where are the best places to visit in the philippines?

The best places to visit in Philippines is Manila,especially Makati, Baguio, Cebu, Boracay and my place Iloilo.

Makati is where you can shop in Glorietta, SM shoemart where you can find nice and elegant dress, shoes and bags but not much big sizes) ,but if you want less price goods Divisoria and Baclaran have good garments too for ordinary wear and many specialty restaurants offering specialty foods such as German, Italian, Korean, Spanish,Japanese French ,American, Filipino and American Fastfood like McDonald's hamburger, Burger King , Wendy's, Pizza Hut

Other parts of Manila have nice malls too and specialty restaurant.You can watch film, bowling or other activities in the mall or disco dance in your night time, go to karaoke bar or listen to bands playing music. There is also Friday's and Hard Rock cafe in Manila.

Baguio also is a nice place to visit if you want a natural cool place where there is horseback riding,boating in one of the parks, restaurants served fresh food with fresh vegetables and hotels are not that much expensive.

Cebu offers also great shopping and fresh seafood restaurant and nice beaches.

Boracay if you want to experience a multicultural environment in a 20-minute ride boat to a white powder sand

beach and swim in a transparent clear water and partying at night and you can also try out different food everyday as well as taste the freshest tropical fruit juices like pineapple and mango juices instead of the usual Coke/Pepsi drinks, but here accomodation is more expensive but worth the stay.

Iloilo my place where everyday I can go to the malls(where you can eat fastfood) or eat in different restaurants serving Chinese foods and seafood restaurant like Tatoy's in Villa Beach . I like siopao in Kong Kee restaurant, chopsuey in Dainty restaurant and hotels there offer great food at reasonable price.You can also visit the Museo Iloilo where you can see ancient artifacts. Don't forget to eat Lapaz Batchoy the pork noddles soup which can refresh you after a whole day going around.You can buy fresly baked and delicious baked goods. Enjoy and have fun this summer.

The reason Iloilo have good things to offer in terms of food and shopping is that there are many Ilonggos working abroad especially seamen , engineers and nurses and they come back to Iloilo for enjoying eating and going around with their hard earned money and be with their family that is what I am going to do this summer too if God wills.

The best place to visit would be Camguin, off the coast of Mindanao. Bohol also is very nice, and the Nature Resort is great for a hotel. Boracay is the usual tourist spot, but good for a weekend. All depends on your interests, there is no end to places to explore in the Philippines.

Visit Boracay, Palawan, Cebu, Davao, Siargao (Surfing Capital), Shop in Manila, Puerto Galera, Batangas Province, Isabela Province, Batanes Islands.

Boracay.

Chocolate Hills, Bohol.

Taal Volcano Luzon.

Then stay in Cebu: Taoist temple, Fort San Pedro, Colon, the shopping malls, the beaches. Off the tourist track Garden of the Holy Rosary, with the busts of popes and other.

Depends on what you're after. As some have posted - beaches, shopping, nature/wildlife are all appealing. I went for the scuba diving which is world class in Siquijor and Apo island (near ****** Occidental's Dumaguete). Can be done by SuperCat ferry from Cebu

It depends on what you like to do for fun. I visited the PI last April with my wife, who is a filipina born and raised there. We took the family to Pagudpud and the Hundred Islands (http://www.wowphilippines.com.tw/english/leisure/b...

We flew into Laoag airport and after our stay at Pagudpud, we drove along the coast stopping in Vigan (Ilocos Sur), the burial place of President Marcos, Banged (providence of my wife) , Baugio City on down to the Hundred Islands. We also visited sites around Manila. I strongly recommend staying at Makati Shangri-La Hotel, you won't be disappointed...

During our next visit we plan to visit Palawan. Enjoy.

if you like to go to a beach i would not recommend boracay or palawan, it's getting too crowded. why don't you go to Siargao island or go to Hundred islands, they have a lot of isolated islands that you can have all on your own (or with your partner or friends). if you like a quiet and "back to yester years" kind of vacay, i would suggest you go to Vigan or Benguet. but if you wanna go for more adventures and "kiss the nature" kind of trips, coordinate with a group of mountaineers in the are where you're at (in the Philippines of course) they will surely take you to hidden paradise atop the mountains. :)

have a great time.. enjoy!

Boracay or Palawan

Samar, Cebu, Boracay :)

go to cebu city philippines..it's awesome there!go to the malls in cebu like S.M. or Ayala malls...they're huge..be careful you might get lost!and yeahhh...the beaches are so awesome...go to boracay or bohol or mactan..in mactan go to shangri-la