Malvar Shrine
A museum and memorial to Miguel Malvar, a hero of the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. He was the last Filipino general to surrender to the Americans, and Santo Tomas is his hometown.
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Tumauini Church
A Baroque church of red brick, inside and out, and a National Cultural Treasure. It became a parish of its own, separate from Cabagan, in 1751, under the patronage of Saint Matthias. The Dominican Domingo Forto started the present building …
Iriga Church
The parish church of Saint Anthony of Padua, built with two belfries and named a national landmark by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines in 1939. It is an archdiocesan shrine under the Archdiocese of Caceres. Three churches came …
Saint Peter the Apostle Church
The oldest church in Camarines Norte, built by Franciscan friars in 1611. Its Spanish name is Parroquia de San Pedro Apostol, and the parish belongs to the Diocese of Daet. A fire on December 26, 2012 gutted the church and …
Sicogon Island
A resort island 9.95 kilometres off the northeast coast of Panay, under the town of Carles. It covers 11.6 square kilometres and holds three barangays, and 4,275 people lived there at the 2020 census. A joint company of Ayala Land …
Lazi Church
A parish church known for the very large convent beside it. It became an independent parish in 1857 under Saint Isidore the Laborer, and still carries his Spanish name, San Isidro Labrador. The National Museum of the Philippines has declared …
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park
The war memorial at Palo that marks where General Douglas MacArthur came ashore in Leyte Gulf on 20 October 1944, at the start of the campaign to take the Philippines back from Japan. The landing led to the largest naval …
Santa Teresa de Avila Church
The town church, built from 1836 to 1848 in a classical Graeco-Roman style. Two bell towers stand on its facade, joined by a porch on two columns. The walls are coral stone. Inside are five gilded altars and a large …
Santa Cruz Island
A beach of pink sand on an island off the city. National Geographic listed it in 2018 among the "World's 21 Best Beaches", and arrivals that year reached almost 100,000. A day trip to the island also takes in the …
Tuka Marine Park
Four coves of coral reef closed to fishing, on the coast of Kiamba. Only one of the coves, Tuka 2, is open to the public.
Mount Hibok-Hibok
One of the country's active volcanoes, a stratovolcano 1,332 metres high on the Pacific ring of fire, also known as Catarman Volcano. It has six hot springs and three craters. The eruption of 4 December 1951 destroyed nearly 19 square …
Mount Dulang-dulang
The second highest mountain in the country at 2,938 metres, in the Kitanglad Mountain Range. Indigenous people of Bukidnon hold it sacred, and it stands inside their ancestral domain. You must get permission from the Talaandig tribal leaders of Lantapan …
Gibusong Island
A Waray-speaking island at the north end of Surigao Strait, where the strait meets Leyte Gulf. It lies northwest of Dinagat Island and belongs to the municipality of Loreto. With the smaller Little Gibusong next to it, the island makes …
Pasig Rainforest Park
An 8-hectare park in Maybunga with a mini zoo, a boating lagoon, a zip line, an obstacle course and a skatepark. It opened in 1977 and was relaunched in 2013 as the Rainforest Adventure Experience. A renovation unveiled in October …
Mount Guiting-Guiting
The tallest mountain in Romblon at 2,058 metres, and one of the hardest climbs in the country because of its steep, jagged summit. The name means saw-toothed mountain, after the ridge. It stands on Sibuyan Island, which some scientists call …
Pamalican Island
A small sandy island in the Cuyo Islands, 2.5 kilometres long and 500 metres across at its widest, set in the middle of a coral reef of 7 square kilometres. The whole island is private, owned by Seven Seas Resorts …
Tabon Caves
A cave system at Lipuun Point where jar burials and prehistoric human remains have come out of the ground since the 1960s, the Tabon Man among them. The site is known as the country's cradle of civilization. Of 215 known …
Cabra Island Lighthouse
A Spanish-era lighthouse on the north-westernmost island of the Lubang group, now closed to visitors because the structure has fallen apart. Ships entering the Philippines from the South China Sea picked up the Cabra light first, and it pointed them …
Mount Malindig
The highest peak on Marinduque at 1,157 metres, and the most popular climb on the island. The volcano has three peaks and counts as potentially active, in part because of the solfataric springs of Malbog. The trek is rated easy …
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse
A lighthouse of 1905 on the cape at Bolinao, the second highest in the country after Cape Bojeador. The tower stands 30.78 metres high on ground 107 metres above the sea, and a group of American, British and Filipino engineers …
Urbiztondo Beach
The surf beach behind the province's tourism boom, in Barangay Urbiztondo in San Juan. Surfers were already here when, from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s, new owners began opening art hostels and coffee shops in San Juan and in …
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 …
Bell Church
A Chinese temple run by a Chinese Filipino religious group of the same name, which draws on several traditions at once. Its five patron saints stand for Taoism, Confucianism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. Chinese immigrants from Taishan led by Ng …
Rizal Shrine
The house where Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861, rebuilt as a two-storey bahay na bato. What stands today is a reproduction of the original. Filipino schoolchildren paid for most of the work, Juan F. Nakpil supervised it, …
Imus Historical Museum
A museum of the part the city took in the revolution against Spain, which it presents with reenactments of scenes from it. Imus calls itself the Flag Capital of the Philippines because the first Philippine flag was flown here, at …
Aguinaldo Shrine
The house where the Philippines declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898. It stands in Kawit and works today as a museum and a national shrine. Every June 12, on the holiday called Araw ng Kalayaan, top government officials …
Cape Engaño Lighthouse
A hilltop lighthouse on Palaui Island, at the northern end of Luzon. It stands 92 metres above the sea and the view runs all the way around: Babuyan Island, the Dos Hermanas (Two Sisters) islands and Engaño cove. The Philippine …
Tinaga Island
An island about eight kilometres long, one of the two main islands of the Calaguas group. Its draw is Mahabang Buhangin, a long white sand beach, and the name means "long beach". Backpackers and campers from Manila have made the …
Mount Kalugong
Limestone outcrops over the strawberry fields. The gate charges 60 pesos and opens at seven.
Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine
A small shrine down by the river, reached through the Santa Lucia wells. The chapel is hewn from coral and was built in 1639, in place of a temporary structure of 1611. It holds the image of Our Lady of …
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