Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Home of the Santo Niño image that Magellan gave to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon at their baptism in 1521, and the focus of the Sinulog every January. Augustinian friars founded the church in 1565 and it is the …
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Chocolate Hills
Over a thousand grass-covered limestone mounds that turn brown in the dry season, seen from the deck at Carmen. Counts run from 1,260 hills to more than 1,776, scattered across the towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan over more than …
Magellan's Cross
A wooden cross in a stone kiosk, marking where the first Cebuanos were baptised in 1521. Magellan's men planted it when the first voyage around the world reached Cebu on 21 April 1521. In 1835 Bishop Santos Gómez Marañon had …
Kawasan Falls
A three-stage cascade of turquoise water in the jungle of Cebu island. The largest fall drops about 40 metres, and the smaller cascades below it end in pools that people swim in. The water rises at the Kabukalan Spring and …
Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary
A quiet forest sanctuary in Corella where tarsiers are viewed at a distance, without flash or noise. An adult is about the size of a human fist, 85 to 160 millimetres tall, and one of the smallest primates. Its eyes …
Loboc River cruise
A lunch raft up a green river, with a stop for music from a riverside choir. The boat passes the town centre of Loboc, where the church stands across the highway from the water, and turns upriver towards Busay falls. …
Apo Island
A community-run marine sanctuary about 45 minutes by boat, with turtles and a hard coral garden. The island is volcanic and covers 74 hectares, 7 kilometres off the southeastern tip of Negros and 30 kilometres south of Dumaguete. Apo means …
Temple of Leah
A hilltop Roman-style temple built as a memorial, with a long view over the city.
White Beach
Four kilometres of fine white sand divided into three stations, with the sunset at the north end.
Kawasan waterfalls
The Kawasan water falls (a three step waterfall) is located in the rain forest approximately 20 km south of Moalboal (past Badian). If you take the bus from in front of the public market in Moalboal (near 360 Pharmacy), you can …
Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum
A former Marcos family house, now a museum of Imelda Marcos's collection and of objects tied to the Santo Niño, the patron saint of the city. Imelda Marcos had it built between 1979 and 1981, one of 20 presidential palaces …
San Diego Pro-cathedral
An early 20th-century Catholic church, and the only church in Negros Occidental with a dome. It is also the only pro-cathedral in the country, under the Diocese of Bacolod, and it stood in for the Bacolod cathedral during repairs. Work …
Kalanggaman Island
A sandbar island in the sea between Leyte and Cebu, 10 kilometres west of the town of Palompon, which owns and runs it. The name comes from langgam, the local word for bird: when the sandbar forms it is said …
Rizal Boulevard
The seafront promenade, busiest at sunrise and again in the evening when the stalls open. The buildings along it are mostly old sugar mansions and ancestral houses turned into hotels, coffee shops, restaurants and bars, and the water gives a …
Calbayog Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Calbayog, also known as Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral and as Our Lady's Nativity Parish. It was the first church in Eastern Visayas to be named a cathedral, in 1913, and the region treats …
Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral
One of the most significant religious sites in the Visayas. It houses the miraculous image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candles), the only Marian image in the Philippines crowned by a pope and Vatican decree, …
Bantayan Island
A flat island of coconut groves in the Visayan Sea, off the northern end of Cebu across the Tañon Strait. It covers 108.77 square kilometres, and most of it lies below 10 metres above the sea. The one taller hill …
Roxas Cathedral
A cathedral on the plaza in the historic centre, the seat of the Archdiocese of Capiz and the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It faces the Panay River and the Capiz Bridge. Augustinian missionaries founded the parish in 1707, …
White Beach
About 7 km north of Panagsama you'll find White Beach or Basdako, meaning 'Big Sand', a nice white sandy beach lined with a beautiful coral reef about 30 m out. Pack your mask and snorkel. White Beach is a popular spot …
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
A church built in 1565 by the first Spanish missionaries in Cebu, seat of an Archbishop who has subordinate Bishops in many cities of the Visayas. It was mostly destroyed during World War II and had been rebuilt a bit …
San Sebastian Cathedral
Bacolod’s main Catholic church, begun in the late 19th century and completed in 1894. Built of coral stone and later covered with cement, it is one of the city’s key landmarks. The cathedral is also known for its Centennial Bells …
Naval Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Naval, and a church of the 20th century rather than the Spanish period. Its full name is Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral. The parish began in 1860 under the name Bagasumbul. …
Tagbilaran Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, which covers the western half of Bohol. Jesuit missionaries founded the parish in 1595, one of six in Bohol, and the Augustinian Recollects took it over in 1768. Fire destroyed the first church …
St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, it is one of the six original churches of Bohol established by the Jesuits in 1595. The current church structure however dates back to the mid-1800s, after the original church burned down.
Kalibo Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Kalibo, in the downtown and close to the Aklan River, and the oldest place of worship in the province. It carries two other names: the Cathedral Parish of Saint John the Baptist, and the …
Maasin Cathedral
A baroque Catholic church and the seat of the Diocese of Maasin. It holds a 200-year-old statue of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Maasin, called the Patrona, and its parish is one of the oldest in the country. Jesuit …
San Carlos Cathedral
A 20th-century Catholic cathedral in the Eclectic style, dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo. It became the seat of the Diocese of San Carlos in 1987, which covers northeastern Negros Occidental and northern Negros Oriental.
National Museum of the Philippines, Bohol Branch
It was the Escuela La Niña, and then becsme the Provincial Library of Bohol. The museum was opened in July 2008 after moving from the Carlos P. Garcia House. The museum has exhibits on the wildlife, traditions and culture of …
Kabankalan Cathedral
The Catholic shrine and parish of Señor Santo Niño, in the city proper. It is the proto-cathedral of the Diocese of Kabankalan, and people commonly call it the Santo Niño Parish-Shrine.
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