Burnham park

From the region of cordillera

Burnham Park is an 32.84 hectare
urban park located at the heart of
the City of Baguio, in the
Philippines. It was named after the
American architect and urban
planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham
who laid the plans for the city.[1]
Several stretch of roads around
the park lead to Camp John Hay, a
former recreational base of the

At the southern part of the park, a

skating rink was constructed. The
Melvin Jones Grand Stand and
Football Field at the eastern part of
the park are normally used for
several activities like parades,
concerts, and political rallies. The
Children's Park and the Orchidarium
is located at the western part of the
park. There are also bike rentals if
one so wishes. You can rent either
single bikes, tandem bikes or even
bikes with side cars. They even have
small bikes for the little kids of both
two and three wheel versions.

Fort santiago
From the national capital region
Fort Santiago (Spanish: Fuerte de Santiago Tagalog: Moog ng
Santiago)
is a citadel first built by Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lpez de
Legazpi for the new established city of Manila in the Philippines.
The defense fortress is part of the structures of the walled city
of Manila referred to as Intramuros ("within the walls").
The fort is one of the most important historical sites in Manila.
Several lives were lost in its prisons during the
Spanish Colonial Period and World War II. Jos Rizal, the
Philippine national hero, was imprisoned here before his
execution in 1896. The Rizal Shrine museum displays
memorabilia of the hero in their collection and the fort features,
embedded onto the ground in bronze, his footsteps representing
his final walk from his cell to the location of the actual execution.
2,030feet 620 perimeter

Taal lake
From region 4-B
Taal Lake is a freshwater lake in the province of
Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
The lake fills Taal Caldera, a large volcanic caldera
formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and
100,000years ago. It is the country's third largest
lake after Laguna de Bay and Lake Lanao. Volcano
Island, the location of Taal Volcano's historical
eruptions and responsible for the lake's sulfuric
content, lies near the center of the lake. There is a
crater lake on Volcano Island, which is the world's
largest lake on an island (Volcano Island) in a lake
(Taal Lake) on an island (Luzon). Known as the Yellow
Lake or the Main Crater Lake,[2] it contains its own
small island, Vulcan Point.

Baslica Menor del Santo

Nio
Now the Church is known as the Basilica of Santo Nino because its
conversion ordered by the Pope in 1965 in recognition of its
importance and that of Cebu City as the cradle of Christianity in the
East.
The Basilica Minore Del Santo Nino is the country's oldest Roman
Catholic Church , built in 1565 by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi as the San
Augustin Church.
It was made of hard wood, mud and nipa
Inside of the Basilica del Santo Nino is the most famous religious icon
in the Philippines, a statue of the Santo Nino.
The statue was given to Queen Juana of Cebu by Magellan.
The Basilica Menore del Santo Nino receives thousends of visitors
every day.
They all pray before the miraculous figure of the Infant Jesus.
When Pope Paul VI made the church a basilica in 1965, he said it was
"the symbol of the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines."

Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in

Bohol Province, Philippines.There are at least 1,260 hills but
there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of
more than 50 square kilometres
The Chocolate Hills are a famous tourist attraction of Bohol.
They are featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize
the abundance of natural attractions in the province.They are
in the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations
in the Philippines; they have been declared the country's third
National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in
the UNESCO World Heritage List.
They are very uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50
meters high. They are covered with grass, which, at the end of
the dry season, turns chocolate brown. From this color, the hills
derive their name. At other times, the hills are green, and the
association may be a bit difficult to make.

Boracay
The name Boracay is attributed to different origins. One story says that it is
derived from the local word "borac" which means white cotton with
characteristics close to the color and texture of Boracay's white sugary and
powdery sand. Another credits the name to local words "bora," meaning
bubbles, and "bocay," meaning white.
Boracay is a small island in the Philippines located approximately 315km
(196mi) south of Manila and 2km off the northwest tip of Panay Island in
the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Boracay Island and its
beaches have received awards from numerous travel publications and
agencies.[Note 1] The island comprises the barangays of Manoc-Manoc,
Balabag, and Yapak in the municipality of Malay, in Aklan Province. The
island is administered by the Philippine Tourism Authority and the provincial
government of Aklan. Apart from its white sand beaches, Boracay is also
famous for being one of the world's top destinations for relaxation. [It is also
emerging among the top destinations for tranquility and nightlife.
In 2012, Boracay was awarded as the best island in the world from the
international travel magazine Travel + Leisure.

