Agawan Festival is a yearly thanksgiving celebration in honor of “ San Isidro De Labrador “, the Spanish patron saint of farmers, one so old that not one alive today knows when and how it started, is the primary tourist attraction in Sariaya, which is being promoted by the Department of Tourism .

The ‘” Bagakays “, an identifiably “ Sariayahin “ feature of the festival, are young bamboo trees cut and bedecked with a variety of goodies that form a gently swaying beautiful and bountiful canopy along the well decorated route of the saint’s afternoon procession.

The May 15 celebration in Sariaya mirrors the townfolks generosity in spirit, their faith in the Divine Providence and their ingenuity in craft production and culinary traditions. The celebration of the Sariaya folks during feast of San Isidro Labrador makes it unique from other May 15 celebrations in the Province.

You can find this beautiful old Luneta Hotel in T. M. Kalaw Street, Manila. This old building is one of the few remaining structures that survived World War II, has been undergoing “structural rehabilitation and retrofit” since it was bought by Beaumont last August 2007.

Completed in 1918, the Luneta Hotel was designed by Spanish architect-engineer Salvador Farre, according to a study by Dean John Joseph Fernandez of the University Of Santo Tomas College Of Architecture.

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If you are planning to visit Vigan make sure to visit Calle Crisologo, one of the few remaining cobblestone made streets in the Philippines. The City of Vigan was incribed by the UNESCO World Heritage List last November 1999, this City is world-renowned for its unique and outstanding development in urban planning, landscape design and architecture.

Vigan is a relatively small city with two hearts: the recreational and shopping area around the adjacent Plaza Salcedo and Plaza Burgos in the north, and the commercial centre around the public market in the south. The mestizo district is focused along Plaridel and Mena Crisologo Streets, running south from Plaza Burgos towards the cemetery.

Manila Bay, famous for its beautiful sunset, is the best natural harbor in Eastern Asia and one of the finest in the world. The city of Manila is on the eastern shore of the bay, and on the southeast is the city of Cavite. The entrance to Manila Bay is divided by the island of Corregidor into two channels.

Photo taken in : Roxas Boulevard, Manila Philippines

Lapu-Lapu Monument in Luneta Park facing the Philippine Department of Tourism was donated by the Korean Government. Lapu-Lapu or Kaliph Pulaka was the earliest known indigenous Visayan chieftain, and he was the Datu (King) of Mactan in the Philippines. He resisted the Spanish colonization and battled with Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan where Magellan and his soldiers were killed. This larger than life bronze like statue of 16th century Lapu-Lapu at Agrifina Circle became controversial, some remarks ranging from being out of place to obscene.