Region III (Central Luzon): Visit

Region in Luzon · 9 provinces and cities

Place Shrine Bataan, Region III (Central Luzon) by an editor

Mount Samat National Shrine

A war memorial near the summit of Mount Samat, built for the Filipino and American soldiers who fought the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Bataan. It has a marble colonnade and a white Memorial Cross, 555 metres above …

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Itinerary 2 days, 6 stops Samal via Wikivoyage

A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Samal (Bataan) guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …

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Itinerary 3 days, 12 stops Malolos City via Wikivoyage

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Malolos guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Itinerary 3 days, 10 stops Hagonoy via Wikivoyage

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Hagonoy guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Place Museum Balanga City, Bataan by an editor

Bataan World War II Museum

A war museum inside the compound of Balanga Elementary School, on the site where General Edward P. King negotiated the surrender of 76,000 USAFFE soldiers to the Japanese Imperial Army. The Surrender Site Marker stands in the same compound. The …

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Place Plaridel, Bulacan by an editor

Plaridel Church

Plaridel's main Roman Catholic Church, built in its current state by the Spanish in the 18th century in a Baroque style with cream-colored plaster in its facades and gravestones in the interior walls.

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Place Olongapo City, Region III (Central Luzon) by an editor

Marikit Park

A park beside the SM City Olongapo Central. At its entrance is a concrete mural/relief dedicated to Filipino workers, and a model of a RA-5 Vigilante aircraft. The park also has a children's playground.

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Place Lubao, Pampanga by an editor

Diosdado Macapagal Museum and Library

It was built behind the bahay kubo where Diosdado Macapagal, the 9th President of the Philippines, once lived. Inside the museum are historical photographs of Macapagal and other memorabilia, and a replica of the Office of the President's desk.

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Place Floridablanca, Pampanga by an editor

Saint Joseph the Worker Parish Church

Floridablanca's main Roman Catholic church, built during the Spanish era in the 19th century and repaired following World War II bombing.

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Place Bocaue, Bulacan by an editor

St. Martin of Tours Parish Church

One of the oldest churches in Bulacan, established in 1578. The church is the home of the Cross of Wawa, a Catholic relic, which is paraded in the Pagoda Festival. Its pointed-edge altarpieces resemble those in medieval European churches.

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Place Bocaue, Bulacan by an editor

Francisca Reyes Aquino Shrine

Shrine built in honor of Philippine National Artist Francisca Reyes Aquino, who was credited for her contributions to Philippine art and culture in the field of native dance. The place is managed by the National Historical Institute.

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Place Balanga City, Bataan by an editor

Bataan Tourism Park

an extraordinary place, a park where you can be relieved from stress. best photography place.

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Place Bacolor, Pampanga by an editor

Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican

A 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 …

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Place Church Gapan City, Nueva Ecija by an editor

Gapan Church

The oldest and the biggest colonial church in Nueva Ecija, founded in the 1500s and one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in the country. It is the parish of the Three Kings and the shrine of La Virgen Divina …

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Place Church Meycauayan City, Bulacan by an editor

Meycauayan Church

One of the oldest parishes in Bulacan, older than Malolos Cathedral and Barasoain Church. The Franciscans Juan de Placencia and Diego Oropesa built the first church here in 1578, from nipa and bamboo. A concrete church replaced it in 1668. …

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Place Museum Malolos City, Bulacan by an editor

Museum of Philippine Political History

A museum of the country's political history, in the Casa Real Shrine on Paseo del Congreso. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines runs it. It opened to the public in 2001 and moved into this building in 2016. The …

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Place Church Bulacan, Region III (Central Luzon) by an editor

Obando Church

A parish church known for its fertility rites: three days of dancing every May for three patrons, Saint Pascual Baylon, Saint Claire of Assisi and Our Lady of Salambao. Pilgrims dance inside the church, and a procession through the streets …

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Place Nature reserve Balanga City, Bataan by an editor

Balanga Wetland and Nature Park

An 11-hectare wetland park in Barangay Tortugas, on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Tet Garcia and Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, founded it, and it has been the site of the Ibong Dayo festival since …

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Place Beach Aurora, Region III (Central Luzon) by an editor

Baler Beach

A surf beach at Baler, the provincial capital, on the coast facing the Philippine Sea. Surfing arrived with the crew of Apocalypse Now, who filmed the helicopter attack and the surfing sequences at Baler in 1976 and 1977. Local people …

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Itinerary 3 days, 9 stops Santa Rita via Wikivoyage

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Santa Rita guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …

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Itinerary 2 days, 6 stops Lubao via Wikivoyage

A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Lubao guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Itinerary 3 days, 11 stops Guagua via Wikivoyage

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Guagua guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Itinerary 3 days, 11 stops Bocaue via Wikivoyage

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Bocaue guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Itinerary 2 days, 6 stops Bagac via Wikivoyage

A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Bagac guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

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Place Island Zambales, Region III (Central Luzon) by an editor

Capones Island

Steep cliffs and large rock formations above beaches of white sand and coral, on a small island about 3.8 kilometres off the Zambales coast. The island is 1.9 kilometres long and 0.4 kilometres wide at its widest point, and it …

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Place Samal, Bataan by an editor

Pilis Falls

A cascade along its eponymous creek located in the slopes of Mount Nagpali.

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Place San Miguel, Bulacan by an editor

Mount Manalmon

A peak that is popular among hikers in Biak-na-Bato National Park. It also contains Madlum Cave and forms one side of a gorge along the Madlum River that is also shared with Mount Gola, another popular hiking destination. The area …

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Place San Fernando City, Pampanga by an editor

Museum of Philippine Arts and Culture

A privately-owned museum featuring Philippine art, religious artefacts and other items about Filipino culture.

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