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The Philippines

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Reasons To
Visit The Philippines

  • Diving

    The Philippines is home to world class diving among dazzling marine life. There are coral gardens, caves, deeply plunging undersea walls and isolated coral seamounts offering wall diving, wreck diving and muck diving. Every form of underwater life can be seen including whale sharks, turtles, manta rays and dugongs.

    Diving

  • Fiestas

    Festivals in the Philippines are plentiful. Every town has a patron saint, and each of these has its own feast day and there are also bigger week long parties like Ati-Atihan in Kalibo. Easter is also a big event in this predominantly christian country.

    Fiestas

  • Secluded beaches

    With over 7,000 islands there are mile of coastline in the Philippines. Away from the popular beaches of Boracay and Cebu there are a range of quieter spots especially in the Southern Visayas and around Palawan.

    Secluded beaches

  • Tribal Villages

    There are more than 100 cultural minority groups in the Philippines, and around half of these have unique linguistic cultures. The most well known are the Ifugao, and their culture is alive and well around the rice terraces of Banaue.

    Tribal Villages

  • Volcanoes

    Most of the Philippine islands feature volcanic mountains, several of which have been increasingly active since the 1980s. The most accessible are Mount Pinatubo which last erupted in 1991 and Taal volcano one crater of which erupted in 1977.

    Volcanoes

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Accommodation in The Philippines: Pulchra

Located 43 kilometres south of Cebu airport, Pulchra has 15 comfortable pool lagoon suites and seven luxurious garden pool villas. The resort also has a good spa.

Food & Drink

Pulchra offers three a la carte restaurants, each with fabulous food, immaculate service and a wonderful ambiance. 'Ripa' specialises in Asian food which can be eaten within the air-conditioned restaurant or al fresco on the terrace overlooking the beach.

This restaurant is open for breakfast and dinner. 'Ventus' is open for lunch and dinner and is a circular shaped open restaurant located like an island in the middle of the main pool. It offers a wide menu of international cuisine.

For those with a bigger appetite who want to indulge, 'Opus' is the fine dining restaurant and offers seven course Euro-Asian dinners in a wonderfully romantic environment.

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