Blog Posts on heritage sites

Travel Glimpses: Gotiaoco Building in Cebu City by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Jan 21, 2012Standing across the Cebu City Hall annex building  is this heritage structure named Gotiaoco Building. Built in 1914, it is one of the first commercial buildings in Cebu and the first to have an elevator. It is named after Pedro Gotiaoco, a successf...

Calesa Ride in Intramuros Manila by Manila Photographer on Jan 13, 2012Calesa Ride in Intramuros A kalesa or calesa (sometimes called a karitela) is a horse drawn calash (carriage) used in the Philippines. The word, also spelled calesa, predates the Spanish conquest and descends ultimately from an Old Church Slavonic wo...

Gabii sa Kabilin (Night of Heritage) 2011 this May 27! by SineBuano on May 14, 2011Yes, it’s that Night that seems to magically comes once again. It’s the 5th “Gabii sa Kabilin” (Night of Heritage) in Cebu this May 27, starting at 4 P.M. until midnight! This 2011, 18 museums and historical sites will take pa...

Visita Iglesia: Carcar Church in Cebu by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Apr 23, 2011The Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Carcar, Cebu sits on top of a hill overlooking this charming heritage town (which is already a city by now, after the supreme court upheld its cityhood on February 2011.). Right in front of the church is a...

Visita Iglesia: Sibonga Church in Cebu by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Apr 21, 2011The Church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Zaragoza in Sibonga was the first church we visited during a Cebu southern heritage tour I did with my friends about four months ago. Sibonga is a laid back town south of Cebu City and is only about thirty mi...

The Ruins in Patnongon, Antique by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Feb 10, 2011The town of Patnongon was the second place I visited during our sojourn in Antique. It is a fourth class municipality and is only 9.5 kilometers from Belison, my mother-in-law's hometown where we stayed. A tricycle ride from Belison took us to Patno...

Carcar, The Heritage Town of Cebu by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Jan 26, 2011Carcar, a municipality in the Province of Cebu, is located about 40 kilometers south of Cebu City. With a land area of 116.78 square kilometers, it is bounded on the north by San Fernando, on the south by Sibonga, on the west by Barili and Aloguinsan...

The Magnificent Churches of South Cebu by Suroy Pilipinas (A Philippine Travel Blog) on Jan 22, 2011After breakfast, a little rest and a few shots of tequila mixes at Jong and Haru's residence in Minglanilla, we went to a heritage tour down South Cebu. Due to time constraint, we agreed that the town of Sibonga will be the farthest we will go. From...

Eat, Pray, Love in Iloilo and Guimaras by an urbanwandergirl's travel and photoblog on Nov 10, 2010A canceled meeting, and heavy raining in Quezon City allowed me to take a minute to blog about the recent travel. I want to get down and dirty with the details of the trip soon, so this shall serve... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs...

Miag-ao Church in Iloilo by Manila Photographer on Oct 10, 2010Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church The Miag-ao Church was built in 1786 by Spanish Augustinian missionaries and was declared as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Baroque Churches of the Philippines” in 1993. On the front facade...