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ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
In addition to the restaurant at the Dolphin Island Resort , there's one basic restaurant on Dolphin Island that serves fried
chicken, pork and rice.
Dolphin Island Resort T 088 586 0292. Rooms range
from deluxe suites (P3000) to smaller cottages, all on stilts
overlooking the shallow bay, with hot show ers and TV.
On-site restaurant. Dorm P250 , doubles P500
Dapitan
The scenic north coast city of DAPITAN , with its red-roofed houses and sweeping ocean
bay, is best known for its connection to national hero José Rizal (see box below), who
was exiled here in the 1890s. Rizal designed a huge grass Relief Map of Mindanao that
still exists today on F. Saguin Street. The main drag is Sunset Boulevard , a romantic
seafront promenade where you'll find banks, shops and a number of hotels.
Rizal Shrine and Museum
Talisay • Tues-Sun 9am-4pm • Free • Take a tricycle from the city centre or walk - it's only 10min via Bagting Bridge with Dapitan Bay
on your left
he Rizal Shrine , on the northern edge of the city, is a pleasant parkland area
encompassing the grounds where José Rizal spent his exile. The park contains faithful
reproductions of the simple cottage he lived in, the octagonal schoolroom where he
taught, his chicken house and two clinics where he worked. he Rizal Museum contains
memorabilia such as his books, notebooks and medical equipment.
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ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
DAPITAN
By plane Dipolog Airport is just 12km away; regular buses
and minivans journey to Dapitan. Dipolog has daily
connections with Manila (1hr 25min) and Cebu (daily;
55min) and a few flights to Davao (2 weekly; 1hr 15min).
By bus Dapitan sees buses from Cagayan de Oro (2 daily;
6-7hr), Dipolog (hourly; 45min) and Ozamiz (hourly; 2hr).
By boat Ferries arrive at Palauan wharf, halfway between
Dapitan and Dipolog. Jeepneys (P10) and minibuses (P20)
run into Dapitan.
Destinations Cebu (Cokaliong: 4 weekly; George & Peter
Lines: 3 weekly; 9hr),
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Corazan de Dapitan City Plaza T 065 213 6639. Aptly
named, venerable bistro in the heart of town. Filipino
dishes P50-200. Daily 10am-9pm.
Dakak Park & Beach Resort Brgy Taguilon T 065 213
6813, W dakakresort.com. A few kilometres north of
the city on a wide stretch of white sand, Dakak has a
good choice of accommodation including comfortable
bungalows and dorm-like family pavilion rooms with
double beds and bunks. There's a decent restaurant and
pool, plus lots of activities ranging from tennis to paint-
balling, AT V rides and watersports. Good-value packages
for groups. P7000
Dapitan City Resort Hotel Sunset Blvd T 065 213
6316. Plain, comfortable rooms with a/c, hot showers,
TVs and fridges. The hotel restaur ant specializes in (very
reasonably priced) seafood. P1680
JOSÉ RIZAL IN DAPITAN
Arrested for his association with the nascent revolutionary movement, José Rizal was
exiled to Dapitan in 1892 in order that he should “publicly retract his errors concerning
religion, and make statements that were clearly pro-Spanish and against revolution”. During
his four-year exile Rizal was famously productive: he practised medicine and pursued
scientific studies, continued his artistic and literary works, widened his knowledge of
languages and established a boys' school. It was in Dapitan that he met Josephine Bracken,
the Irish woman whom he married in a private ceremony in his cell two hours before his
execution in Manila in 1896. Tragically their son was stillborn, and is buried in an unmarked
grave somewhere in Dapitan.
 
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