The Best Time To Visit

The tropical climate of the Philippines provides heat and moisture from one end of the year. However, there are different areas, alternating dry season and wet season, but the features are largely the same: from January to June, drought dominates, and from July to December is the rainy season, with slight variations depending on the regions. Between May and November, the monsoon often the passage of typhoons. The cooler temperatures are recorded in January and the highest in May, with an average turn around, however, 25 ° C throughout the year. It is therefore a better choice for your travel period from January to May, which will avoid the typhoon, with a preference for March and April where it is easier to move from one island to another in good conditions.

Archipelago of 7,000 islands, the Philippines is better than what they give to see through the news reporting the violent events perpetrated by fundamentalist factions.

Manila and its 12 million inhabitants is astonishing modernity, but you can visit historic sites in the district of Intramuros.

The Banaue rice, forming a dramatic staircase carved into the mountain there are more than two thousand years, are marvels not to be missed.

Puerto Galera offers superb beaches and diving sites.

Palawan brings natural sites that are attractive underground river and deep forests, it also has beautiful diving locations.

Going to Vigan, you see firsthand the Spanish influence everywhere as you stroll among its colonial houses.

Remember the Visayas islands, all different, all fascinating: waterfalls and caves in Samar, on hills mysterious Chocolate Hills, Spanish remains on Cebu, Philippines and carnival in Kalibo in January ... the thread of this trip is the Home incomparable Philippines, a legendary kindness, symbolized by a smile that will not fail to move you.

The aircraft is the only solution to get the Philippines through Asia, Australia, Europe or the United States.

The French nationals do not need a visa if their stay does not exceed 21 days, a valid passport is sufficient condition to have a return ticket.

The currency is the Philippine peso.

You can make an average meal for under 10 € and find a proper room for about 25 €. The kitchen is very mixed and undergoes various influences, Malay, Spanish, Chinese, and you can buy food anywhere and anytime. For your accommodation, lodging at the inhabitant is quite common to find hotels in major cities is easy, and rent a bungalow in more remote areas not usually pose no problem.

If you want to move domestic flights are operated by several companies. Buses are very numerous, while there is only one train line between Manila and Naga.

In cities, you can choose between conventional taxis, small taxis without meters, trishaws and motorcycles with sidecar.

Health issue, it is prudent to undergo treatment for malaria before traveling in the forest, and provide a first aid kit with disinfectant and diarrhea.

For gifts, souvenirs, you will find very beautiful wooden sculptures, wooden objects coconut or mango, jewelry shell and coral, but you will also be making clothes for very good quality at unbeatable prices competition.