I am from spain and planning a summer trip to the Phillipines, what city would you reccomend and what can i visit that may also have spanish history in it. Thank you and que visca el barca!
2006-12-10 11:08:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
First stop, is in Manila City, the Philippines capital. You have to visit the Intramuros or the Walled City where the Spaniards settled.
Second stop is Cebu City, the Philippines oldest city. It is where the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed and established the first Spanish settlement in Asia. Magellan also gave the local monarch the Santo Niño image (which still survives today) and is now the patron saint of the city. King Carlos of Spain, visited Cebu in the 1990's and dedicated the monument of Magellan in Fort San Pedro, the smallest Spanish Fort in the Philippines.
Third option is either you go to the following places:
Vigan in Ilocos Norte Province (North of Manila). The town is like one open air museum. Rows of well preserved Spanish-Filipino houses with cobbled stone streets. If I am not mistaken it is a World Heritage Site (UNESCO)
Zamboanga City in Mindanao (South of Cebu). It is the only region in the country that has a distinct language. It uses Spanish heavily yet mixed with local dialect/grammar. They call the language "Chavacano". Fort Pilar is a must see.
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2006-12-10 15:08:37 · answer #1 · answered by CDOguide 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olah! You can try going to the University of Santo Tomas. I'm a student of the university. UST also has a museum which holds articfacts as early as the pre-Spanish era here in the country. UST's a good place to start with. Then almost 10 mins from UST, you can go to Fort Bonifacio and Intramuros once had been Spanish strongholds centuries ago. One bonus you can get when you come here at Manila, you get to experience the traffic the metropolitan's infamous of.
2006-12-10 11:30:50 · answer #2 · answered by Yona 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Cebu and Northern Luzon. Apparently, Spanish architecture / culture is still evident in those places. Although as a general rule, Las Islas Filipinas is so beautiful from North to South.
Mabuhay!
2006-12-10 13:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dave Star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mabuhay! Greetings to you! I am from Philippines but living here in US now. A nice place to visit in my country is Cebu City. You can see the Cross of Magellan there. He is a Spanish like you. From Cebu City you can visit the island of Bohol (nice beaches there). You can also visit Boracay and Palawan. To know more about nice places to visit in Philippines, check this website www.wowphilippines.com.
The best thing you will encounter in my country are the hospitality and warmthness of Filipinos. Have fun and enjoy!
2006-12-10 11:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by ladylamp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go straight to Cebu or Boracay for a great vacation. Manila used to have some historical structures but these were bombed out by the Japanese during WWII. Intramuros is a ghost of it's former self.
2006-12-10 16:26:13 · answer #5 · answered by Ramon L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aside from manila, u can travel to north luzon, in vigan, ilocos sur and ilocos norte. in vigan, u will find the UNESCO site, its crisologo st. the street is of cobble stone and u can see some spanish architecture that are still preserved. u can also visit the paoay church, which is the oldest in luzon, and if ur on ur way to laoag, u can also go to pagudpud, on ur way there, u can see the light house that was built by the spaniards, its the oldest and still working. u can also go to the beach in pagudpud, it's called blue lagoon or mara ira ira beach. its also like boracay beach but not so many tourists go there, so u can have the beach all to yourself. hope u will have a great time. enjoy ur trip!
http:www.wowphilippines.com.ph
2006-12-10 13:02:58 · answer #6 · answered by bluecross0924 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makati.....Universal Sauna Bath
2006-12-10 20:29:22 · answer #7 · answered by randyvous75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Manila and Luzon, explore, there's lots to see.
2006-12-10 11:11:20 · answer #8 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try going to palawan, boracay, zambales, batangas if you want to go to the beach,,,but if you want some sightseeing i suggest you go to baguio or tagaytay...
hey san antionio you're a freak! you have a dirty mind
2006-12-10 22:14:48 · answer #9 · answered by Cirno 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ermita blvd in manila...after midnight. hehehe...
2006-12-10 14:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