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Towns and Cities
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ALAMINOS
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BAY
- The town’s present stone Church of St. Augustine and convent was started by Franciscan Fr. Geronimo Hervas in 1804 and finished in 1864 by Fr. Pedro Moya. Its roofing was destroyed by the 1880 earthquake and its restoration was started by Fr. Jesus Liilo in 1884 and finished by Fr. Celestino de los Huertos in 1889. Both church and convent were destroyed during World War II and it was reconstructed in 1953 by Fr. Alejan Vermorel. On its left is a four-storey belltower.
- Gintong Talulot (meaning “golden petals”), in Brgy. Dila, the only orchid farm in town, is an emporium of prized vandas (including the showy, all year round Josephine Van Brero or JVB and the endemic waling-waling) and denbrobiums (including the indigenous sanggumay).
- A turnoff on the highway to Sto. Tomas (Batangas), a few kilometers west of Alaminos, leads to, via the Gen. San Luis Road (also called the Geothermal Road), to the 560-hectare, 370-MW MAKBAN (Makiling-Banahaw) Geothermal Project in Brgy. Bitin, the largest geothermal plant in the country. Its Geothermal Viewing House, a gazebo cut into mountain, offers a panoramic view of Alaminos.
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CABUYAO
- The town’s Church of St. Polycarp, in Brgy. Uno, was first built in 1637 along the lakeshore in what is now Brgy. Marinig. A big flood in 1763 destroyed the church. The present structure, built further inland in 1771, was renovated in the 1970s. Its bell dates from 1850.
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BINAN
- Century-old houses are located here.
- The town’s Church of St. Rose of Lima was built in the early 18th century.
- The Binan Museum displays Tagalog cultural items in a Spanish colonial house.
- Tibangan Falls (Brgy. Malamig)
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CALAMBA CITY
- The Calamba Jar, at the city plaza, is inscribed with the names of the city's barangays.
- The St. John the Baptist Church, across the plaza, was built in 1850. Jose Rizal was baptized here and the original baptismal font has been preserved and refurbished.
- The Watawat ng Lahi, translated as “Flag of the Race,” is a Rizalist or Colorum (taken from the Latin mass invocation saecula saeculorum) sect was allegedly founded in 1914 in Masbate by Arsenio de Guzman of Santa Rosa. Its members worship Rizal (called Ang Bayani) as a reincarnation of Christ who will return to save the faithful from their life of suffering. They meet at the Burol Na Ginto (Hill of Gold) in the hills of Lecheria, once a Dominican-owned cow pasture just outside city. There, a seminary and school offer Rizal theology.
- The two-hectare, privately owned Wonder Island, located offshore from the city, was formerly called Paredes Island. It is the only island on the Laguna side of the lake.
- The Rizal Shrine, along J.P. Rizal St. (formerly Calle Real), across the City Hall, is the birthplace of the national hero (June 16, 1861). This bahay na bato, the first in Calamba City, is reproduction of the original Spanish Colonial-style, two-storey house which took two years for Rizal's father to build. It was confiscated by Spanish authorities in 1891 with much of its original furniture scattered or lost. Paciano Rizal reoccupied the house during the revolution, but lost it again to the friars. It was subsequently sold, fell into disrepair and was finally demolished. In 1949, Arch. Juan Nakpil excavated the site's foundation and, within five years, faithfully reconstructed Rizal's home. Open Tuesdays-Sundays, 8am-5pm, admission is free. Tel: (092) 545-2010.
- The Canlubang Golf and Country Club is a private club, the largest in the Philippines. It has two Robert Trent Jones-designed 18-hole, par 72 courses. Unaccompanied guests are only permitted to play on weekdays. Tel: 549-7201, 549-1362-63 & 549-0147-48. Manila booking office: (632) 897-6887 & 815-6765.
- The nine-hole Canlubang Old Course, designed for the use of the employees, is one of the oldest if not the oldest golf course in the country. Though privately-owned, guests are welcomed. Tel: 549-1722.
- The Country Club Philippines, in Canlubang, has an 18-hole championship course designed by golfing great Tom Weiskopf and has a course rating of 73.7 on the championship tee and 72.5 on the blue tee. A private club, guests must be accompanied by a member and reservations are required.
- Hot spring resorts at Brgy. Pansol and Brgy. Bucal all have swimming pools.
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