Small Lagoon
Reached through a gap in the rock, quieter and best early before the boats arrive.
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Temple of Leah
A hilltop Roman-style temple built as a memorial, with a long view over the city.
Taal Volcano
A large caldera filled by Taal Lake, and the second most active volcano in the country, with 39 confirmed historical eruptions. The eruptions centre on Volcano Island, near the middle of the lake. The caldera itself formed between about 670,000 …
Cloud 9
The reef break that made Siargao's name, with a boardwalk and tower over the wave. Best from August to November. The waves brought General Luna its reputation as the surfing capital of the Philippines, and they draw national and international …
White Beach
Four kilometres of fine white sand divided into three stations, with the sunset at the north end.
Twin Lagoon
Two lagoons joined by a gap under the rock, where cold fresh water meets warm salt water.
Banaue in 3 days
₱100A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Banaue guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
Rizal Park and Shrine
The farm where Jose Rizal spent four years of exile, from 1892 to 1896, kept as a park on a hilly peninsula that faces Dapitan Bay. It is about one kilometre northwest of the city proper, in Barangay Talisay. The …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Cebu City guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …
Hundred Islands National Park
A group of islands in Lingayen Gulf off the coast of Barangay Lucap: 124 of them at low tide, and 123 when the tide is in. It was the first national park declared in the country and it covers 16.76 …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Baguio guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
Feast of the Black Nazarene
The Traslacion carried the Black Nazarene from Intramuros to Quiapo Church. 9.6 million people joined, and the procession took 30 hours and 50 minutes, the longest on record.
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 …
Mayon Planetarium and Science Park
A planetarium and geology museum in barangay Buang, 854 metres above sea level at the foot of Mayon and inside the volcano's permanent danger zone of 6 kilometres. The single-storey building holds a library, a virtual room, a mini-museum and …
Philippine Eagle Center
A conservation centre in Malagos breeding the Philippine eagle, of which only a few hundred pairs remain. The bird is the national bird of the Philippines and is considered the largest living eagle by length and wing area, 86 to …
Mount Apo
The country's highest peak at 2,954 metres, climbed over three to four days with a permit and a guide. It is a large dormant stratovolcano in the Apo-Talomo Mountain Range, standing where Davao City, Davao del Sur and Cotabato meet. …
Binondo
The oldest Chinatown in the world, best walked at lunchtime for dumplings, noodles and hopia. The Spaniards laid it out in 1594 across the Pasig River from Intramuros, as a settlement for Catholic Chinese that the colonial government could keep …
Moriones Festival
A Holy Week parade of people dressed as Moryons, known locally as the Moryonan, held from March to April. They walk the main road that links Santa Cruz, Gasan, Boac and Mogpog, the four towns that keep it. In the evening Boac and Santa Cruz act out the …
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Nacpan Beach
A four-kilometre stretch of sand north of town, reached by tricycle or motorbike.
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 …
Banaue Museum
A small collection of Ifugao carvings, textiles and photographs from the Beyer family.
Session Road
The main street, lined with bakeries and bookshops. It closes to cars on Sundays and fills with stalls and buskers. The road runs 1.7 kilometres through the middle of the city, six lanes wide, and on open days it carries …
Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral
The seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, dedicated to Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. Augustine is also the city's patron saint, and each barangay in the city keeps its own fiesta as well, for its own …
Pahiyas Festival
The harvest thanksgiving of Lucban: households cover the fronts of their houses with what they grew, from rice and squash to chayotes, radishes, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. The bright leaf shapes among them are kiping, ornaments made from ground rice flour and dyed in different colours. The town …
Tinuy-an Falls
A white curtain of water 95 metres wide and 55 metres high, falling in three levels with a fourth tier out of sight. It is said to be the widest waterfall in the country, and people call it the little …
Naga Cathedral
The seat of the Archdiocese of Caceres, dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. The first church here followed the creation of the diocese of Nueva Caceres in 1595, and fire destroyed it in 1768. Work on the present building started …
Antipolo Cathedral
The seat of the Bishop of Antipolo and the shrine of a Black Madonna that draws millions of pilgrims each year. The image carries the title Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, and the church is also called the …
Kadayawan Festival
The harvest thanksgiving of the eleven tribes of Davao, under the theme We are one, KadayaONE. A boat parade opened it on 7 August, and Pamulak and Indak-Indak sa Kadayawan filled 16 August.
Magellan Shrine
The town's shrine to the first Catholic Mass in Mindanao, said here on April 8, 1521 by local account, at Poblacion beside the municipal hall. People here also believe Magellan and his men raised the cross now kept in Cebu …
Pagsanjan Falls
A three-drop waterfall, reached by a river trip on a dugout canoe that is known locally as "Shooting the Rapids". The trip starts at Pagsanjan, the town where the Balanac River and the Bumbungan River meet. That boat ride has …
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