Dumaguete

Mark at Quezon Park Dumaguete  | read this item

One of the best ways to spend a stroll with your family and friends when in Dumaguete is at Quezon Park. It is a relaxing place, surrounded by lush greeneries of plants, bushes and trees located in the city center across the historic Dumaguete Cathedral and Bell Tower. Because of Quezon Park’s strategic location, children come here very often to play at the grass or at the playground recently developed by the City Government. The park is about 1.5 hectares [...]

Dumaguete Cathedral Church  | read this item

Known to Dumagueteños (people of Dumaguete) as the Dumaguete Cathedral Church, the St. Catherine of Alexandria Church is one of the solid structural witnesses of Dumaguete’s rich history and culture – and why it is nicknamed The City of Gentle People. The Cathedral Church of Dumaguete in the Philippines boasts itself as the “Oldest Stone Church in Negros”. The church was originally built in 1754 to 1776. It was reconstructed in 1885 and the present facade was extended in 1936. [...]

Dumaguete Belfry  | read this item

One of the most significant landmarks of Dumaguete, also known as the “University Town”, is the Dumaguete Belfy. It is the city’s most popular marker. It was built in 1760s and developed in the 1870s to warn townfolks of attacks by marauding pirates. The Dumaguete Belfry is also known as the Campanario de Dumaguete (a direct Spanish translation). It was built upon one of the four original massive watchtowers that Parish Priest Don Jose Manuel Fernandez de Septien built in [...]

Dumaguete Port  | read this item

Next to Cebu City Port, the Dumaguete Port is probably the next best connected port in the Visayas. It is an entry point to many of the main seaports in the country including Manila in Luzon, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor in the Visayas and Iligan and Dapitan in Mindanao. Dumaguete Port is located in Flores Avenue, Dumaguete, Philippines, less than a kilometer away from the lively Rizal Boulevard which Dumaguete City boasts to its visitors because of its enticing harbor front [...]