TRIVIA

Boracay Point is known as parola the local people and is the area’s most prominent landmark.

GET AROUND

The most prominent and usual form of public transportation in Boracay are the motorized pedicabs or tricycles. The fares are written on the front of the pedicabs and are quite reasonable during the daytime. The fares get doubled at night but are negotiable in most cases. Non-motorized pedicabs can also be spotted down the beach pathway. The price varies according to the destination you choose to go.

BY DAY

Among the 7,107 islands of the Philippines, the island of Boracay is definitely the most famous. It is located at the heart of the country, Southeast of Manila. Boracay is considered as one of the best Philippines beaches.
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It is popularly claimed to have the finest powdery white sand in the archipelago. Voted as the most popular beach in the world by Yahoo! users in 2007 in the Philippines and world’s best beaches positioning at number seven and top 15 in Asia. The Discovery Shores Boracay was ranked No. 14 with a rating of 90.35 on the annual list posted on the magazine’s website (http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/2010/hotels/resorts-asia/59).

The island in the 70s was an isolated beach paradise not until the 80s when more people came in to explore what Jens Peters, a German traveler, wrote about in his book. Once the world caught wind of this well kept secret, the island changed from being a secluded budget traveler’s retreat to a popular holiday destination, attracting investments by large private firms and leading to the creation of a plethora of tourist resorts and Philippine family vacation resort.

Discover Shores Boracay is Boracay’s chief tourist resort and is home to a good selection of accommodation options as well as an abundance of other amenities including ample dining outlets, places for shopping, internet resources and currency exchange facilities. The Philippine vacation resort itself, while fairly crowded in the high season, is exceedingly beautiful and an ideal place to enjoy lazy days soaking up the sun or energetic ones engaged in sand or sea sports and activities.

BY NIGHT

Panorama Boracay Resort is a very new guesthouse type of accommodation ideally located only a stone’s throw away from the White Beach of Balabag, Station 2 of Boracay Island. The resort is fun filled party all night type of place and the also the best beach resorts in the Philippines.