Must-see attractions in Eastern Visayas

  • Baclayon Church & Watchtower

    Bohol

    Facing the Bohol Sea, this huge coral stone church (1727) was severely damaged in the 2013 earthquake. It's connected to an imposing watchtower. The…

  • Blood Compact Monument

    Bohol

    This great monument 1km east of Tagbilaran celebrates the March 1565 blood compact, where Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and Boholano…

  • San Pedro Church

    Bohol

    The imposing San Pedro Church (c 1602) in the centre of Loboc, the oldest in Bohol, was devastated by the 2013 earthquake when its Baroque facade and…

  • National Museum

    Bohol

    This small museum has a few anthropologically interesting items discovered around Bohol, including five artificially deformed skulls, a 500-year-old…

  • Alona Beach

    Panglao Island

    This broad sandy beach, with its dreamy south-facing horizon, has boomed in popularity in recent years and is now lined with resort hotels, bars and…

  • Bagongbong Falls

    Eastern Visayas

    From barangay Upper Looc, 500m north of Almeria, a road takes you up to Caucab, where a sealed track gets you most of the way to pretty Bagongbong Falls.

  • Museum

    Bohol

    This dusty museum, set in a crumbling structure adjacent to the town's colonial church, contains a collection of poorly presented religious artefacts.

  • Lookout

    Malapascua Island

    This 12m-high lookout, beyond the typhoon-destroyed Los Bambos resort on the island's northwestern tip, is used by some brave souls as a cliff jump.

  • Cebu Cathedral

    Cebu City

    This neoclassical cathedral was completed in 1909, replacing many earlier structures on the site. Only its facade and belfry survived WWII bombs.

  • Sampao Rice Terraces

    Eastern Visayas

    About 4km north of Naval is the turnoff to the Sampao rice terraces. They’re very photogenic with the peaks of Biliran as a backdrop.

  • St Joseph the Worker Cathedral

    Bohol

    In the heart of town, this elegant church was built in 1767, burned to the ground in 1798 and rebuilt and enlarged in 1855.

  • Superdome

    Leyte

    This vast concrete structure dominates the promenade. It's a key venue for big basketball games and conferences.

  • San Roque Falls

    Leyte

    These pleasant, easy-to-reach falls make for a refreshing dip. The path to the falls begins just west of the turnoff to Southern Leyte Dive Resort. From…

  • Kasabangan Falls

    Eastern Visayas

    A few kilometres west of Cabucgayan is multitiered Kasabangan Falls, which like Tinago Falls have been fitted out with a sealed access road and bleachers,…

  • Timubo Cave

    Eastern Visayas

    Near Esperanza on Pacijan's northwest tip is touristy Timubo Cave, where a set of (slippery) stairs leads down to a refreshing cave pool.

  • Cemetery

    Malapascua Island

    This waterside cemetery has sun-bleached graves.

  • City Hall

    Cebu City

    Lords it over Plaza Sugbo and Magellan's Cross.

  • Church

    Bohol

    Landmark structure just off the harbour.

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