Calbayog City: A Place where I Grew up

Trivia

• Calbayog in Samar has been dubbed by the Department of Tourism as “The City of Waterfalls” with seven-layered falls near in the city. It is also the third largest city in the entire country, comprising 157 barangays.

Transportation

• Philippine Airlines (daily flights)
• Cebu Pacific (MWF flights)
• Zest Air (TTHS flights)
• By land – PHILTRANCO, CUL, SILVER STAR
• By sea – FJP shipping lines (Cebu-Calbayog-Cebu)
  

By day

• A 5 minutes drive from Calbayog City is the St. Vincent de Paul Seminary. Enjoy a view of the city and the sea. Fronting the seminary is a replica of the image of Our Lady of Fatima
  

By night

• Take a relaxing stroll around the Sacred Heart Plaza across the Calbayog City Hall and Cathedral. It will give you a glimpse of simpler times.

Sleep

• F & A Suites in the City proper in Magsaysay Blvd.
• I’s Plant Hotel in Brgy. Obrero
• Marjo Krisel Apartelle in Brgy. San Policarpo
• Sigma Lodge

Best breakfast

• Try local foods like labtinaw, tinapa, queseo (quesong puti), shrimps, fried rice & tsokolate.

Best night out

• Sugba-sugba at the beach with lots of cold drinks and stories to share with friends
• Manuel’s Restobar with live band
• Kamalig Music Lounge
• Estudio with music

Best dinner

• Kaunan sa Carayman’s chili crabs, grilled hito, sautéed patola and calderetang sawa.

Best buys

• Fresh scallops, shrimps, tinapa, crabs, and kakanin from Mato-bato

Best souvenirs

Banig made in Tinambacan

Must-do experience

• An hour long trek in Tinaplacan to see the Larik, Bangon ang Tarangban waterfalls
• An hour trek in Mawacat slide to feel the warm waterfalls with the shape of spoon

Must learn

• “Maupay ng adlaw” (good day)
• “Karasa” (delicious)