When you stay at Novie's Tourist Inn in El Nido, you'll be near the beach, a 2-minute drive from Marimegmeg Beach and 7 minutes from El Nido Main Beach. .This spa inn is 13.5 mi (21.7 km) from Nacpan Beach and 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Corong Corong Beach.
Novie's Tourist Inn offers 28 air-conditioned accommodations with fans. Beds feature premium bedding. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the inn's full-service spa. Services include massages. The spa is open daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 28 air-conditioned guestrooms. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads. Conveniences include fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. Additional features at this inn include complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills.
Enjoy a meal at Holy Grill or snacks in the inn's coffee shop/cafe. Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Holy Grill - Onsite family restaurant.
Manu Brew - Onsite coffee shop. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Electric car charging station on site
24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
Free self parking on site
Food and drink
Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee: PHP 150 to 220 per person
A bar/lounge
A coffee shop/cafe
A restaurant
Coffee and tea in common areas
Free daily manager's reception
Restaurants on site
Holy Grill
Manu Brew
Things to do
Full-service spa
Family friendly
Laundry facilities
Conveniences
Laundry facilities
Limited-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Safe at front desk
Guest services
Dry cleaning/laundry service
Housekeeping (daily)
Tour and ticket assistance
Outdoors
Barbecue grill
Garden
Terrace
Full-service spa
Massage
Spa open daily
Accessibility
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Accessible airport shuttle
No elevator
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Built in 2011
Designated smoking areas
Room amenities
Bedroom
Premium bedding
Bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Shower
Toilet paper
Towels provided
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Air conditioning
Fan
Policies
Check-in
Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM
Check-out
Check-out before noon
Special check-in instructions
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
No pets or service animals allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Important information
Optional extras
Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately PHP 150 to 220 per person
Airport shuttle fee: PHP 750 per person (roundtrip)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
We should mention
This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work
Property is also known as
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Novie's Tourist Inn Reviews
Reviews
6.0
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 8 out of 87 reviews
10 - Excellent
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Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 87 reviews
8 - Good
28
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 87 reviews
6 - Okay
20
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 87 reviews
4 - Poor
16
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 87 reviews
2 - Terrible
15
6.2/10
Cleanliness
7.4/10
Staff & service
6.0/10
Amenities
5.8/10
Property conditions & facilities
Reviews
Verified
10/10 Excellent
Anna
Jan 4, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Please stay in this hotel there super nice!
Anna
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025
Verified
8/10 Good
Anne Katrine
Jan 24, 2026
Liked: Staff & service
Very basic room, but great location (100 PHP and 5 mins ride to El Nido) and very friendly and helpfull staff.
Anne Katrine
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026
Verified
8/10 Good
Janie
Feb 3, 2026
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Lovely place, great location. Unfortunately we had to change rooms due to the noise of the water pump outside room 17 but staff were great in finding us a different room. We booked an island hopping tour from reception that was great (tour a). We saw 2 stunning sunsets one from each end odlf the beach.
Air conditioner and water was a problem every day. I booked fo 4 days and the 2nd day I had to go out and looking for another accommodation for my family of 5
HANSEN
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2026
Verified
6/10 Okay
Martin
Jan 1, 2026
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No hot water and at times no water at all. Dangerous wiring in the room. Great restaurant and staff with superb food.
Martin
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025
Verified
2/10 Terrible
JOHN
Jan 19, 2026
Disliked: Amenities
Did not communicate with Expedia, thus our reservation of 3 months is not in there system. The phone number is old, no way to communicate with hotel.
The site is located on a mountainside, beautiful scenery but tedious to climb for my aching knees. The room was cramped ( there were 5 of us in a family room), no closet space, the room was clean though. The bathroom is acceptable but no water pressure from the shower (trickles only). You’re there for tours and activities and only to sleep in the inn. The staff were friendly, respectful and helpful. Eric is fabulous. The restaurant downstairs have good food, closes at 10 pm. But snacks and drinks are available at the lobby. It’s about 10 minute tricycle ride to the center. I could recommend this Novies to friends and family.
