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The Philippine landscape features three (3) cultural heritage sites and two (2) natural heritage sites as listed by the UNESCO World Heritage Center. Our cultural wonders, such as the Banaue Rice Terraces and the Historic Town of Vigan, embody our rich historical past, both pre-colonial and post-colonial. On the other hand, natural wonders such as the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan represent God's gifts to our archipelago.
If you're a tourist or an adventure and travel enthusiast, we recommend visiting these mouth-watering tourist spots in the Philippines.
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) continues to relive our rich historical past by preserving certain places that shaped the present Filipino society, These places include the ancestral houses of national heroes, monuments, landmarks and shrines, as well as museums that house the relics and memorabilia of notable personalities in Philippine history.
Historic Town of Vigan
Chocolate Hills in Bohol
Camotes Island: The Island Heaven
A famous tourist site in Bohol, the Chocolate Hills consist of at least 1,260 hills and may have a total of 1,776 hills over a land area of 50 square kilometers. Green grasses cover the hills and they turn brown during dry season, hence the name.
The Camotes Islands are a group of islands that form part of the province of Cebu, in the Philippines. The island group is located east of Cebu Island, southwest of Leyte Island, and north of Bohol Island.
Famous for its crystal clear water, sugary white sand, clean surroundings, the scent of a newly cut grass early in the morning and the spectacular view of the sunset.
The Luneta Park, also known as the Rizal Park, is one of the country’s leading attractions, being its most famous park. Its former name is Bagumbayan (new town), wherein the Philippine’s national hero Jose Rizal was executed in 1896. Luneta is a place of full of history. It was here that the Gomburza execution of 1872 took place; here, too was where the official proclamation of the country being a fully independent republic in 1946 made. The Luneta Park includes in its environs the Quirino Grandstand, the Chinese and Japanese Gardens, the main office of the Department of Tourism, the National Museum, the National Library, the Orchidarium, the Planetarium, the Butterfly Pavilion, an open-air auditorium, and a chess plaza.
Luneta Park, Manila