Danao’s Hidden Gem

22 10 2007

 

Another very interesting resort I discovered recently is the Intosan Resort in Danao City. Unlike the El Salvador beach resort, Intosan is a few kilometers from the main road. So, people who visit the resort are those who’ve tried it or those who know how to get there. But just follow the small signs along the way and you’ll get there in no time.

The resort is awesome. It does not have a sound system and people are not allowed to play loud music. According to the woman who accommodated us, the regulars of Intosan are city-dwellers who want peace and quiet.

The resort has very nice rooms with huge beds. They have many interconnected pools, awesome slides, and other cool stuff one can find in waterparks.

The resort charges Php120 per person [entrance]. But, if you get a room, you [number of persons for the type of room] won’t have to pay the entrance fee. The place is awesome. Check it out.

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The awesome pools. 

Ahh! Water!

Squirting seahorse.

This leads to the slide and the ‘upper pool’.

Pretty neat cottages.

Another view of the pool.

Infinity pool and the slide.

Area for a huge group.

The slide.

The resort has a website. Google it! I’ll post the room rates later.

 


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73 responses

22 10 2007
ianne

Fabulous Resort! Definitely a place to go to.=)

22 10 2007
Victoria

what a beautiful place. thanks for posting.

22 10 2007
tikboy

holly. . holy molly, what a site!. Is this own by the “Duranao’ family?

15 07 2009
ayen

no, absolutely not, there are elite people in Danao apart from Duranos,,, I’ve been there, really nice…but the lining of the pool and the pavement pain were coming off, hope they weii sort them out.

22 10 2007
jenny

i heard about this resort.. i’ll check it out next time i go home.

22 10 2007
Brownie

nice … a 5-star view!

22 10 2007
wing

Its a fab place, thanks for the info… we’ve been to plantation bay.. thru pics this resorts is kids friendly..wont have boring kids around.. for sure the next place to go … for our next coming home… thanks

22 10 2007
ofw_cebu

thanks for posting…nindot ni dah, the only resort I knew in Danao is El Salvador, at least naa pod diay lain option and most of all, pwede pod for a change, nindot pod nang relaxing scene with no loud music around…..

23 10 2007
Gian

Nice! Mangari mi!

26 10 2007
Inday Myrna

Hala!!! kanindot ba diay diha.
Thanx Ley,

28 10 2007
maria

hi leyland ive heared about intusan way back l997 but ive never been there well maybe this coming jan during my holiday, hope to see you land on Sinulog, Pet Senyor.

28 10 2007
camilleeee

nindot lagi ni.. du-ol ra ni sa el salvador?

5 04 2009
mitch

do you have a phone number of this resort

28 10 2007
riggy

the place looks really nice, leylan.

pero whenever we have team outings, they have second thoughts of having it done in intusan. there was a team who spent their outing there. ana sila na kada lihok, naay bayad.

29 10 2007
leylander

mao lagi riggs. mahal kaayo. dayun dili daw pwede ang sound system… pangrelax2x ra man ni sila sa mga datu. hehehe

4 11 2007
riggy

moadto ko dnha para magrelax2x kay datu man ko. hahaha.

17 11 2007
saira

hello the place is really really nice. i want to go there but the problem is i have to save money first before going to that beautiful place. If it’s ok i would like to ask if how much would the room rates be? and the entrance and if possible i would also like to ask how much are the cottages.

thank you. And for you posting the very nice place. Good job!

17 11 2007
ofw_cebu

try calling the resort for details.

Intosan Resort Hotel & Restaurant
Danao City
Tel. (63-32) 200-3476

30 11 2007
john

wow , danao is really gettng better now … ive been there 1998 , heehhe that was a long time ago .

5 01 2008
Dec

I will be holidaying with my family in August
Please send be information on rates, room types, accomodation, facilities
discount for long stay, photos etc

20 03 2008
care

we’d love to go … but we cant find any number to contact them.

23 03 2008
winner2008

mag vacation gani ko sa camotes maghapit me diha

29 04 2008
elvie

wow..nice kaayo ang place…nahan jud ko mo adto…i will proposed this to barkadas adto me mag-outing…how much is the room rates?

5 05 2008
john

pila rooms dri? thanks daan! :)

5 05 2008
leylander

i cant remember exactly. but the rates are ok ra. dili gyud kaayo mahal.

