Cape Bojeador Lighthouse
…It’s been a while since I last featured a lighthouse, and it has also been a while since there’s … let’s now fix that by visiting the highest lighthouse in the Philippines, the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, … also known as the Burgos Lighthouse after the town where it is located. This … lighthouse lies at the northwesternmost corner of Luzon and … hill about 70 meters above sea level, making the lighthouse’s lamp the highest in the country. Photo by …
Liloan Lighthouse
…The Liloan Lighthouse, officially named the Bagacay Point Light, is one … of the famous lighthouses in the Visayas and is located in Barangay … about 18 kilometers northeast of Cebu City. The lighthouse is maintained by the Philippine Coast Guard and … by Benjie Ordoñez. Standing 22 meters tall, the lighthouse was constructed in 1904 by the American colonial … William Howard Taft. This replaced an earlier lighthouse established by the Spanish authorities in 1857. …
Cape Bolinao Lighthouse
…that I would’ve visited the Cape Bolinao Lighthouse had I known that it was nearby. Well, Google Maps … less than a kilometer east of the resort. This lighthouse is notable because it’s the second-highest … lighthouse in the country after the one in Cape Bojeador, … Ilocos Norte. Photo by Anne Jimenez. (CC) This lighthouse was constructed in 1905 and marks the Punta … I’m not sure but I think ships can see the lighthouse’s lantern from within Lingayen Gulf. The …
Treasures of Bolinao
…able to go to the famed Cape Bolinao Lighthouse nearby, which is supposedly the second-tallest … lighthouse in the country next to Cape Bojeador Lighthouse in Ilocos Norte. (I’ll try to feature the … Bolinao lighthouse in the future. Now featured!) The tourist spot …
Capones Island
…there are actually structures there. One is a lighthouse (photo) and the other is an unfinished building … by the Spanish colonial government, the lighthouse went into operation on July 16, 1890. Today, the … lighthouse is unmanned, the adjacent quarters abandoned, and … is solar-powered like many other lighthouses in the country. (I guess someone goes to the … lighthouse regularly to do maintenance?) There are plans to …
Robinsons Starmills Pampanga
…geographical region of the country, and a lighthouse behind the building features observation decks … be developed, and I’m not so sure where the lighthouse is. I’m guessing it’s the white …
Balicasag Island
…attraction of the island is this funky-shaped lighthouse: a broad cylindrical base with a narrow spire …
Anawangin Cove
…there: “Anawangin Cove and the Capones Island Lighthouse” by Ferdz Decena “Anawangin’s Mystical …
Apo Reef
…Island is covered with mangroves and has a small lighthouse. The whole reef covers an area of around 34 …
