MUST SEE:
- Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol
- New Government Center
- Bacolod City Welcome Marker
- Bacolod Public Plaza
- Barangay Sang Vigen Chapel
- San Sebastian Cathedral
- San Diego Pro – Cathedral
- Pope John Paul II Tower
- Hofilena Heritage House
- Negros Museum
- Dizon-Ramos Museum
- Balay Negrense Museum
- Laguerta Home of the Vintage Glasses Museum
- Bernardino Jalandoni Museum
- Museum Negrense de La Salle
- The Ruins
- Panaad Stadium
- World War II Memorial Wall
- Butterfly Sanctuary
- Danjugan Island Marine Reserve and Sanctuaries
- Gawahon Ecopark
- Bat Sanctuary
- Codcod Rice Terraces
- Penalosa Farms
- Lantawan View
- Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation Biodiversity
- North Negros National Park
- Salvacion Cave
- Mag – aso Cave
- Lakawon Island
- Suyac Island Mangrove Eco – Park
- Sagay Marine Reserve ( Carbin Reef )
- Sugar Beach
- Carbin Reef
- Campomanes Bay
- Mount Kanlaon’s Seven Falls
- Mag – aso Falls
- Malatan – og Falls
- Bagacay Waterfalls
- Bantug Lake Ranch
- Capitol Lagoon Park
- Bantayan Park
- Canlaon Volcano
- Mt. Lanay
- La Fortuna Nature & Wildlife Lagoon
- Cornell Swimming Pool
- Campuestuhan Highland Resort
- Mambukal Mountain Resort
MUST DO:
- Join the fun and colorful month – long celebration of Masskara Festival
- Sunbathe at the famous white sandbar of Sagay: Carbin Reef
- Explore the underwater world of Sipalay: Juliens Wreck
- Take a dip, swim, snorkel, and dive in clear waters of Campomanes Bay
- Relax at the floating mangrove eco-park of Suyac Island
- Take a bath in the turquoise water of Mag – aso Falls
- Discover the hidden gem of Bago City, the Bagacay Waterfalls
- Go island-hopping and delight on floating hills in Tinagong Dagat.
- Get close to nature in Danjugan Island’s marine sanctuary and wildlife reserve
- Failiarize yourself with Negrense history in the Negros Museum.
- Step into the past and see how the Negrense lived in days of old in Silay Heritage Houses
- See The Ruins and get to know the story behind the remains of this old mansion.
MUST TRY:
- Pancit molo – “clear chicken broth with wontons (considered pancit because of their wrappers), lots of garlic, and crushed chorizo”
- Pan de siosa – “a baguette-like bread skewered, grilled, and brushed with oil and banana catsup”
- Double body – “a sweet bread sandwich with a dulce de leche filling”
- Inasal (Chicken inasal, Bacolod chicken) – sweetish, soy, sugar, and calamansi-marinated grilled chicken made yellowish by basting with annatto (achuete) oil
- Bacolod chorizo recado – ground pork in paprika and other spices
- Napoleones – otap-like pastry filled with custard and topped with sugar glaze
- Piaya – “grilled muscovado-filled unleavened flatbread”
- Pulseras – “a small biscuit shaped like a bracelet at El Ideal Bakery of Silay City
- Brojas – lady finger biscuits
- Luwag-luwag – a delicacy (item to be confirmed if it’s really a cookie, biscuit, or crackling)
- Sambag, Sampalok – crumbly tamarind-shaped cookie
- Panuelitos de mangga – mango tartlets shaped like little panuelos
- Bandi – caramelized peanuts (peanut panocha)
- Barquiron – polvoron-filled barquillos
- Butterscotch
- Pinasugbo – a cone of candied saba tongues
- Napoleones