BEST SPOTS
MAGELLAN’S CROSS. On April 14, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan planted a cross to mark the spot where some eight hundred (800) natives were baptized into the Catholic faith. The original cross is now encased in a hollow hardwood cross and can be found in a roofed kiosk along Magellanes Street.
SINULOG. The Sinulog is Cebu’s biggest fiesta in honor of the Infant Jesus or Señor Santo Niño held every third (3rd) Sunday of January. In a choreographed movement, tribes clad dazzling costumes hold aloft images of their patron. The prayer-dance is synchronized to the beat of drums and shouts of “Pit Señor! Viva Santo Niño!”
CHOCOLATE HILLS. Consisting of one thousand two hundred sixty eight (1,268) haycock hills with heights ranging from forty (40) to one hundred twenty (120) meters, the Chocolate Hills is one of nature’s wonders. The dome-shaped, grass-covered limestone hills dry up and turn brown during the summer, transforming these into rows and rows of Chocolate “kisses.”
SMALLEST MONKEY. In Bilar, a three kilometer (3km) man-made forest is sanctuary to the province’s endangered species including the tarsier, the world’s smallest monkey.
ISLAND OF IMAGINATION. Derived from the word “Kamagong,” the name of a tree in the ebony family, Camiguin is a pear-shaped volcanic island in the Bohol Sea. Marvel at the island’s wide array of flowers and taste the juiciest “lanzones” in the yearly Lanzones Festival. Explore majestic volcanoes, hot springs, magnificent waterfalls, and its famed underwater cemetery.
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