Hotels near Sibulan Airport - DGT, Dumaguete

We were rather disappointed with Dumaguete and fail to see why it's become so popular in more recent times, especially for many ex-pats who seem to regard the city as something of a Mecca. It's a rather charmless place and the traffic is terrible. It's also very noisy and pollution levels from the heavy and relentless traffic are high. The seafront area is okay, but rather tired and a bit rundown. It felt perfectly safe walking around late at night and there was no need to be wary of your circumstances. The seaport for the incoming ferries is within walking distance of many of the cities hotels and eateries and coffee shops. Basically, there really isn't much of interest to see in Dumaguete and for that reason it's a rather dull place, that holds little interest. On the positive side, there are clearly many decent restaurants around the place and especially near the seafront and we experienced a very nice and reasonably priced one near the seafront (Jo's Chicken Inato). We didn't stay long enough to experience any of the surrounding areas, including Valencia and the lovely countryside. These certainly look worth exploring. Dumaguete gives the impression that it is a very good place to stay as a base (we stayed at the very nice Hotel Essencia in Real Street), but apart from some decent places to eat and drink and decent shopping mall, holds little interest to the traveller. There are far nicer towns and cities to experience in the Philippines.

Dumaguete is a hub of all the places you could ever imagine visiting. Mountain treks, caves, waterfalls, and hot springs are all just 20 to 30 minutes away from Dumaguete. And oh! The beaches and diving spots are everywhere. You can't miss them, even when you travel North or South; you'll see a lot of shores. And if you're into history and culture, Dumaguete has a lot of offer.

Dumaguete is really aging backwards! The city is so amazing and has a lot to offer especially valencia side, I had fun hiking just to see the beautiful original casaroro falls. And I am still craving for their famous painitan everyday!!

People are very friendly. Loads of restaurants that have western food. Chiccos restaurant by why not is excellent. Skip gerrys, overpriced and not good . Why not is a great disco/ pool bar after 9pm. The boulevard is the place to be. St Catherine cathedral is amazing 17th century church

Lots of expats to talk too. Beautiful 17th century churches. Why Not is a great bar after 9pm, billiards, disco, 80's music. Boulevard is very nice to walk with live entertainment HayHay ,and chiccos were the 2 best restaurants, but plenty of other good ones. It's definitely worth staying a few days . Dauin is close by for diving and snorkeling. Valencia has very scenic waterfalls and mango ranch.

No really a friendly place to live or visit...The airport is small and uncomfortable...It's all about tokens or tips for people who are not even helping you with your luggage and NO Grab car/taxi service there...No place to eat buffet restaurants and it's hard to find cook tilapia fish there in restaurants...