium airport · Masbate

MBT · Moises R. Espinosa Airport

Named by 1 destination110 km from the closest
medium airport · Virac

VRC · Virac Airport

Named by 1 destination143 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Eastern Visayas, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in Philippines

1 Jan · New Year's Day17 Feb · Chinese New Year20 Mar · Eid al-Fitr2 Apr · Maundy Thursday3 Apr · Good Friday4 Apr · Black Saturday9 Apr · Day of Valor1 May · Labor Day27 May · Eid al-Adha12 Jun · Independence Day21 Aug · Ninoy Aquino Day31 Aug · National Heroes Day1 Nov · All Saints' Day2 Nov · All Souls' Day30 Nov · Bonifacio Day8 Dec · Immaculate Conception24 Dec · Christmas Eve25 Dec · Christmas Day30 Dec · Rizal Day31 Dec · New Year's Eve

Nearby

Regions near Eastern Visayas

Other regions of Philippines with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

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Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.