8:00-8:30- GOING TO SILAY

Since you have already explored the southern part of Bacolod City, we can do a heritage tour on the
second day of your visit in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental.

Silay City is known for their heritage houses and good food as well.

From your hotel take a taxi or jeepney to bring you to the South Terminal in Bata, Bacolod. From the
terminal, take a jeepney going to Silay City and ask the driver to drop you to the Public Plaza.

8:30-9:30 – COFFEE AND VISIT TO SAN DIEGO PRO-CATHEDRAL

Right in front of the public plaza are typical old coffee shops (kapehan) selling nice coffee at very
affordable prices. Silay is also known for their kakanin, so I’m sure these coffee shops has this kakanin. If
you don’t like what they offer, you can walk few meters to El Ideal, they open as early as 6:30 AM.

Within the area is the San Diego Pro-cathedral. If you are a Catholic you can pay a visit to this church.

9:30-11:00- SILAY CITY (HERITAGE TOUR)

After your church visit, drop by the Tourism Office (right in front of the City Hall) right within the plaza
area and ask for guide maps for your walking tour.

Silay City is known as the Paris of Negros, wherein heritage houses owned by the sugar barons are still
standing and well maintained. Some of these houses are open to the public while others are not. Of course
it would be great to have a guide when doing a tour, however, if you are doing a DIY Tour, your map can
already be a good help. If you are traveling alone, just hire a pedicab to bring you around. Of course, ask
first for their price before hopping in

11:00-12:00 MN -LUNCH AT BALARING

After the tour, you will surely want to feast on the food of Silay. So, I recommend that you
visit Barangay Balaring.

To reach the place, ask the pedicab driver to bring you to the tricycle terminal going to Balaring. Balaring
offers a wide array of seafood through their various floating restaurants.

12:00 – 1:30 PM – COFFEE AT EL IDEAL

After your lunch, take a tricycle to bring you back to the city proper. Just try to negotiate with the driver
to bring you straight to El Ideal.

El Ideal is one old Bakery in Silay City offering various delicacies that are popular among the tourists.

1:30-3:00 PM BACK TO BACOLOD, NEGROS SHOWROOM

At Robinson Place, you will find the Negros Showroom. The Negros Showroom showcases the best of
Negros products. Various handicrafts ranging from furniture, decors, gifts and housewares, souvenirs and
much more are found at the Showroom. Since this is already your second day, it would be best that you
already buy some souvenirs or “pasalubong” for people back home.

After souvenir hunting, I’m sure you are already quite hungry. By this time so you can proceed to your
next destination and have your coffee or taste various cakes and pastries famous in Bacolod City

3:00-4:00 PM CAKE AND COFFEE AT CALEA, C’S OR FELICIAS

From Robinsons take a jeepney plying to Libertad. As the driver to drop you to L Fisher Hotel. Right in
front of L Fisher, you will find the three big names in cakes and pastries in Bacolod City: Calea, Felicias,
and C’s. Their cakes and pastries attract people not only in Bacolod but even guests from other places.

4:00 – 5:00 PM – CAPITOL LAGOON AND NEGROS MUSEUM

From any of these coffee shops take the jeepney going to Libertad. The jeepney will pass by the Capitol
Lagoon. At the park, you will see the beautiful Provincial Capitol Building of Negros Occidental. I should
say, this provincial capitol is one of the most beautiful structure of its kind in the country.

From the Provincial Capitol Lagoon, you can walk to the Negros Museum. Just ask anyone around for
directions.

After your visit at the Negros Museum, I’m sure you are already quite tired and might want to go back to
your hotel for a quick rest or to freshen up or might want to have your early dinner.

Must Read: PROVINCIAL CAPITOL LAGOON

5:00-ONWARDS -DINNER

For your dinner, since you are already near Lacson Street, you can pick from a variety of restaurants
along the area. Since you have already tried some seafood at Balaring, you might want to try this time the
Chicken Inasal of Bacolod.

The nearest chicken inasal restaurant from Negros Museum is the Chicken Deli.The Chicken Deli is
right in front of the Seda Hotel – now being constructed. You might also want to try the Manokan country
near the SM City.

If you want to try the Manokan Country, take the jeepney in front of the Museum going the downtown
area. Just ask anyone from the museum what jeepney to take. The moment you reach the public plaza.
You can walk to the Manokan Country (just beside SM City) wherein you will see a row of eateries all
serving chicken inasal. I recommend you try the Lion’s Park Chicken Inasal because it is more spacious.
It’s the first in the row of these eateries. Apart from chicken inasal, they also serve oysters.
Do you still have the extra energy? Or wanted to see more of Bacolod? At the back of SM City, is the
Pope John Paul Tower. The tower is a seven-storey building dedicated to the late Pope John Paul II who
visited this capital city on the 20th of February 1981. At the topmost level of the tower, you will see a
beautiful view of the city. So If you are not yet that hungry, it would be best to visit this place first before
having your dinner as it might be too dark already when you visit quite late.

DAY 3

VISIT THE RUINS, GOING HOME

As the schedule of your flight back home is unknown to me, I recommend that you spend the remaining
few hours you have in buying what you want to bring home.

Going to the airport may take around 45 minutes depending on the traffic, so it would be safe to allow 1
hour for the travel time.

Before going to the airport, you can pass by the Ruins. The Ruins is one iconic structure in Negros
Occidental. Technically, the Ruins is located in the

The Ruins is one iconic structure in Negros Occidental. Technically, the Ruins is located in the City of
Talisay. The reason why I placed this attraction in the last of your itinerary – simply because there are no
jeepneys plying this place.

To visit the place take a taxi going to the airport but ask the driver to drop you first at The Ruins (and wait
for you). Just add 1 hour more for your travel time to the Airport. Since cabs charged a flat rate of P500 in
going to the airport, it would be wise to negotiate first with the driver on the additional amount it would
cost you for letting the cab wait while you are checking the Ruins.