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Tagaytay City - One of the Most Popular Vacation Destinations

Even among the locals, Tagaytay City is held in high regards as one of the nicest places to have a vacation in. Nice, cool weather, clean air, and spectacular views of Taal Volcano from its high location, all combine to make Tagaytay one of the most pleasing places to be in when you want to get away from the rush of city life. It’s also within easy reach of Manila at just fifty-five kilometers, giving it good access to important functions only available in urbanized cities when you need it.

Geography of Tagaytay

At six hundred forty meters above sea level, Tagaytay ridge, where the city is situated on top of, is the highest point in all of Cavite. You can see all the way to Batangas, and the famous Taal Volcano, a unique geographical feature in the area. This is why there is a strong tourism background in the city, because of the ideal conditions that the city has even just considering location. Technically speaking, Tagaytay City belongs under the province of Cavite, and on the east end of the island, all the way in Laguna, Laguna Bay can be found. On the north, however, Manila Bay is the area you’ll be seeing. Travel to Manila is done mainly by private car or bus, fifty-five km away.

With forty municipalities under it, each with its own distinct experience and tourist attractions, Quezon province offers a great mix of historical touches, tourism, and a laid-back pace of life that can let you relax away from the pressure of all the big urbanized cities. Quezon province is named after the second president of the Philippines, Manuel Quezon. In terms of location, the entire province is situated southeast of metro Manila. The province is famous for the mountains in the Sierra Madre mountain range, as well as mount Banahaw, which gets plenty of visitors throughout the year, peaking during the Holy Week, when Christians make spiritual pilgrimages to the extinct volcano.

Quezon Province’s Geography

Quezon is quite a large province in terms of land area, at eight thousand seven hundred square kilometers. On one side, the northern portion of the province is bordered by the Philippine Sea, and on the other is the Sierra Madre mountain range, and the highest mountain in the province is Mount Banahaw, at almost two thousand two hundred meters. Mount Banahaw is also the one supplying power to the Makban Geothermal Power Plant.

Hailed by many residents in the different provinces surrounding it, it is regarded as the place to go to for a better chance at starting from scratch. This is in hope of rising up the ranks in order to attain a better life. Manila is also one of the places on the short list of a young soul who is just starting out in the real world. It’s one of the few cities in the country that has been classified as a global city, and one of the most populous, as well. In fact, it ranks as the city with the second highest number of inhabitants throughout Southeast Asia, a testament to the massive influx of new residents coming into the city, mainly for work.

Geography of Manila

Cut in half by the Pasig River, a polluted body of water that has for generations past served as the main water supply for homes and businesses, the city of Manila is divided neatly into two parts by the river, and the city is located on the river mouth, at the eastern shoreline of the Manila Bay. Most of the ground on which Manila is standing on are alluvial deposits, soil washed up from the waters of the Pasig River. There are also other cities and municipalities that border Manila, and some workers in the city aren’t residents there, instead they commute daily to and from other cities such as Quezon, which shows the close proximity of the city to other city limits.

Perhaps best known for the Ati-atihan festival during the third week of January, Kalibo is one of the top tourist destinations in the Philippines because of this festival. With this, many people, from those living in other provinces around the country to international tourists, all go to Kalibo to witness and be part of this festival that celebrates the giving of the Santo Niño by the visiting Spanish explorer Magellan to the Queen of Cebu during Magellan’s arrival in the area during the year 1521. It’s such a big and festive event that it has often been referred to as the Mardi Gras of the Philippines, in comparison to the colorful festival of Brazil. But there is much more to Kalibo than just its yearly festival.

Traveling to Kalibo

The main method of coming into Kalibo from other provinces outside of Panay Island would be by plane. To this end the Kalibo Airport, an international-level airport servicing the general area of Kalibo and the nearby provinces in Aklan, and the airport also happens to be the main servicing airport for Boracay Island, another hot tourist destination throughout the year. There are many flights coming into Kalibo, and many domestic carriers have flights coming in around once or twice per day. The flag-carrier Airlines, Philippine Airlines have many scheduled flights for this area.

Located on the western portion of the island of Mindoro, Sablayan occupies the largest portion of Occidental Mindoro, on the western part of the island. To the west of the municipality is the Mindoro Strait, meaning that Sablayan is a coastal settlement. The municipality has a lot going for it, and seventy thousand residents all living and working in the area. Sablayan is one of the first-class municipalities in the country, making it one of the leading in the province.

Sablayan Geographic Conditions

From the local word “Sablay” that the name Sablayan traces its roots from, the nature of the municipality’s geographic conditions has waves crossing paths, coming in from the both the North And South China sea. To the north of the municipality lies Sta. Cruz, its neighboring municipality, and to the south is the municipality of Calintaan. The eastern side is bordered by the Oriental Mindoro province. Baco, Socorro, Naujan, and Victoria are all part of Oriental Mindoro. Sablayan however is part of Occidental Mindoro, which is a distinct province in the island.

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