Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The city's major fiesta is the
Tacloban Festival
in the last week of June, which kicks off
with the Subiran Regatta, a boat race held at the eastern entrance of the San Juanico Strait.
Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum
Real St, 2km south of town • Mon-Sat 8-11.30am & 1-4.30pm • Guide P200 (obligatory) •
T
053 321 977
One of your first stops on any tour of Tacloban must be to gawp at the
Santo Niño
Shrine and Heritage Museum
. A grand folly of a house that Imelda Marcos ordered
built but never slept in, it was sequestered by the government after the Marcos regime
was overthrown. Inside, there is evidence aplenty that nothing was too opulent or
tasteless for the Iron Butterfly. Her personal chapel has sparkling diamond chandeliers,
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TACLOBAN
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ACCOMMODATION
Asia Stars Hotel
Cecilia's Lodge
Hotel Alejandro
Hotel D'Angelo
The Oriental Leyte
Welcome Home Pensione
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5
3
1
6
4
San Pedro
Bay
Port
Leyte
Park
PLAZA
LIBERTAD
N
Cebu
Pacific
Redoña
House
Grand Tours
Terminal
Roxas
Park
CAP
Building &
MacArthur
Room
Gaisano
Mall
Equitable
PCI
Land
Bank
Doña Remedios T.
Romualdez
Memorial
Hospital
Philippine
National
Bank
Van-Vans
Terminal
Police
Leyte
Polytechnic
Institute
RTR
Park
Madonna
Park
Metrobank
Balyuhan
Park
Rizal
Park
Bee
One
Duptours
Terminal
Santo Niño
Church
LIC
Roy's 24-hr
Internet
EATING, DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Café Libro
Dream Café
Giuseppe's
Julio's Buffet and Jazz Joint
Ocho
Stephanie's Smokehaus
Uncle Sam's
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2
5
7
1
6
3
, Santo Niño Shrine & Heritage Museum, Palo & Airport
