Thursday, January 21, 2016

13 great things that make you love 'frenziedly' tourism the Philippines

  1. The endless beauty of the  Boracay island
As one of the smallest islands in the Philippines, but the Boracay island is the most beautiful and charming island with the white sandbanks looking like smooth crystals and with the stretching turquoise sea. Many tourists coming to this island do not hesitate to call the Boracay Island is the paradise on earth. This is a "must-see" place in the travel books of Southeast Asia as well as on the tour guide websites. With its dazzling beauty, the Boracay Island is like a jewel.

2. The boisterous atmosphere of the Ati-Atihan festival
Existed in about 800 years, the Ati-Atihan festival is considered as the largest spring festival which is colorful and really fun in the Philippines. In the 3rd week of January, the people of the Philippines will hold a festival in honor of the Nativity (called Santo Niño - the patron saint of the country). Festivity includes dances of the tribes, music and a parade on the streets and all the participants will be dressed in brightly colored ethnic clothes, paint the face with soot and parade around the town.


  1. The neglected and charming El Nido beach
El Nido is the famous pristine beach because it has not only turquoise water, but also many bays, black marble cliffs, the colorful coral reefs, waterfalls, and the rich flora and fauna species. El Nido is situated at the end of the Palawan Island, away from the Manila capital about 420 km in distance. In 1996, El Nido was in the list of the most attractive destinations voted by the Times Magazine.


4. The immense green terraced fields in Banaue
Banaue is a popular destination, which is famous not only in the Philippines but also throughout the world with 2,000-year-old terraced fields of Ifugao ethnic. This is one of the large fields recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site with an altitude of up to 1,700 meters above the sea level as well as the spectacular and majestic scenery.


5. The delicious taste of Halo Halo
Halo Halo is the name of a very popular dish in the Philippines. This dish is a mixture of flavors, colors, and composition of tropical fruit such as jackfruit, sapodilla, papaya, banana; legume species like red beans, green beans, white beans; yams, purple yams, corn starch mingled with cream. Each fruit is rated separately and added a layer of blend ice and a layer of condensed milk. When you eat and mix them up, you will feel very special taste.


6. The old space of the ancient Vigan city
Vigan is a town in the province of Ilocos Sur, in the Philippines. The Vigan town is recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage because this is a city, which used to be a colony of Spain, still remains intact in Asia. The winding cobbled roads, the tilted roof with the unique architectural styles of Baroque along with the lifestyle of local people ... all blend together and create a separate cultural identity of Vigan.



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