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Ugu Bigyan’s Potter’s Garden
Ugu Bigyan’s Potter’s Garden , east of Tiaong, has several open-air studios scattered around a gorgeous, rambling garden. It’s far from your run-of-the-mill potter’s workshop. Large works are displayed in the garden and there’s plenty of clay dishware for sale. You can arrange to e
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Museo ng Maynila
The Museo ng Maynila is in the former Army & Navy Club, a once-posh US officers’ retreat. The museum itself is closed, but it’s worth strolling by to check out the building, a classic piece of American-era architecture. The tennis courts and swimming pool next door were once pa
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Golden Mosque
The Golden Mosque was constructed in 1976 as something of a welcoming gift for the late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, although his scheduled visit never happened. This is still the city’s largest mosque and today it serves the growing Muslim community that has settled by the th
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Lourdes Grotto
Established by the Spanish Jesuits in 1907, the Lourdes Grotto sits at the top of 252 steps in the hilly western part of town. From the top, there’s a nice view of the city’s rooftops, but even better views are to be had from the top of Dominican Hill, a short walk from the grotto
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Church of San Diego
On the main road through town, the silver-domed, Romanesque Church of San Diego (1927) is topped by a crucifix that, when lit at night, is visible far out to sea. Dont miss the garden set in the adjacent ruins of the previous church, which houses an attractive prayer room screened
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Museo Dabawenyo
An excellent museum with two floors of well-designed galleries exploring the complex patchwork of indigenous tribal groups, religions and ethnicities of Davao and Mindanao as a whole. Especially interesting are the photographic exhibitions documenting both the Japanese and American
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Bakhawan EcoPark
Five minutes from town in New Buswang (P40 by tricycle), this 120-hectare park is the base for a mangrove reforestation project begun in the late 1980s. Visitors can check out intertidal ecology from an 850m boardwalk while enjoying birdsong and mud critters. It’s a welcome green e
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Kapanig Dairy Processing Plant
For a fun side trip, drop into the Kapanig Dairy Processing Plant at the tiny village of Cangmunag, 700m off the highway between San Juan and Lazi. This community microbusiness dispenses ultrafresh bottled milk, cheese and yoghurt. Frozen chocolate, mango or ube (purple yam) milkba
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Pangihan Cave
Stuck in Caticlan? The nearby town of Malay harbours Pangihan Cave, as signed from the national road. It takes half an hour to walk through its 275m length, which offers stalactites, low ceilings, high chambers, and lots of bats. Guides are available near the entrance, lamps and he
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Navalas
The only heritage church on the island, the quaint Spanish-era Navales Church (1880) is made of coral blocks blackened by the years. The much-photographed summer retreat of the wealthy López family, Roca Encantada (Enchanted Rock), lies nearby, just off Navales beach. Navalas is a
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American Memorial Cemetery
A poignant and peaceful spot, this sprawling war cemetery on a grassy, beautifully manicured plot is the resting place of 17,206 soldiers killed in battle during WWII. In addition to hundreds of rows of perfectly aligned white crosses, there are several excellent open-air galleries
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Salagdoong Beach
A few kilometres past the town of Maria, Salagdoong Beach is popular with rowdy day-trippers. Theres a half-open water park that has seen much better days, and you can jump into the ocean from 5m to 10m platforms built into the rocks. Theres accommodation and a noisy restaurant her
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Ermita Church
Ermita Church , a modern construction that replaced the original hermitage destroyed during WWII, is home to the widely venerated Nuestra Señora de Guia (Our Lady of Guidance). Legend has it that this richly robed image of the Virgin Mary was found by Legazpi on 19 May 1571, the da
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Manila Ocean Park
The Manila Ocean Park is Manila’s latest and greatest kid-friendly attraction. It’s an impressive and impressively eco-conscious aquarium, but it’s a bit too popular for its own good. The place often gets mobbed, especially on weekends when there are long lines to get in. The entra
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Viet Village
A little further north of the hot springs is Viet Village, which, other than a restaurant serving highly praised chaolong (beef noodle soup), is now a ghost town; blowing tumbleweed wouldn’t be out of place here. A thriving community of Vietnamese refugees who arrived in 1979 once
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Balay Cuyunon
You can take a guided tour (in English) of this well-preserved traditional Cuyonese home to learn about ordinary village life. Located on the east side of the mainland and not the easiest to reach via public transportation, consider a night in a native-style room to experience this
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Paco Park
For those seeking a place of solitude, head to the leafy oasis of Paco Park, where sturdy stone walls surround a picturesque circular park. Its of historical importance too, with its quaint colonial chapel, formerly a cemetery during Spanish times and one of Rizals favourite places
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Marcos Museum
The former home where Ferdinand Marcos was born on 11 September 1917 takes pride of place in the small village of Sarrat, 15km east of Laoag. The displays embellish the former dictators legal career, and the nearby Santa Monica Church hosted the wedding of Marcos youngest daughter
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Katibawasan Falls
A beautiful clear stream of water dropping more than 70m to a plunge pool where you can swim and picnic. The few souvenir kiosks and concrete walkway means it doesn’t feel like a natural refuge. A special trip by jeepney or multicab from Mambajao will cost about P300 return; from t
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Stingray Memorial
A minor road branches off the highway towards the secluded Caunayan Bay where the Stingray Memorial commemorates the mission of American submarine USS Stingray . The submarine delivered weapons to the Ilocano guerrillas, thus playing a decisive role in the eventual Japanese defeat.
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