It was indeed a great stay!
All the staff are very friendly and so accommodating. Special mention to Ate Joy and the other front desk Ate (I can't remember her name) Kuya (the night shift duty all around the staff.
They were all helpful in assisting me to use the facility for working at night in the lobby area. Looking forward to staying at Novies but this time with my family.
Novies is a safe, clean place, with easy access to almost everything.
Thank you for a great stay!
staff does not allowed early checkin and would charge you per hour if you really wanted to checkin prior to check in time, AC does not cool up the room and water in the shower is really weak it was a struugle to take a shower, there’s hardly any water comming out.
anthony
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified
4/10 Poor
Zak
Jan 20, 2023
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location bad water supply system!
Room # 30 wouldn't recommend to anyone severe water pressure problem in the bathroom, for couple times there was no water at all in the morning, we used bottled water to wash face.
No wifi was available during our 5 day stay.
The staff where pretty good, but the room poor I guess you get what you pay for.
Shower was cold no hot water, lots of ants and your always itchy.
So called blackouts where there is no power half the day and during the hottest time of the day, power in room but no air-con they say due to generator.
But we never heard one and the meter on the pole was working lots of power, they are shutting of aircon with separate switches as we seen when we complained about no air.
Our last night I heard voiced then the sound of breaker clicking off and the aircon, its very hot at night sleeping with no air-conditioning.
Personnel très sympathique pour l'accueil et pour répondre aux besoins... vraiment dévoués ... mention spéciale à Marie et Ben ! Bravo ! Les chambres sont simples et sympas ! Bon rapport qualité prix ❗
Hotel had renovatie (geluidsoverlast) en zeer beperkt (geen gezellig) ontbijt mogelijk.
Badkamer had enkel koud water mogelijkheid.
Goed internet aanwezig.
O lugar é lindo e incrível. Só cama que achei desconfortável, o colchão já estava bastante desgastado.
Jeffrey
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024
Verified
6/10 Okay
Verified traveler
May 4, 2018
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Good staff and cold showers
Overall stay was decent. The staff was helpful and tentative. However, the hardware of the place was sufficient at best... The room itself was spacious, but warm water wasn't available through the showers so get ready to take a cold one after returning from breezy late-night scooter rides home.
Verified traveler
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018
Verified
8/10 Good
Verified traveler
Mar 17, 2018
Liked: Room comfort
Housekeeping is almost non existent.. never cleaned our room unless sudden rain cause flooding in the room, sheets and towels were not changed daily or alternate days, altho staff n owner are friendly
Verified traveler
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018
Verified
4/10 Poor
nina
Mar 16, 2018
Disliked: Staff & service
Robbed
The overall stay was ok besides two of my friends were robbed. We didn't know they left their money in the room if we did we would of told them not to or at least lock it in the suitcase like we locked our electronics. But we def locked the door and still someone came through and took their money from their wallet. Talked with the manager and the front desk girl but all they said was this never happened before and didn't do or say much of anything else after that. We couldn't wait to get out of there. Didn't even stay our last day there.
We stayed at the hotel 2 night and in that time we didn't any have water at all in the room. We commented the situation twice to the receptionist, the first night at arrival and again in the morning without any solution. In the evening after an all day out , we
complained about no water to the owner who was really rude to us and told us that we could leave the room straight away and he could returned the money back, It was 23 hours at night. He didn't apologized or give much solution that to leave the hotel ...
The staff was very accomodating and provided excellent service. Lala at the front desk was very helpful and very attentuve to our needs. A very cozy place to sleep in. My only complaint is the plastic covering on the mattresses. Very noisy when you move or the person sleeping with you and makes it feel warmer.
pat
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Verified
6/10 Okay
Alma
Dec 11, 2017
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Customer service was really good, they were very accommodating and gracious esp Maria.they offer great deals for the island tours.
Not so good. Our room was not cleaned for the whole duration of our stay. The room and bathroom had unpleasant smell. Staff though were friendly. Mr. Ramon, the owner, was kind enough to ask his son to drive us to the van terminal on our departure from the place.