Tagbilaran: Soledad Suites

Soledad Suites is the first and only upscale boutique hotel in Tagbilaran City that offers a full range of concierge services. It is conveniently located at Lou Square in the center of the city’s commercial district.

Soledad Suites is only a mere 10 - 20 minute ride to the sandy white beaches of Panglao island and a 3-minute ride from the seaport or 10 minutes from the city’s airport.

Baclayon: Pamilacan Island Paradise

Pamilacan Island Paradise is a beach villa located in the famous island barangay of Pamilacan in the town of Baclayon.

If your idea of a perfect holiday is spending it in a private and exclusive beach villa in a small tropical island, then Pamilacan Island Paradise is for you.

Carmen: Chocolate Hills

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The Chocolate Hills are Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. It was also it's famous tourism symbol long before the tiny primate, tarsier.

An unusual geological formation, the Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape. Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776 individual mounds, these cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered limestone. The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 160 ft) high with the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. These unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the hundreds throughout the towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan.

During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and turn chocolate brown. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of "chocolate kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration behind the name, Chocolate Hills.

Baclayon: Baclayon Church and Museum

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The town of Baclayon is famous for its Catholic church, the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. It is one of the oldest churches in the Philippines, with construction commencing in 1717, the year Baclayon became a parish, and was finally completed in 1727.

Tagbilaran: Darunday Manor Pensione House

Describing itself as ‘the place with an old world charm located at the heart of Tagbilaran City,’ Darunday Manor Pensione House is walking distance from the city’s main attractions. It is also about 10-15 minutes by car or taxi from Tagbilaran Airport or the Pier.

Baclayon: The Peacock Garden

The Peacock Garden is an Old World luxury boutique resort with an expansive view of the sea and Pamilacan island with its sandy beach in the distance.

Located in the quiet town of Baclayon, just a few minutes past historic Baclayon Church. It is also a short 15-minute drive from the Bohol's capital, Tagbilaran City. This 40-room boutique property is private and secure. It features a fine dining restaurant, Roman-inspired spa, wine cellar, music and dance club, and cigar lounge.

Chocolate Hills video

This video was uploaded by geobeats in YouTube as part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.

Philippines Diving Heaven feat. Balicasag island

Check out this promotional video from WOWPHILIPPINESUK, which was uploaded in YouTube and which is described as:

"Breathtaking videos promoting the dive sites of the Philippines home to the best and most diverse marine eco-systems in South East Asia."

The video featured Balicasag island, which is part of Panglao town, coverage of which started in 3:28 until 3:56 of the film.

Love scuba diving? Go to Bohol - #1 for fun in the Philippines!



Symbols of Bohol

Hero
The Provincial Hero is Francisco Sendrijas, also popularly known as Francisco Dagohoy or Dagohoy. He was known to have led the longest revolt in the Philippine history.

Dance
The Provincial Dance is the Kuratcha Boholana.

Plant
The Provincial Plant is the Ubi Kinampay, a rootcrop with white or light to dark purple meat. These rootcrops are very aromatic and is cooked as plainly boiled, mixed to other vegetables or dried and used as a flavoring for ice creams, candies, cakes and other goodies. The best kind of ubi is believed to be found only in Bohol. An Ubi Festival is celebrated every January in Bohol.

Flag of Bohol





The provincial flag of Bohol have the following design and symbolism:

Size and Dimension: It shall have the same size and dimension as the Philippine National Flag.

Colors: The provincial flag shall have three (3) colors, namely ; blue for nobility, white for purity, and red for courage. The path and/or strip of the blue and red runs in a perpendicular grain with the patch of white in-between.

Chocolate Hills: This famous tourist attraction symbolizes the abundance of natural beauty that the Creator has bestowed on Bohol. The supplementary background of green in the reproduction of the province's coat of arms is interpretative of Bohol as an agricultural province, most of its people depend on farming for their livelihood.

Discover Bohol

Check out this promotional video uploaded by WOWPHILIPPINESUK in YouTube, who also provided the following description of the scenic scenes you will find in the Fun Paradise of Bohol:

Scenic Bohol cast as a spell on visitors drawn to this oval-shaped island - from the Chocolate Hills to the Tarsier, from 16th century watchtowers to Baroque Jesuit mission churches, from the Loboc River to Tagbilaran City itself. Add to these are palm-fringed coastlines that are blessed with a myriad of white sandy beaches and sheltering coves. And of course, the ever-smiling, ever-friendly Boholano!

Bohol in a nutshell is a little bit of Cebu, Palawan and Boracay rolled into one - Cebu for its rich history and Spanish heritage; Palawan for its lush flora andunusal fauna; and Boracay for its white sandy beaches and resort atmosphere. But make no mistake - Bohol has a unique local flavour unseen in any other part of the Philippines. Throw these all into the mix, and you have one great holiday destination.



Bohol - #1 for Fun in the Philippines

Photo: Living.Loving.Learning blog

Bohol is a prime eco-cultural tourism destination and a strong, balanced agro-industrial province, with a well-educated, God-loving and law-abiding citizenry, proud of their cultural heritage, enjoying a state of well-being and committed to sound environmental management. - Vision of Bohol Province

Bohol is currently one of the top tourist destination in the Philippines. It's not surprising considering its rich cultural and natural heritage that appeals to a lot of tourists, local and foreign alike.

Chocolate Hills. Tarsier. Beaches. Scuba diving. Dolphin watching. Fiesta. Sandugo. Baclayon Church. Loboc river cruise. E.A.T Danao. Francisco Dagohoy. Pres. Carlos P. Garcia. Kalamay. Peanut kisses. Broas. Friendly people. These are just among the many (I'm sure) random quick answers visitors will give you if you ask them to what do they equate Bohol with something.

But Bohol is also more than that. This blog will scour the online world for less well-known information or activities in Bohol that may appeal to future visitors. So, watch this space as Visit Bohol will tell you why Bohol is #1 for fun in the Philippines!



Welcome to Visit Bohol!

Photo: Explore Bohol

This blog, Visit Bohol, aims to be a one stop shop for information about the fun island province of Bohol, primarily to a visitor who is a:

• tourist (foreign or local; short- or long-term; new or returning)
• visiting relative
• returning Bol-anon (or Boholano)

Visit Bohol blog is written from the perspective of a homesick Bol-anon who has lived far away in a foreign land for almost a decade now. By writing this blog, the author hopes to somehow ease the longing for Bohol. Personally, this blog is dedicated to the author's children. He wants them to know more about the rich cultural and natural heritage of their parents' homeland, which they have visited a few times already even at their young age.