Visayas Tourist Spots & Historical Sites

• Tourist spots and historical sites in the Visayas region and the Philippines.

Beautiful Spots

• Boracay is the most visited tourist spot in Visayas
• It is a favorite hangout of celebrities and tourists and is located in Malay, Aklan.
• Lake Balanan is a mysterious lake that was formed due to a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in 1925.
• The lake is surrounded by forest and is located in Siaton, Negros Oriental.
• Pescador Island is a beautiful island in Visayas that looks like a disc from afar.
• Pescador Island is known as "The Sardine Run of Pescador Island" and is located in Moalboal, Cebu.
• Chocolate Hills consists of hundreds of chocolate-like hills in Bohol.
• The hills are covered with grasses that dry during summer, making the hills look brown.
• Bantayan Island is a famous tourist destination in Visayas that is located in Cebu and is known for its powdery white sand beach.
• Cebu Taoist Temple is a most visited tourist spot in Visayas consisting of 81 steps that each represent 81 chapters in the scriptures of Taoism.
• Many tourists and visitors come to the temple to know their fortune written in the fortune sticks.
• Camotes Island is one of the best destinations in Visayas for beach adventures and consists of a group of clean and unspoiled islands in the Camotes Sea.
• Panglao Island is considered the best summer destination in Bohol.
• Panglao Island is known for white sand beaches, and great dive sites
• Panglao Island is located southwest of the island of Bohol and east and south of Cebu.

Historical Places and Landmarks

• Magellan's Cross is a wooden cross placed by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan when he arrived in the Philippines in 1521.
• It marks the spot where the first Filipinos were baptized as Christians.
• The cross is kept inside a small chapel to protect it.
• The Lapu-Lapu Monument honors Datu Lapu-Lapu, a Filipino hero who fought against Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in 1521.
• The statue depicts him holding a sword and a shield, to remind Filipinos of defending their land.
• Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu is a famous church in Visayas that is the oldest church in the Philippines.
• Its name was inspired by the Santo Nino story offered by the Spaniards
• The Santo Nino was untouched by fire when Spaniards burnt the barangays.
• The Blood Compact Monument shows a historic event in 1565 and features Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi and Bohol's chieftain Datu Sikatuna
• Legazpi and Sikatuna made a peace agreement by drinking wine mixed with their blood, symbolizing friendship and trust between Filipinos and Spaniards.
• The MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte.