Monday, February 3, 2014

Looking for a place where you can relax whole day? Or are you searching for a perfect hideaway where you,your friends and your family can have holiday and summer vacations? Well then there's only one answer to that question, San Remigio. Guys San Remigio is the perfect place to be!! 



             Getting away from the polluted and stressful metropolis after a 3-4 hours bus ride northern part of cebu, no one would have thought about the surprise of the little town of San Remigio will give to its guests. San Remigio is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. San Remigio is located 109 km from Cebu City. Annually the town is celebrating its fiesta which is known as the"LAPYAHAN FESTIVAL" in honor to  their patron saint SAN JUAN NEPOMUCENO.


San Remigio boasts of having

Cebu's longest shoreline. Beaches there are described as 'naturally extraordinaire'. Resorts includes San Remigio Beach Club, Victoria Hard Rock Beach Resort and Fishing Village, Warren's Beach Resort, and Verdimar Resort. Additionally, public beaches still in a long stretch of white sand are also available for any locals and tourists.  White sands stretch long  for people to sounder and for nature lovers to lounge around. Beach resorts in our municipality fascinate every newcomer in sight.



   San Remigio has become a new diving destination. There are a few marine sanctuaries and new dive sites being discovered on a regular basis. A PADI dive shop in San Remigio Beach Club caters to beginner and experienced divers who want to enjoy San Remigio's marine life. In the water, you can see shark rays(guitarfish), white tip reef sharks, bamboo sharks, schools of Barracuda, Whale sharks, Manta rays and more.   

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Many townfolks wonder why their annual fiesta will be held on May 15 - 16 wherein they venerate San Juan Nepomuceno and San Isidro Labrador as their patron saints and call their town San Remigio--so they said that San Remigio is a unique name for it does not derive even from its patron saints.
History reveals that San Remigio was formerly known as "Kanghagas", the name of a tree, which grew abundant in the place. When the Spanish conquistadores came, they identified a town site by clearing the kanghagas trees through self
-help labor. It was governed by a captain or a gobernadorcillo