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| Mount Iriga |
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Rising some 4,823 feet above the sea level, Mt. Iriga is a challenging climb and offers a panoramic view of the entire Bicol River basin area. A crater and gully was formed during the mountain's last recorded eruption on January 4, 1614. The crater drops to some 500 feet deep from the summit. It's cold surrounding makes it a fitting habitat for wild berries and a local specie of pine called agoho . . .
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| Emerald Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes |
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This grotto is built on top of Calvario Hill at the Ibalon Hotel compound. The grotto faces Mt. Iriga and offers a bird's eye view of the city's central business district. this is where the Tinagba Festival culminates with the offering of the first and freshest harvest. During Lent, the grotto is also the set for the Crusifixion scene of the street play on the Passion and Death of Christ.
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| Philtranco Transport Heritage Museum |
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This museum is the first and only of its kind in the Philippines. It is located at the Philtranco terminal, the old ALATCO (Albert Louis Ammen Transportation Company) compound in the city. Frequented by students, researchers and tourists from all over the country and some parts of th world, the museum offers a historical review of the first and oldest bus company in the Philippines - in pictures and memorabilia . . .
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| City Tinagba Park |
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The city's Tinagba Park is a children's therned playground located nest to the city square in front of the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua.
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| Agta Aboriginal Settlement |
This is a tribal village at Ilian Hill at the foot of Mt. Iriga. It provides a glimpse of some aspects of acculturized life of the Aetas, such as the 'rinampo', a war dance; or the Lancero de Iriga, a modified French quadrille intersestingly preserved by the natives.
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| Sarikaw |
Sarikaw is the legendary hunter whom local folklore says was transformed into a stone by a mountain goddess as a punishment for Sarikaw's intrusion into her abode. Shaped like a man and a dog, Sarikaw's monolith is located along the roadway towards buhi town.
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| Inorogan Shrine |
Built on top of a hill in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Inorogan Shrine commemorates the miraculous escape from death and destruction by the residents at the foot of Mt. Iriga during its 1614 eruption. The miracle is largely believed to be the work of the Virgin Mary, whose image as Our Lady of Augustia was said to have been found by three Aeta hunters at the present site of the shrine.
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| Mount Iriga |
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Rising some 4,823 feet above sea level, Mt. Iriga is a challenging climb and offers a panoramic view . . . |
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| Philtranco Transport Heritage Museum |
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This museum is the first and only of its kind in the Philippines. It is located at the Philtranco terminal . . . |
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| Tinagba Festival |
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An ancient Bicolano first-harvest offering, Tinagba Festival is a reenactment held every February 11 . . . |
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