Places to Go in The Philippines - Places of Interest

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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Ariara Island
Banaue & Northern Luzon
Bohol & Panglao Island
Boracay
Cebu
Dumaguete
El Nido
Manila
Palawan
Siquijor
Southern Luzon

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- The Northern Luzon region is home to remote villages and diverse indigenous tribes - often dating back to the Stone Age. The highlight of Banaue is its 2,000-year-old rice terraces.
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- Bohol & Panglao Island
- Bohol is famous for its 1,268 cone-shaped hills which turn from green to brown as they dry. Panglao has fine beaches and excellent diving, but is also home to the Tarsier monkey, one of the World's smallest primates.
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- Cebu's cultural influences are predominantly foreign: The Taoist temple is a symbol of the city’s ethnic Chinese population, while there is a 16 century Spanish-built church of Basilica Minore del Santo Nino.
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- Dumaguete
- Dumaguete is knowm for its four universities and the high number of students in the area contribute to a young and laid-back atmosphere. The main reason to come here is to reach the nearby dive sites.
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- El Nido
- The stunning sheer limestone cliffs and islands that rise out of the sea in cathedral like structures make the El Nido area one of the most picturesque and iconic places in the Philippines.
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- Manila, the capital of the Philippines has plenty to offer such as the Intramuros, one of the best-preserved Spanish colonial city centres. You can even try the local taxis, or 'Jeepneys'.
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- Palawan
- Palawan is another island group made up of more than 1,700 islands and islets. It has some of the best wreck diving in the world and there are countless good places to either swim or snorkel.
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- Siquijor
- Siquijor is a laid back and friendly island with stunning beaches and picturesque scenery. It is renowned for its practicing healers and sorcerers dating back centuries.
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- Southern Luzon
- Southern Luzon has much to offer the first-time visitor, from General McArthur’s WWII headquarters, to any number of active volcanoes, including the famous Mount Pinatubo.
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