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METRO MANILA :
INTRAMUROS OR THE WALLED CITY; FORT SANTIAGO (ONCE THE
HEADQUARTERS OF SPANISH SOLDIERS); MANILA CATHERAL AND SAN
AGUSTIN CHURCH; CASA MANILA; RIZAL PARK; (MANILA'S LARGEST
PUBLIC); NATIONAL MUSEUM; MANILA PLANETARIUM & AQUARIUM;
CULTURAL CENTER COMPLEX; NAYONG PILIPIN (THEME PARK);
QUIAPO AREA (HEART OF MANILA & THE OLD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT);
MAKATI AREA (THE NEWEST FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT).

CORREGIDOR ISLAND:
AN ISLAND TURNED INTO A MEMORIAL FOR SOLDIERS WHO DEFENDED THE
COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. ATTRACTIONS ARE THE MALINTA TUNNEL
LIGHT AND SOUND SHOW; THE MILE LONG RUINS; ARTILLERIES SITES;
BEACHES; HIKING AND BIKING TREKS.

TAGAYTAY CITY:
THE HOME OF THE TAAL VOLCANO AND THE TAAL LAKE; CAVITE HOUSES
(THE AGUINALDO SHRINE WHERE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE WAS
PROCALAIMED).

BAGUIO/BANAUE REGION:
BURNHAM PARK; WRIGHT PARK; PINK SISTERS MONASTERY; GOOD SHEPHERD
CONVENT; MINES VIEW PARK; CAMP JOHN HAY; THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY
ACADEMY & FAMOUS BANAUE RICE TERRACES.

SUBIC AREA:
JUNGLE TOUR OF A VIRGIN RAINFOREST.

BICOL REGION:
HOME OF THE MAYON VOLCANO (THAT HAS THE MOST PERFECT CONE
SHAPE); CAGSAWA RUINS; HOYOP-HOYAPN CAVES, THE NAGA CATHEDRAL;
THE STRETCHES OF FINE BEACHES.

CEBU:
A STRING OF BEACH RESORTS FOR DIVING, SWIMMING AND SAILING;
RESORTS OF MACTAN ISLAND, BEST DIVE SPOTS ARE BUYONG BEACH,
MOALBOAL, PESCADOR ISLAND AND BADIAN ISLAND; MAGELLAN'S CROSS;
FORT SAN PEDRO AND THE BASILICA MINORE DEL STO NINO.

BOHOL:
ALSO IN THE VISAYAS, IS FAMOUS FOR ITS CHOCOLATE HILLS. THESE
ARE LIMESTONE FORMATIONS THAT COUNTS OVER 1000 STRETCHING
THROUGHOUT 3 TOWNS; BOHOL IS THE HOME OF THE TARSIER WHICH IS
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST PRIMATE. BEACH RESORTS IN PANGLAO AND
BALICASAG ISLAND ARE MUST TO SEE.

BORACAY:
VOTED (AS ONE OF THE BEST BEACH IN THE WORLD); BORACAY IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS POWDER FINE WHITE SAND BEACHES AND CLEAR WATERS.

PALAWAN:
DUBBED AS THE COUNTRY'S LAST FRONTIER, IT IS AN ARCHIPELAGO OF
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BREATHTAKING BEACHES AND RARE SPECIES OF FLORA
AND FAUNA. PLACES OF INTEREST ARE CALAUIT ISLAND; ST. PAUL'S
SUBTERRANEAN NATIONAL PARK; AN 8 KM LONG UNDERGROUND RIVER WITH
CAVES STUDDED BY STALACTITE AND STALAGMITE FORMATIONS; TABON
CAVES; THE TUBBATAHA REEF

DAVAO:
THE INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY TO MINDANAO. PLACES OF INTEREST ARE
MT. APO (THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK); DABAW ETNIKA (A TINY
SETTLEMENT OF TRIBE PEOPLE); DABAW MUSEUM; TAOIST AND LON WA
BUDDHIST TEMPLE.

ZAMBOANGA:
FORT DEL PILAR, PASONANCA PARK, TALUKSANGAY & RIO HONDO VILLAGES
STA CRUZ ISLAND HAS A UNIQUE PINK CORAL BEACH WHILE SAMAL ISLAND
IS BEST FOR SWIMMING AND SNORKELING.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS:
LAGUNA IS NOTED FOR ITS VOLCANIC HOT SPRINGS. A FAMOUS
RESORT IS HIDDEN VALLEY AT THE FOOT OF MT. MAKILING WHEREIN A
BOTANICAL GARDEN IS ALSO LOCATED.
PAGSANJAN TOWN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS WATERFALLS AND RIVER RIDES.
LAKE CALIRAYA AND ALLIGATOR LAKE ARE FAMOUS FOR WIND SURFING.

BATANGAS ABOUNDS WITH BEACH, SNORKELING AND DIVING RESORTS
SUCH AS ANILAO, LIGNO, BONITO, SOMBRERO AND MARICABAN.
NOT FAR FROM BATANGAS IS MINDORO, AN ISLAND FAMOUS FOR PUERTO
GALERA AND ITS WHITE SAND BEACHES.

RIZAL IS FAMOUS FOR THE SHRINE OF THE MIRACULOUS IMAGE OF OUR
LADY OF PEACE AND GOOD VOYAGE IN ANTIPOLO. THE TOWN OF ANGONO
IS FAMOUS FOR THE HIGANTES FESTIVAL DURING NOVEMBER.

QUEZON IS FAMOUS FOR, ASIDE FROM ITS LONG STRETCHES OF BEACHES,
THE PAHIYAS FESTIVAL DURING MAY.
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