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BEST HOTELS TO GET MORE BANG
FOR YOUR BUCK
There are just some hotels you wouldn’t mind shelling out cash for. Here are
your top picks for good quality yet reasonably priced accommodations in every
region of the Philippines.
La PiazzaHotel,
Legazpi City
22.8%
Fancy having
a view of
majestic Mount Mayon? La Piazza
Hotel in Legazpi City offers that, plus
a good location, clean rooms and
excellent customer service.
Hotel Elizabeth,
Cebu
27.7%
Hotel Elizabeth is centrally
located so can easily get
to Cebu City’s hotspots.
The rooms are beautifully
designed and there’s free
WiFi access too.
Ponce Suites Gallery
Hotel, Davao
27.4%
Aside from
comfortable
rooms and impeccable customer
service, Ponce Suites boasts a
stunning collection of sculptures
and paintings by artist Kublai
Ponce Millan.
THE REAL SLIM SHADY
Rudy Project sports eyewear
We like the versatility of Rudy Project sports eyewear, the
excellence of its make (lightweight frames guaranteed unbreakable
for life), and its affordable price. Want to know more about the tech
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TOP FESTIVAL WORTH BRAVING
THE CROWDS FOR
Sinulog Festival, CebuCity
21%
The one festival you won’t mind
getting squished in the crowd for is
the Sinulog, and rightly so. It is Cebu City’s grandest
and most vibrant festival, which honors Señor Sto.
Niño and commemorates the day the Cebuanos
embraced Catholicism.
DagupanCity Bangus Festival
18%
Next to Sinulog is the Dagupan City Bangus
Festival, which celebrates the
bangus
(
milkfish). Aside
from watching the street dance competition and
parades, you can learn the 101 ways to cook the fish,
and probably 101 ways to eat it too.
Magayon Festival, Albay
14.7%
The Magayon Festival is also on your list of
festivals to check out. Albay’s most important festival
commemorates the legend of Mount Mayon, which is
about the tragic story of Daragang Magayon and her
warrior lover.
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