A day in Bacolor

A 1-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Bacolor guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours and prices before you go.

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Day 1

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Morning San Guillermo Parish ChurchBacolor's main Roman Catholic church, which also doubles as a memorial to the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. The original church building dates back to 1587 but was destroyed by an earthquake, and the present church is from 1897. During a lahar flow from Mount Pinatubo exacerbated by a typhoon in…Directions —

Late morning De Jesus Ancestral HouseAn 18th century residence that somehow managed to survive the Pinatubo eruption intact and unburied by lahar.Directions —

Lunch Kapampangan Asan PakamalanA restaurant serving Kapampangan dishes. Hours: 10AM-10PM Sun-Thu, 10AM-11PM Fri-Sat.Directions —

Afternoon Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of CabeticanA Catholic shrine built in the Brutalist style. It was also buried to its roof by lahar flows from Mount Pinatubo in 1995, but was partially excavated in 2005. The structure lost of its height to the volcanic mud, and its interior, which was partially cleared out, exudes a cave-like atmosphere,…Directions —

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