Dipolog City, Philippines

Dipolog City, the Orchid Capital of the Philippines, is situated south of country, northern part of Mindanao Island. It is the capital city of Zamboanga Del Norte and houses the Provincial seat of Power. It is also dubbed as the Sardine Capital of the country having a booming sardine industry which stems from the rich fishing area off its shores. I personaly love their Spanish Style Sardines and never missed any opportunity to buy one if I'm here.

The city continues to boom but in a slow pace, slowly but surely I would say, as of the moment, a new department store just opend, the Lee Store and I heard there were more companies that showed interest in investing this place.

Nothing special in this area though, aside from the fact that its the nearest gateway to the famous and internatioanly acclaimed Dakak Beach Resort and historically riched Dapitan City, exile place of the country's national hero, Jose Rizal, no other tourist attraction can be seen here specifically within the city area.

Some of the City Landmarks:




The City's Public Market, as you can see in the image, its not really that huge and to think that it serves the whole city itself. Its a bit gloomy when I took this picture using Nokia 6120 Classic.



The City's Spiritual seat of power, the biggest church in the city. The inside shoot of the church, not very much appalling but it exudes an ambiance of spiritual glare.




The Boulevard, famous place for health buff people like me who uses this area to jog early morning. By night, this serene place is converted to a barbicue haven reaching to as much as 20 stalls. Love this place.




A remarkable place, an old spanish style house restructured and rebuilt with a modern flare. As far as I can remember, I saw this house being converted to a campaign office of a certain Politician. He own the place for sure.

Places To Stay:

This are some of the places you can stay if your planning to visit Dipolog. Top Plaza Hotel, one of the top hotels in the city and expensive one also. Their was GV Pension house, newly built and cheap, the CL Inn and Top Plaza Pension House etc. Room rates here ranges from 200 to 800 pesos, non airconditioned and airconditioned.

Places To Shop:

Just some of the places you have to visit if your love ti shop. Not very huge compared to others but its compact with several native products on sale, goods are a bit expensive though.

Dipolog is very typical and quite city, most likely due to its remote location, this might be a perfect retirement place or for those who wants to live simple and quite life.