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Culture & discovery
Bohol

Coral-stone churches, a blood compact and fiestas: an island proud of its past.

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🏛️Heritage and sights3 places,0
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Chocolate Hills
Carmen, Batuan, Sagbayan

More than 1,260 conical limestone hills, a national geological monument since 1988 and the flagship of the Bohol UNESCO Global Geopark.

GeologyMust-see
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Baclayon Church
Baclayon

A coral-stone church completed by the Jesuits in 1727, a National Cultural Treasure restored after the 2013 earthquake, with a museum.

Religious heritageMuseum
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Blood Compact Shrine
Tagbilaran

A seafront monument to the Sandugo, the blood compact sealed in 1565 between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi.

HistorySeafront
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Tarsier Sanctuary
Corella

Run by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, it lets you watch tarsiers in the forest, quietly and without flash.

WildlifeConservation
🌐Official websitetarsierfoundation.org→
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Dauis Church
Dauis, Panglao

A stone church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, facing Tagbilaran, known for the well inside the building.

Religious heritagePanglao
🎉Festivals and traditions3 places,0
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Sandugo Festival
Tagbilaran, July

A month of celebrations around the 1565 blood compact, with a re-enactment, parades and street dancing.

JulyHistory
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Ubi Festival
Tagbilaran, January

A fair devoted to ube, Bohol’s emblematic purple yam, with growers’ contests and food stalls.

JanuaryLocal produce
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Town fiestas
Every town

Each town honours its patron saint with a mass, a procession, contests and a big feast open to visitors.

Year-roundHospitality
🍽️Food3 places,0
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Ubi kinampay
Island-wide

Bohol’s prized purple yam, turned into jams, cakes, ice cream and pastries.

SpecialitySweet
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Kalamay
Jagna and markets

A sticky sweet of glutinous rice, coconut milk and sugar, sold sealed in half a coconut shell.

SouvenirSweet
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Peanut kisses
Souvenir shops

Small peanut cookies shaped like the Chocolate Hills, the island’s classic edible souvenir.

SouvenirCookie