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Guimaras: Sights and Sites from our 2-day Tour
Aside from visiting Guimaras’ Trappist monastery/abbey, Guisi Lighthouse and Guisi Beach, Holy Family Hills, and Neptune Pittman’s Garden and taking part in its Manggahan Festival, we also saw these sites and sights on our Visit to Guimaras, the mango capital of the Philippines. Navalas Church This was built in 1880 and the oldest existing Roman…
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Guimaras: Our Lady of the Philippines Trappist Abbey and Trappist Monastic Food Products
The monastery is home to the Contemplative Trappist Catholic Christian Monks of the Philippines and a popular retreat house. It holds the distinction of being the only trappist monastery in the country. To tourists, it is a popular destination because of its gift shop that sells what many consider are the best among Guimaras’…
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Guimaras: Guisi Lighthouse and Guisi Beach
When we visited Guisi, I thought we were just there for the lighthouse. Turned out that since it’s located on higher ground, it had lovely views of the sea and even had a decent beach. To get to the lighthouse, we had to trek through this lush greenery. The walkway, though, was already paved so…
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Guimaras: Manggahan Festival
Guimaras is best known for its mangoes so it’s only right that they have Manggahan Festival (Mangga is their dialect for mango), which they celebrate in thanksgiving for the year’s harvest and blessings. We were lucky that when we visited Guimaras in the summer of 2014, it’s celebrating this week-long festival (the highlight is a…
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Guimaras: Holy Family Hills
Built in 2000 as a place for quiet reflection and spiritual renewal, Holy Family Hills is home to various religious sculptures and structures, which include those of St. Michael the Archangel, Blessed John Paul II, the Holy Family, and St. Therese of Lisieux. It also has a Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes and a…
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