YAMA Apartments

Yama sits right on the beach in General Luna – actual beachfront, not ‘steps from the beach’ beachfront – with rooms that look directly out over the water. Studios are spacious with working AC, hot showers, and daily housekeeping, and breakfast is included and apparently worth waking up for. Cloud 9 is a 10-minute walk, and the main strip is close enough to be convenient without being loud enough to be annoying.

The on-site bar (Barrel) runs pool tables, darts, and margaritas that multiple people felt strongly enough about to mention in their reviews. It does mean this isn’t a quiet private villa situation anymore – there’s a social scene here whether you want one or not.

Trisha (also spelled Tricia depending on who you ask) is the staff member who keeps coming up in reviews, and not in a vague ‘great service’ way – she’s booking scooters, arranging island hopping, coordinating in-room massages. The whole team seems to operate like that.