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Palawan Island
According to readers of travel publications Conde Nast Traveler and Travel+Leisure, Palawan Island is “the most beautiful island in the world” (2016).
In 2007, National Geographic Traveler ranked Palawan as the best island region in East and Southeast Asia, having “incredibly beautiful natural seascapes and landscapes.”
El Nido
El Nido is a national reserve consisting of about 45 rocky islets with wild beaches and sheer cliffs. It is located on the northern tip of the island. Such rocks do not always provide an opportunity to get to the island, so these islands remain completely wild and you can only admire them sailing past by boat.
The reserve has a huge amount of a wide variety of lagoons and caves, fantastic tropical islands where you can feel like the last hero, as well as a wonderful underwater world with colorful coral reefs.
El Nido beach is also currently rated by readers of Conde Nast Traveler as the “Most Beautiful Beach in the World”.
Underground River Puerto Princesa
National Park "Underground River Puerto Princesa" - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here are the ancient caves and underground rivers, this is truly an amazing place. It is believed that this is the longest of navigable underground rivers, the caves of which are famous for very beautiful and diverse stalactites and stalagmites of all shapes and sizes.
Stalactites and Stalagmites
The river, which, according to geologists, is 23 million years old, originates on Mount St. Paul (1028 m above sea level) and for 7 km flows through a complex system of caves to the confluence of the South China Sea. The journey along the underground river takes about 45 minutes (a little less than a mile and a half) and usually ends in a high cave hall called the Cathedral. The height of the Cathedral is almost 65 m.
The City of Puerto Princesa
Spanish Colonizers founded the settlement on 4 March 1872 in the course of their exploration of the province. As they scanned the Palawan shoreline for a capital site, they came upon a hill with steep declivity. Rowing to shore, they surveyed the hill and discovered an extensive plateau which they decided as ideal for settlement.
Historically the place was named after princess Eulalia of Spain born in 1864 to Queen Isabella 2nd and her consort.
Today, Puerto Princesa is a popular tourist city with many beach resorts and seafood restaurants. It has been acclaimed several times as the cleanest and greenest city in the Philippines.
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral and Rizal Park
The Immaculate Conception Church is the most beautiful building in Puerto Princesa. The white-blue cathedral with wide windows and thin columns stands on a hill near the embankment, with a facade facing the square.
In 1961, located here almost from the foundation of the city (1872), a small church was rebuilt into a cathedral..
Coron Island
Dumaguete is a relatively small town, its whole life is concentrated in the center, near Rizal Boulevard - the city embankment, which is a very pleasant place. It is good to make an evening walk along it, have a snack in a cafe and meet friends, and in the afternoon hide from the heat in the shade of huge trees.
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