Sorsogon

Sorsogon just south of Albay, is the southernmost province in the island of Luzon and at the tip of Bicol Peninsula.

Cities

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  • 12.974167124.0058331 Sorsogon City — the capital and the only city of the province and can be a starting point for exploring the entire Sorsogon province.

Municipalities

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Map
Map of Sorsogon
  • 12.869444124.1419442 Barcelona Barcelona, Sorsogon on Wikipedia - Home to a set of seaside ruins beside a Spanish era church
  • 12.669722123.8758333 Bulan Bulan, Sorsogon on Wikipedia
  • 12.752222124.1355564 Bulusan Bulusan (municipality) on Wikipedia - Gateway to Mount Bulusan and its eponymous national park
  • 12.873056124.0080565 Casiguran Casiguran, Sorsogon on Wikipedia - Home to a cluster of 19th century Spanish era houses.
  • 12.955278123.8763896 Castilla Castilla, Sorsogon on Wikipedia
  • 12.908333123.5980567 Donsol — a scuba diving destination
  • 12.918889124.1230568 Gubat Gubat on Wikipedia - Surfing destination
  • 12.705124.0319449 Irosin Irosin on Wikipedia - Hot spring town at the foot of Mount Bulusan
  • 12.847778123.98944410 Juban Juban, Sorsogon on Wikipedia
  • 12.828333123.83444411 Magallanes Magallanes, Sorsogon on Wikipedia
  • 12.585556124.08555612 Matnog - the gateway to Samar Island
  • 12.924444123.67555613 Pilar Pilar, Sorsogon on Wikipedia
  • 13.040833124.19305614 Prieto Diaz Prieto Diaz on Wikipedia - a town facing the Albay Gulf
  • 12.648889124.10833315 Santa Magdalena Santa Magdalena on Wikipedia

Other destinations

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  • 12.77124.051 Bulusan Volcano Natural Park Bulusan Volcano Natural Park on Wikipedia

Understand

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Sorsogon is at the tip of the Bicol Peninsula and faces the island of Samar to the southeast across the San Bernardino Strait and Ticao Island to the southwest.

The Bicolano language is predominantly used in Sorsogon as the language used by its people.

Get in

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By plane

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The nearest airport is in Daraga (DRP IATA).

By land

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Bus terminals in Metro Manila has a direct point-to-point travel to Bicol especially to Sorsogon City.

Get around

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The Pan-Philippine Highway (N1/AH26), is the highway backbone network, and the secondary and tertiary roads interconnect most cities and municipalities in Pilar, Castilla, Sorsogon City, Casiguran, Juban, Irosin before ending at Matnog at the ferry terminal.

The Matnog Ferry Terminal provides access to the island of Northern Samar in Allen.

  • Swim and interact with 'whale sharks' the largest fish in the world in Don Sol, Sorsogon.
  • Ride the waves at Lola Sayong Surfing Camp in Gubat, Sorsogon.
  • Kasanggayahan Festival — celebrated in the whole province in the last week of October, commemorates the founding of Sorsogon as a province. Festivities include a series of cultural, historical, religious, agro-industrial and economic activities, showcasing the province's abundant agricultural products, particularly food and decorative items. One of the main activities and highlight of the festival is the Pantomina sa Tinampo, it is a kind of cultural-ethnic street dance native to the province. Hundreds of men and women participated, clad in colorful traditional Filipino couture while dancing barefoot as they parade around the city.
  • Ginubat Festival – from Gubat, Sorsogon, a festival based on the roots of the town of which its name was derived. It features the following activities: cultural street parade, exhibit, sail boat race, beauty pageant, fiesta celebration and the Balik Gubat which is the highlight of the festival.

Go next

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  • Albay - known for Mayon Volcano.
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