Dakak Park and Beach

resort
The famous Dakak Beach is most known for its strikingly shaped
bay and powdery white sand, and as a diving Mecca in Mindanao.
Perfect blue waters, tremendous dive sites with great quantity of
coral reefs, and a wonderful sunset scope characterize this tropical
Eden. Dakak Park and Beach Resort boasts 15 hectares of wooded
land, a natural reservoir for native plants and animals, and a 750meter private white-sand beach.
Dakak Park and Beach Resort is the closest place to paradise one
could ever experience, with its beauty and serenity. Dakak started
operating on 1988, was conveniently positioned in the southern
part of the Philippines and surrounded by mountains in its west.
Situated at Taguilon, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte, Dakak
tactfully eludes the typhoon belt, making it anideal all-season
destination for travelers. Dakak is the first five-star resort in
Mindanao with AAA accreditation from the Department of Tourism,

Calle Crisologo
Our next stop is in the historic city of Vigan,
one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites (earlier we featured
another Heritage Site). The city is always cited as the bestpreserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia, and
is best-known for Calle Crisologo, a half-kilometer stretch of
cobblestoned street lined with fine examples of 18th century
Filipino-Spanish architecture.

Calle Crisologo is virtual tourist playground. Among the

buildings along the street are hotels, pension houses,
souvenir shops, and restaurants. Many of the houses have
those typical wooden benches in front where anyone can sit.
And in the evening, dining establishments set up tables on
the street so people can eat their dinner al fresco. Kalesas,
or horse-drawn carriages, are the only vehicles allowed on
the street.

Manila Ocean park

Manila Ocean Park is the country's first world-class
marine theme park and a premiere educational facility.
An integrated urban resort with marine life attractions
and aqua-themed hotel, the park is geared towards an
all-year, all-weather destination for locals and tourists.
The Manila Ocean Park is an oceanarium in Manila,
Philippines. It is owned by China Oceanis Philippines
Inc., a subsidiary of China Oceanis Inc., a Singaporeanregistered firm that has operated four oceanariums in
China. It is located behind the Quirino Grandstand at
Rizal Park. It opened on March 1, 2008.[1] In terms of
floor space, the 8,000 square metres oceanarium and
features a 25-metre underwater acrylic tunnel.

Bangui Mill
The Bangui Windmills are located in Bangui,
Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The windmills, officially
referred to as the NorthWind Bangui Bay
Project, were a project by the NorthWind
Development Corporation as a practice
renewable energy sources and to help reduce
the greenhouse gases that cause global
warming. The project is the first Wind Farm in
the Philippines consisting of wind turbines onshore facing the South China Sea and
considered to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.
The project sells electricity to the Ilocos Norte
Electric Cooperative (INEC) and provides 40% of

Maria Cristina Falls

Is a waterfall of the Agus River on the island of
Mindanao. It is sometimes called the "twin falls"
as the flow is separated by a rock at the brink of
the waterfall. It is a landmark of Iligan City,
nicknamed the City of Majestic Waterfalls,
because of the presence of more than 20
waterfalls in the city It is located 9.3 kilometers
away southwest of the city proper at the
boundaries of Barangays Maria Cristina,
Ditucalan, and Buru-un. Well known for its
natural beauty and grandeur, the 320 - feet (98
meters) high waterfall is also the primary
source of electric power for the city's industries,

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River

The river is also called Puerto Princesa
Underground River. The national park is located in
the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the western coast of the
island.
In 2010, a group of environmentalists and geologists
discovered that the underground river has a second floor,
which means that there are small waterfalls inside the
cave. They also found a cave dome measuring 300m
(980ft) above the underground river, rock formations,
large bats, a deep water hole in the river, more river
channels, another deep cave, as well as marine creatures
and more. Deeper areas of the underground river are
almost impossible to explore due to oxygen deprivation.