5 05 2008
ofw_cebu
11 05 2008
Inday Myrna

oh my son Alex wants to visit this place on our next holiday. he loves what he sees in the photo’s. his been to Aroma Mountain Resort in Catmon last January. he enjoy swimming there too.

thanks ley

3 06 2008
jayson

have you tried Imelda Aroma Mountain Paradise… it’s also cool….

11 06 2008
beanbug

This place is nice especially if namo kids. Its a good place for them ..My son enjoyed a lot when we went there the last time..

18 06 2008
amber

POOR SERVICE i would say… we stayed here a year ago and we really experienced a bad service as in really really bad… the front desk was not accommodating at all (and i think the front desk was the owner?!!) … she didn’t even greet us and she has that frowning face! we’ve waited for an hour before we finally get our room numbers to think we already have a reservation a week ago. They are not organized! the place is nice but their facilities are not plus mosquitoes are flying around so itchy!!

21 06 2008
vangie

ngik!ngik! sure? ai..but infairness nice iya view..i like it! but if the service is not good…wag nalang! kakainis pag super pagong ang service..

1 07 2008
rai

pila ang entrance? payter lagi ni lugara…

18 07 2008
ceanne

nice kaayo ang place…thank you for posting!!!..pwede maka0evernyt dri?…tagpila double room, deluxe!!!…tnx!!

22 07 2008
levy

the views are so nice,but can u try to post the prices of the cottages.

27 09 2008
Mao

The place is good and nice pools… before, we went there way back 2006 i’ve met a wonderful staff there namely Sir Anton and Gaga I thinbk they are the operational officer we have a party then, but when we came back last year those people I like are not around anymore.. so disgusting kasi yung may ari, parang walang alam regarding hospitaluity Industry, sana mag close nalang sila kung wala silang ma hire kagaya nung mga days na maganda ang service nila…

Pumunta nalang kayo sa El salvador maganda pa dun at talagang ma feel mo na hotel pero sa Intosan para kang kinulong what a boring place,.,.

21 06 2009
DISAPPOINTED GIRL

IT IS TRUE THAT THE RESORT IS VERY VERY NICE AND MY KIDS WAS HAVING FUN WHEN WE WERE THERE BUT THE BIG PROBLEM IS THE STAFF WHO SEAT IN THE FRONT DISK IS SO BAD… I AM NOT LYING BUT IT IS THE TRUTH.. I DON’T CARE IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME BUT I AM ONLY TELLING THE TRUTH.

17 10 2008
ryan

mga gi atay ka bati

17 10 2008
rey bokingo

sus way au…mura tag naa sa fishpond…ahak

17 10 2008
leylander

aw… bati diay didto? hehe

4 11 2008
watermark

hey.. can sam1 pls give me a hint on how to get there from cebu city.. pls.. and how much is the room for 2..? thanx guyz

16 11 2008
shiaou

the place was nice..ive been there in the present year,and its affordable..but something missing with their facilities.the room was nice but theirs a little problem which is, there shower didnt function i found difficulties in taking a bath….oh gush..and wish they could have more deeper swimming pools…only kids will enjoy to there pools..mabaw raman gud.

16 11 2008
shiaou

WATERMARK….the cost of the room for two is (1000.00)
how to get there?anha lang ka sa sm terminal naa dghan v-hire dha for danao and when u get in danao terminal..pag taxi nlng padong sa intusan…naa man cguro taxi padong didto or tricycle..not familiar with the rides man gd…lisod kung mag commute..or for your convenience just ride in your own car

19 11 2008
adelle

naa man direct line sa intosan its 519-7394, for inquiries hala try to call this number

27 11 2008
boopie

We stayed here for a few days. The staff treated us well. It was like having our own private resort with exclusive service. But the room needed mass improvement. The towels were thin and scarce- weird esp. for a waterpark. There was no bathtub and the tiled floors were slippery and got dirty so easily.
The bed was foam over wood and we got one thin blanket per person. That was topped off with massive amounts of mosquitos. Overall we had an okay stay but the distance from the city, the bugs and the rooms would make me think twice about staying here again.

7 12 2008
riddler

Bad things about Intosan:

1) Food is very unreasonably expensive. Plus, they don’t taste good at all. They add too many vegetables to the dish that look like meat so that it will look plentyful of meat where in fact it’s only a crumb. For me this is some form of deception to their customers.

