The Philippines is a scatter of more than 7,000 islands, and somewhere among them are beaches that feel like they were made just for you, whether you want powder-soft sand, neon-turquoise water, world-class snorkeling, or a sunset so gorgeous it practically hands you a ring box.

Palawan keeps turning up at the top of travel lists for good reason: dramatic karst cliffs, mirror-like lagoons and a sense of scale that makes other islands feel small. El Nido’s Bacuit Archipelago is postcard-perfect; Coron is famous for its transparent lakes and world-class wreck divi