Huge number of SQL queries per page load

So Phalcon is nice with its level of abstraction that “hides” sql queries to the level that we can forget we even use them. But when I actually checked how much queries one of my pages executes when loading paginated records (100 per page) the result was around 500… The queries were generated mostly due to simple relations (belongsTo / hasMany in model) because for every record i must fetch some details from another models. Is that many queries “normal”? Or should I find another way for loading my records, for example with multiple joins?