Glamping Alona

The price was great, and the service and food were great too. Getting there from the beach or airport means taking a very bumpy road that isn’t paved all the way, though it’s close. Cleanliness could be better. The pool was very dirty on day one, and my room smelled really strong when I arrived, maybe from the fabric softener on the bedding. They put me in S1, which is right by the dining tables. A group was drinking and talking there on my first night, and it was so loud it felt like they were in my room. I’d ask not to get that one.

The food was the worst part of our stay. We ordered pork liempo kare-kare and got something that looked like menudo. After we asked for a replacement, we waited 30 minutes and were served what seemed to be the same dish reused, with peanut butter, cabbage, more potatoes, and bell peppers added to make it look like kare-kare. It tasted like a menudo and pochero mix, with tiny bits of meat. A complete waste of money. The place itself was worn down, dirty, and poorly maintained, and didn’t look like the photos on the websites. We booked directly and paid almost twice the rate shown online, without breakfast included, which was frustrating. The sheets smelled as though they hadn’t been changed after the previous guests, so we questioned the cleanliness standards. None of the advertised activities were available apart from the billiard table, which staff were using constantly. Our stay was extremely disappointing, and we wouldn’t recommend it.

I arrived in the early evening, but there was no way to lock the accommodation or secure my belongings. The place was visibly damp and smelled damp too. There was just one electrical input, an extension lead with a fan plugged into it. As a solo traveller, I decided not to stay and booked somewhere else. If I’d known there was no lock or place to keep my things safe, I never would have booked.

The tents were clean, comfortable, and had what we needed. Glamping Alona was a cozy, different kind of outdoor stay, and the friendly, helpful staff made it fun and memorable.