The Swagman Narra Hotel is one of the places where you can stay when you visit Angeles city in Pampanga. This hotel was owned by the Dizon family as their business in the sixties. They named it after the Narra tree which is the national tree of the Philipinnes. Then in 1980 the owners welcomed new investors and the management was called the Swagman Group. The Swagman Narra Hotel became popular as the first hotel to hold the very first wet t-shirt competition. In 1991 the Swagman was closed for a while because of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo that also damaged other areas in Pampanga. After a couple of years the hotel was able to make the necessary renovations and opened again. It is recognized as a standard class hotel by the Philippine’s Department of Tourism.
Today the Swagman hotel has forty nine well designed rooms. They have standard, deluxe and VIP rooms. They have ten standard rooms, nine deluxe rooms and thirty VIP rooms. All the rooms in the Swagman Narra Hotel are equipped with sprinklers and smoke alarms. Every room in the hotel has the following amenities; air conditioning, refrigerator, television with cable and housekeeping service. The VIP rooms have additional amenities namely; minibar and coffee maker. The hotel itself has several amenities that every guest can enjoy like; running water, cars or vans for rent, telephones that can be used for international and local calls, business office for fax or photocopying services, concession services and currency exchange service. For one night of stay the standard rooms costs one thousand four hundred while the deluxe rooms cost one thousand seven hundred pesos and two thousand three hundred pesos for the VIP rooms.
It also houses a health club, a gift shop and a swimming pool which in-house guests can always use or visit. The guests can also avail of the spa services and get a massage relieve their aching muscles. Swagman Narra Hotel’s guests should not worry about their security because the hotel has twenty four hour security and they also have several safety deposit boxes which their guests can use to keep their valuable items.
The Swagman Hotel also has its own restaurant called the Swagman Narra Restaurant. They serve seafood and sizzling steaks. They also have other Filipino and Australian dishes. At night they offer some dishes for a discounted price and during Sundays they have different roasted meat for lunch. They also serve wines from different countries. Guests can always call the restaurant and order what they want then have it delivered to their rooms.
Swagman Narra Hotel is located along Orosa Street inside the Diamond Subdivision. You can contact them for inquiries or to book a reservation at 63-45-322-5133.You may also fax them at 63-45-322-9764 or email at [email protected]