Bohol
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But the effort to adopt a peaceful hero must be noted. While other cities or provinces of the Philippines rather tend to choose early revolutionaries or leaders of rebellions as their local heroes, the peaceful Sikatuna ranks higher on the local scale of historical personalities than the local rebel leader, Dagohoy. The city fiesta, called Sandugo (dugo is 'blood' in the Visayan dialect) commemorates the Blood Compact, not the bloody Dagohoy rebellion.
Accommodation
Bohol Hotel - Graham Ave, north of city center
rm 270-400
Hotel de la Roca - Graham Ave, north of city center
Tel 31-79; rm 80-330
Gie Garden Hotel (3) - Garcia Ave cor Del Pilar St
Tel 31-82; 30-25, 2031; rm 165-240
LTS Lodge (4) - 27 Garcia Ave
Tel 30-82, 33-10; rm 80-200
Clifftop Hotel (8) - Grupo St
Tel 31-62; rm 20 up
Executive Inn (10) - Torralba St
Tel 32-54; rm 35-70
Vista Lodge (11) - Lesaga St, Tel 30-72
rm 50-120
Traveler's Inn (9) - Garcia Ave
rm 35-70
Miscellaneous
Post Office (7) - Agora Market
Garcia Ave
Phil Nat'l Bank (14) - Clarin St
City Hall (13) - beside bridge to Panglao Island
St. Joseph Cathedral (12) - btw San Jose & Sarmiento Sts, facing the city plaza
Immaculate Conception Church- built in 1595, has a museum of fine silver and brocaded vestments as well as hand illuminated early hymnals
Historical Blood Compact Site - at Bool, west of the city center. Municipal planning officer Epifania Adaptar in a letter to the author: "Coming to Tagbilaran without seeing the Blood Compact site is just like hanging around China without seeing the Great Wall."
Jaycee Promenade - favorite spot for lovers
Bohol Museum - former home of Carlos Garcia, 4th President of the Philippines
Transportation
PAL Office (2) - Garcia Ave
Bus Terminal (6) - beside market
Shipping Lines
Trans Asia (1) - Garcia Ave
Sweet Lines (5) - Garcia Ave
PLACES OF INTEREST
Chocolate Hills - near Carmen; Bohol's chief attraction: a group of uniformly shaped hills, 30-50m (98-164 ft) high. When the grass becomes brown in summer, the mounds resemble huge chocolate drops. Frequent buses from Tagbilaran market to Carmen.
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