Luzon (Manila & the North)8 places
- Taal VolcanoAn island in a lake, on an island in a lake, on an island — a volcano sitting inside its own crater lake, itself inside…
- The Banaue Rice TerracesVast amphitheatres of rice terraces carved by hand into steep mountainsides by the Ifugao people, some said to be up to…
- BatanesThe Philippines' northernmost province — closer to Taiwan than to Luzon — where the Ivatan build houses out of…
- CaramoanA peninsula of limestone islands at the far end of Bicol that international Survivor productions have used for years —…
- CatanduanesThe island that takes the Pacific first. Catanduanes sits east of everything in the Philippines, absorbs the strongest…
- Dipaculao & the Aurora CoastThe Pacific side of Luzon, where the Sierra Madre runs straight into the ocean — and specifically the stretch north of…
- Maddela & Quirino ProvinceA province Filipinos joke does not exist. Quirino is so far off every route that "Quirino province does not actually…
- SagadaA cold pine-forest town high in the Cordillera where the Igorot hung their dead in coffins on limestone cliffs — and…
The Visayas5 places
- Bantayan IslandA flat coral island off the top of Cebu with a stretch of white sand Filipinos say could rival Boracay's — and which…
- Iloilo & GuimarasA Philippine city with walkable streets, clean air and functioning public transport — a combination Filipinos describe…
- Bacolod & Negros OccidentalThe city Filipinos name when the question is food — capital of the sugar country, birthplace of chicken inasal, and the…
- Bohol & the Chocolate HillsAn island scattered with over a thousand oddly uniform, cone-shaped hills that dry to chocolate brown in summer, home…
- SiquijorA small Visayan island with a national reputation for witchcraft and folk healing, currently being recommended by…
Mindanao3 places
- CamiguinA small volcanic island where you can dive a well-kept reef in the morning, soak in a spring-fed pool at the foot of a…
- BukidnonThe answer Filipinos give when someone says they don't like beaches — a landlocked plateau province in northern…
- Lake SebuA highland lake in South Cotabato covered in lotus and fish pens, home of the T'boli and their dreamweavers — and a…
Palawan1 place
- PalawanA long, thin island of jungle-topped limestone cliffs and hidden lagoons, where you hop by boat between turquoise…