Paoay Church
A Roman Catholic church of 1710, known for the enormous buttresses that run along its sides and its back. Its formal name is Saint Augustine Parish Church, and it stands in the town of Paoay under the Diocese of Laoag. …
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San Agustin Church
The oldest stone church in the country, finished in 1607 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a trompe l'oeil ceiling. It stands inside Intramuros and is in the care of the Order of Saint Augustine. UNESCO listed it in …
Mines View Park
An overlook onto the old Benguet mining valley, ringed by stalls selling strawberry taho and knitted jackets. The park stands on a promontory 4 kilometres from downtown, on the northeastern edge of the city, and looks across to the mining …
Taal Basilica
A fine old church built in Spanish times to replace the one in San Nicolas that was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The front has a neoclassical facade with lots of columns; the back of the building has high windowless …
Saud White Beach
Heart-shaped cove popular with both national and international tourists, movie producers, and travel writers with its emerald water and breathtaking views.
Bonifacio Monument
A 13.7-metre memorial to Andres Bonifacio, who founded the Katipunan and led the revolt against Spain. It stands on the roundabout where EDSA, MacArthur Highway, Samson Road and Rizal Avenue Extension meet, and the whole area around it is called …
Alaminos Cathedral
The seat of the Catholic Diocese of Alaminos since 1985, in Barangay Poblacion. It is dedicated to Saint Joseph the Patriarch. Fire destroyed two earlier churches on this site, the second one in 1834. Maestro Cenon, who also designed the …
Tayabas Basilica
The largest church in Quezon, laid out in the shape of a key, which is why people call it Susi ng Tayabas, the Key of Tayabas. Its aisle runs 103 metres, one of the longest naves in any Spanish colonial …
Sts. Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
The seat of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao. The church with the belfry is the biggest Spanish colonial church in Cagayan Valley built by the Dominicans. It was constructed from 1761 to 1767 under the supervision of Fr. Antonio Lobato, OP. …
Andres Bonifacio Monument
Andres Bonifacio went into hiding in Indang from the Magdalo faction of the Katipunan, but he was captured in 1897 at the barrio of Limbon following an encounter where his brother Ciriaco was killed and another brother, Procopio, was also …
Caramoan National Park
A national park of 347 hectares with white sand beaches, limestone formations, caves and a subterranean river. There is also a lake on an islet inside it. The park sits on the Caramoan Peninsula, a hilly headland of deep gorges …
Strawberry Farm, La Trinidad
Rows you can pick yourself in season, with a row of stalls selling jam, wine and taho at the gate. It is a working farm first, planted for the strawberry crop, and open to visitors alongside the picking. La Trinidad, …
Dipolog Cathedral
The city cathedral, built in 1894 to replace the older church, and the seat of the Diocese of Dipolog. Its full name is Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, and it stands in Estaka. Inside are thick adobe …
Calapan Cathedral
The city's cathedral, dedicated to the Santo Niño, the patron of Calapan. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts has marked it as a historical structure, and it is the seat of the Diocese of Calapan. Augustinian Recollects founded …
Corregidor
An island fort at the entrance of Manila Bay, 48 kilometres west of Manila. Coastal artillery batteries guarded the bay from here, and the island, fortified as Fort Mills, was the largest of four island forts that closed the entrance, …
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 …
Bonifacio Trial House
A Spanish-era heritage house that was converted into a makeshift courtroom for the kangaroo trial of Andres Bonifacio and his brother by his comrades following a political rivalry with Cavite's own Emilio Aguinaldo in 1897. It now houses a museum …
White Island
White Island has a long powdery beach where buried turtle eggs are occasionally found. It has an almost mile-long beach with smooth and powdery white sand. The tranquil and peaceful island is an ideal place for swimming, scuba diving and …
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 …
Boac Cathedral
A cathedral in the town centre, ringed by centuries-old defensive walls. It served as a refuge from pirate raids as much as a place of worship, and the National Museum declared it an Important Cultural Property in 2018. Work started …
Basilica of Our Lady of Piat
A pilgrimage church built around the centuries-old brown image of Our Lady of Piat, whom people in the province call the Mother of Cagayan. Pope John Paul II raised it to the rank of minor basilica in 1997. The image …
Minor Basilica and Parish of Saint Gregory the Great
The only Catholic basilica in Laguna and a national cultural treasure, Majayjay's church burned several times during the Spanish era, with the last being in 1711. Instead of razing the structure, its priest instead ordered the ruins to be encased …
San Agustin Church
The oldest parish church in Pampanga, it has a neoclassical façade and a stone brick structure. The church building and belfry that stands today dates back to 1638. It was declared a National Historical Site in 1952, and an Important …
Cathedral of Saint Michael
The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilagan, built in 2000. It formally replaced a Spanish-era building in neighboring Ilagan that reverted to being Ilagan's parish church in 2003. Formerly dedicated to Saint Ferdinand, its patron saint was changed …
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 …
Sucat People's Park
A lakefront park on the shore of Laguna de Bay, with a boardwalk and a pier that run out over the water. The 0.7-hectare park has pavilions, a central fountain, a covered court, cycling and running tracks, food and drink …
Mount Batulao
An inactive stratovolcano of jagged peaks, rugged ridges and deep gorges in northwest Batangas, on the border with Cavite. It is a flank cone on the northwestern rim of Taal, and it began to form about 3.4 million years ago. …
White Beach
The only beach in town. Not as clean as it used to be and no longer white or pristine. But if you want to meet some of the locals and have a few drinks (alcoholic) then it's a great place. …
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