Bohol’s Panglao Island

PANGLAO ISLAND, Bohol – The Province of Bohol and the rest of the Philippines have another achievement to celebrate over as Travel+Leisure, a prestigious travel magazine based in New York, USA, named Bohol’s Panglao Island as one of its top beach destinations in its article ‘Best Secret Beaches on Earth’.

Panglao Island could truly duplicate the popularity of Aklan's Boracay Island.

In the article, Travel+Leisure mentioned that Panglao is home to the classy Ananyana Beach Resort & Spa, which occupies a prime spot on sand that stretches a mile long. At the resort, travelers will be pleased to find a unique lounge outfitted with rattan and abaca furniture, luxe thatched-roof huts that have large bamboo-framed beds and an alfresco restaurant that offers Filipino-Mediterranean dishes.

The magazine also noted that Panglao is a nice place for leisure activities like diving by the drop-off points of Balicasag Island, dolphin watching via a resort boat and having a sunset dinner at Puntod Island.

The beaches in Panglao Island can be considered 'Perfect Getaways' this summer.

Other than Panglao, the article also mentioned Puako, Big Island in Hawaii, Salema in Portugal, Koh Lanta in Thailand, Alagoas in Brazil, Pyla-sur-Mer in France, Cirali Beach in Turkey and Bethany Beach in Delaware to name a few.


About Panglao Island

Panglao Island is located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It has an area of over eighty square kilometers and is rich with many natural spots that include beaches, caves, nature trails and more. The island itself is a popular attraction for both local and foreign tourists, and contributed nicely to Bohol’s growing tourism industry. Other than Ananyana Beach Resort & Spa, Panglao has other nice places tourists can enjoy such as Panglao Island Nature Resort & Spa and Alona Kew Resort.


Discover Panglao

Travelers can take flights that land at Tagbilaran Airport, Tagbilaran City, Bohol. Most flights coming from Manila average just an hour and from Tagbilaran Airport the travel by land going to Panglao takes less than 30 minutes.

Taken from: Bohol’s Panglao Island hailed by Travel+Leisure Magazine

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Peninsula de Punta Fuego has a total of 88 hectare world class residential beach resort and was fully operational since 1999. It consists of Spanish to Mediterranean inspired villas, beach club, marina, a nine-hole golf course and a country club.

Punta Fuego was known for 800 meters of fine white sand and pristine clear waters making this the best swimming beach in Nasugbu Batangas. It was also known for the famous infinity pool. This was called infinity pool because it looks like it is connected from the ocean. The pool is made up of tiles that is similar to the color of the sky.

Tourism in Asia | Malaysia | Pulau Carey / Carey Island

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Carey Island was knowned for its seafood such as crabs, prawns, and various fishes. The island was compromised largely of oil palm estates that were owned by Golden Hope Plantation. Tourists will also find native aboriginal tribe here that were called the Mah Meri. They were renowned for their traditional woodcarvings, depicting their ancestral spirits or what they called, moyang. The Mah Meri tribe is one of the aborigine Orang Asli tribes of Malaysia. They have accepted and live in modern life, with jobs in the nearby plantations and farms, but still their unique culture is intact.

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Singapore

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Although Singapore is small in size, it still offeres a wide variety of sights and experiences to tourist. Reputated as a clean, green and orderly city, it stands out as a bustling city in Asia.

There are many tourist attractions from a well know tourism in Asia. These are the:

Orchard Road
It is located at the Southern part of Singapore. Orchard road is Singapore's premier shopping district. YOu can found here some luxury hotels with exotic malls that sells the latest international brands.

Sentosa Island
Singapore's one and only Island Resort, where you can find beautiful beaches. Sentosa Island is previously a military installation but now they converted Sentosa Island into a gigantic theme park.

The Zoo and Night Safari
Made for resident animals in Singpore to simulate their natural habitat. The Singapore Zoological Gardens is also one of the main tourist attractions in Singapore. The zoo includes a Night Safari wherein you may enjoy unique experience of exploring tropical wildlife jungle at night.

Singapore Science Centre
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Puerto Galera is considered as one of the most beautiful and developed beach resort community in the Philippines. Tourism in Puerto Galera has started to flourished and one by one hotels, resorts, inns and restaurants have started too mushroomed within the area.

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Tourist Spots in Puerto Galera:

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