2) Most of their crew are not hospitable. They only care about the money. They don’t care too much about the comfort and satisfaction of the customer.

3) The environement is full of mosquitos.

4) Their air conditioner is defective. We checked in around 12 nn and it was not working properly. It was checked by their technicians around 6 pm already. From 12nn to 6 pm, we suffered a lot from discomfort of hot room. When it was finally fixed after a lot of time, it was already nighttime and since we had to open the door for some air, mosquitoes came inside the room. So after it was fixed, there were significant quantity of mosquitoes already inside.

5) They advertise that their room has cable TV. They even confirmed this when we had our reservation but when we arrive there, the only channel received was ABS-CBN. It was not cable TV and the reception of the only channel was nowhere close to clear.

6) What their internet site adertises about the price of their rooms was a bit conservative of the actual price.

Good things about Intosan:

If there were, I probably had not seen this due to the numerous bad things it had.

15 12 2008
Hazel

i think this is better than those other resorts in Danao.

30 12 2008
yellow

maglagot ko sa intosan kay one time nabilin ako money didto unya gna.tawagan namo ky dako2x pd bya ang worth. Taz wala jd nauli na dapat ilaha tna ng responsibility ky gitawagan bya namo daun tas ingon jd nila nga wala. ako ninyo ayaw mo ligo intosan kay mga maro kau, bati pa jd kau ilang resort.

19 05 2009
tj

na! sala na na nimo kay gadanghag ka!

11 01 2009
DisappointedGuest

I have to say the pool is great for kids. But the service is the worst I have ever encountered in Cebu. Bad customer service i mean really bad. Some guy in the front I think his name was Joel or Roel.. whatever! Does not have a clue about hospitality or customer service. He should be cleaning toilets instead having anything to do with Guest related duties. So I share the same sentiments as those who said negative things about the resort.

I also had the same problem with the Cable TV. I had complained about it and I got bad looks and the attendant said : “ambot lang uroy, wala koy labot ana!”

Since it was outdoor I expected some mosquito’s .. But there was a lot, I had to run to Gaisano Danao to buy mosquito lotion for my kids.

Anyways I figured since it was the first time maybe most of the staff just had a bad day or something.. So I decided to take my kids again last month. This time around was worst!!! That I decided to get the F**K out of there and looked for other resort. We ended up in El Salvador. I have to admit the pool were not as great as Intusan, But the kids had the same fun, and thats important to me.

12 03 2009
princess_nice2007

sory but i disagree about wat u said.bcoz as i experience intosan is a great place ive ever see its a hidden paradise 4 me in my family.ur just a stupid costumer whoo didnt appreciate the beauty of the resort and the warmth accomodation of the staff.the staff will not act lyk wat youve said if they will see that ur approaching them nicely.ur just making bad image in intosan resort

26 01 2009
Jade Ibarbia

Mingaw nako aning lugara oi! Nice ayo dire. Suwayi sad Ley ug adto sa Camotes Island kay daghan sad nindot nga views didto labi na sa Buho Beach nila ug Mc Arthur Cave. Ug ang nice villa sa mga Rama.

25 03 2009
rosemarie

hi! i never knew all of these until i saw your blog,good work. amazingly great places of cebu my home!

7 04 2009
dy

if nahan mu pa reserve sa intosan adto mu sa jasmine pensione sa capitol luyo sa jovens grill kay mao rana ang tag-iya sa intosan beach resort kay doctor tomboc.or call jasmie pensione 0322542686, nindot jud sa intosan pang bata kayo or pamilya kayo.

11 04 2009
Pejama

Ay, ambot ninyo, basta may kwarta ka lang wala jud bati, kanang mga hinawayon mao na ang walay kwarta kay mangayo lang na og discount…….

19 05 2009
tj

korek! double check!

26 04 2009
zilceb

wow!!!! very nice ds place,,, how much is the rate??? lagot lng ko mg tan aw sa mnga foriegner ngbasa ko sa ilaha na blogg matod pa nila pobre ang pinas dghan ok2 mga turista sila na inot poyo lng ug tabi2 dayon ingun pobre!!!!! ako jud giingnan wa moy budjet sa mga nndot na lugar..he he example 5 star hotel,, like ds ka nindot ani proud kaau ko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss Sweden “Zilceb” from Agnobis,Ubec////////

1 05 2009
mabel

batch 85 of ANHS enjoyed the place during our reunion today, we all have the fun and laughter, about the place its amazing naman. although talagang low tide sila kasi mga bata lang ang nag enjoy sa pool, pero as a whole okay naman sya compared to other resorts i know

18 05 2009
Gian

Spectacular place!

Pero mao gyud ni akong pangutana: if the government or business entrepreneurs want to promote these places, why are they always “hidden”? The “Hidden” Gem of Danao? Moalboal’s “Best Kept Secret”? The “Hidden” Paradise of Carbon?

19 05 2009
tj

it is certainly because … all beautiful things should be hidden!!!! so it’s worth discovering for… ano ba!!! isn’t it obvious!!!!!! oh la la!

19 05 2009
tj

it is certainly because … all beautiful things should be hidden!!!! so it’s worth discovering for… ano ba!!! isn’t it obvious!!!!!! oh la la!

close gani imong eyes mag kiss kay beautiful things are not seen.. aw! may ganun!!!?? sagdi lang gud!!

19 05 2009
Gian

Hahaha!! Ataya anang analogy sa kiss oi! Hehehe…pero sakto pud. Kay kung mag kiss nga magbuka ang mata, kataw-anan kaayo.

22 05 2009
Arjay

i’ve visit danao place sometimes.. but i didn’t found out that.. there’s a hidden Gem to hang out with friends..

btw
thanks for the information boss

2 06 2009
in-in

hey! i’ve been to intosan last sunday night with friends. damn! i hate the customer service! they are so disorganized. we paid the reservation 2 weeks ahead for our convnience upon going there. but heck, they gave it someone else! and the front desk staff that was there didn’t even know either. we asked refund for our reservation but dugay pa jud kaayo mi na-accomodate. the owner’s phone was hanged up. sus! usik2x lng mi gasolina. super bati jud! i swear. nanguli nlng mi.

19 06 2009
girl next door

The staff should take Customer service 101 coz wala pa gani mi nakaadto nawala na ako gana. Yes, I saw all the nice pictures and as in welcoming kau but pagtawag pa lang nako to check out for the room rates, hala ka, maldita kau ang nakanswer sa phone as in, di masikmura. Sa website 10 am ang check out time so I asked if pwede ba late check out like 12 noon lang and she told me “bayad na ka for another day ana.” as in ang tone take note pinabundak so, I told her mao bitaw nagkig arrange ko daan kay 9 am pa mag open ang pool, better yet mag day use na lang mi. She was so rude that I asked for her name and asked for another rep, nagsumbong pa with me on the line na nasuko daw ko because dili na malingaw ang mga bata …. the nerve … LIAR jud. Grabe.. i changed my mind, over the phone pa lang gani makasuka ka sa kabati sa customer service. The owners should take a look into this.

25 06 2009
temy quinio

nindot lugar nila! pero dili well organize mga empleyado nila to entertain sa ila mga customer? daghan kaayo ni reklamo…

22 08 2009
ana

how much the cheapest stndrd fan room?…. with internet access …. the cheapest one ….. where i can view ur room ?

23 08 2009
leylander

i think they have a website. it’s posted somewhere here sa comments section.

27 08 2009
janz

ya, we’ve went there twice and we really like the place..

27 08 2009
janz

if u want to go and visit intosan, i think it would be best to go there on weekdays coz they usually give 40-50% discount..i think, some of the reactions are exagerrated like customer service.. we’ve been there twice and the employees there are really ok..i think, i could say that the reps are ok because im not expecting too much of their customer service since we went there for fun and not really for their welcoming service..

18 09 2009
superoyee

we were at intosan resort on our 2nd wedding anniversary. we got a room overnight. rate is only Php 1,000/night. It had aircondition room, cable TV, although the bed are 3 single beds put together to make up a family bed. anyway it was a nice experience.

20 10 2009
cinnamon

pila ang entrance ani? diri ta ko mag celebrate sku birthday dis october 22.. :D reply nia pls :D

21 10 2009
bless orillo

please send me your website… i am very much interested in your beautiful resurt… please send me your room rates….beacuase we are planning to have vacation for two months… you can contact me 505-22-78

25 10 2009
kayla

heey. :) pwde ask? how much na yung entrance fee ngayun sa intosan? 120 pa rin?

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