It's a presentation of Taal, Batangas where we the researchers found out with the help of Taal, Batangas Tourism Officer and their 2012 Tourism Plan. :) We hope it will be useful for you.

1. TAAL, BATANGAS
Taming Taal ~

4. TAAL TOWN
CENTER, POBLACION
TAAL, BATANGAS
Interior: Repainted
Exterior: Old looking
Biggest Catholic
Church in Asia
Some area smells and
looks dirty. Lack of
lights, stairs are made
of cement but it looks
very old.

5. TAAL, BATANGAS
Interior: Vintage
Exterior: It is made
with cement
Oldest Church in
the Southern
Tagalog Region

6. BARANGAY BALISONG
TAAL, BATANGAS
Interior: Repainted
Exterior: Repainted
Built to cope with
the expansion of
Catholic Faith in
Batangas

8. TAAL MUNICIPAL
BUILDING, POBLACION,
TAAL, BATANGAS
Built since 1845
Now it is used for
Housing
Government of
Taal

10. BARANGAY LABAC, TAAL, BATANGAS
Made of coral stones. Discovered at the Pansipit River
by a fisherman in 1608.

11. TAAL TOWN
CENTER,
POBLACION
TAAL,
BATANGAS (In
front of Taal Park,
Beside of St. Martin
Basilica de Tours
and Tourism Office)
Before: School
Now: Cultural Center

12. TAAL,
BATANGAS
Ancestral House
of Don Leon and
Doña Matilde
Apacible

13. Doña Marcela Agoncillo
Museum
TAAL,
BATANGAS
One of the
Oldest
Building in
Taal

14. Miraculous Well of Sta. Lucia
Built since early 1600
Two women saw the reflection of the Virgin of Caysasay
The spot where the well which reflected the image of
Our Lady is marked by a coral stone arch with a bas
relief image of the Virgin on its facade

15. San Lorenzo Ruiz Steps
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS (BESIDE OUR LADY
OF CASASAY SHRINE)
It has 125 steps made of Granite Stones that connected
to Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine to Taal Town Center.

17. Catholic Cemetery
Holy Land Memoria
Park
Taal Cemetery
TAAL, BATANGAS near Escuela Pia
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS
Southern part of Brgy.
Balisong, Taal, Batangas
It is a private memorial just for “rich
people” way back in 1600.
It is a public memorial just for “common people” way back
in 1600.

19. Taal Public Market
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS
Various products of Taal can be seen here in Taal
Public Market. e.g (Tapang Taal, Tapang
Longganisa, and so much more)

21. Pansipit Bridge
This is a connecting bridge to
Lemery, Batangas

23. Casa Villavicencio
POBLACION,
TAAL,
BATANGAS
Residence of the
couple, Eulalio
and Gliceria
Marcella
villavicencio

24. Goco Ancestral House
This belongs to Goco Family
Ancestral House.
This house is in the Historical
Registry of the Philippines.
This is also one of the very well
restored houses in Taal.
This is typical design of the old
houses in the Philippines.
It was built in the early
1800.

25. The White House (Don Gregorio
Agoncillo)
Batangas
Provincial Road
The stately American
colonial “white
house” contains a
collection of beautiful
hardwood antique
furniture pieces and
priceless personal
artifacts.
This house is lovingly preserved by the Don Gregorio Agoncillo Foundationin
honor of Gregorio’s daughter, Corazon Agoncillo, a great benefactress of Taal.
Open for guided tours by special arrangement.

26. Ylagan - Dela Rosa
Ancestral House
Taal
Poblacion
Batangas
Ancestral House of Ylagan - Dela Rosa Family

28. Kawayan
Villas
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS

29. Villas Del
Pueblo
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS

30. Villa
Tortuga
POBLACION, TAAL, BATANGAS

32. Brgy. Pandayan and Balisong
It was named
Brgy Balisong
because of
various products
of balisong
(butterfly-
knives)found
there.

33. Brgy. Buli
Buli is a village in Taal, one of the oldest
towns in the province of Batangas.
Its name may have come from the “buri”
plant which, popular belief tells us, was
plenty in this place even before the coming
of the Spaniards.
Buri, which is commonly known to us as buli
is a plant whose leaves are used in making
fans, hats, mats and a sweet juice which is a
favorite drink of the people.
This juice can also be made into vinegar.

34. Brgy. Butong
Brgy. Iba and
Immawo
Brgy. Seiran

35. Marcella Agoncillo Street
Various
ancestral
houses are
found in this
street.
Marcella Agoncillo’s House is also found here.

38. Our Lady of Caysasay and St. Martin
de Tours
Big processions
in Taal are held
during the town
fiesta on
December 8 in
honor of Our
Lady of
Caysasay.
November 11 is
the celebration of
the feast of San
Martin de Tours.
A procession is a queue of participants composed of men and women of various ages to
honor a local patron saint.
It is religious in nature and is often done on the feast day of the venerated saint.
Celebrations are in the form of prayer, hymns, declamation, and flower offerings, after
which food and drinks are served.

39. The fluvial
parade starts when
the Image of the
Virgin Mary is
brought to Pansipit
River. Town folks
converge at the
riverbank, where
several bancas
(boats) are
anchored. The
Image of Our Lady
of Caysasay is
carried by devotees
in a fluvial
procession at the
watercourse. And
the fluvial
procession ends at
a place called
Nagpuloc.
Fluvial Procession, Good Friday (Procession) and
Tapusan (Flores de Mayo)
The festival is said to have started in
1854 when the Vatican declared the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception of
Mary. Was introduced by the
Spaniards, and celebrated in Batangas
and other neighboring towns after
Mariano Sevilla’s interpretation of the
devotional Flowers of May.

41. Agriculture
(Farming)

45. Barong Tagalog, Filipinana and
Burdang Taal

47. Wooden Figures of Saints, Tables and
Chairs, Staircase

49. Tables, Chairs and Staircases
(NARRA)

51. Balisong

54. Kumintang, Tubdi, SubliStill practicing it
Subli is a prayer
set to dance
(Tubdi) a western
culture with
drums that are
made of snake’s
skin.
Boys –
Kawayan with
kawayan
Gils –
Sumbrero as a
head gear

55. Signature Dishes, Food Product, Local
Delicacies’
All found in Taal Public Market and in Brgy.
Seiran

57. Adobong Dilaw
You can find this
dish in restaurants
and eateries serving
local favorites.
Is a very popular dish in the municipalities of Taal and Lemery.
It’s even easier to cook it yourself.
The procedure is very similar to an ordinary adobo, except that instead
of soy sauce, you put turmeric.

58. Tapang Taal
TAAL PUBLIC
MARKET
All time favorite
breakfast of the
town’s visitors.
Batangas may be famous for beef, but its most famous tapa is actually
pork.
Tapang Taal is jerked pork and has a very garlicky and a bit sweeter
taste than the ones in the capital.

59. Tapang Longganisa
TAAL PUBLIC
MARKET
All time favorite
breakfast of the
town’s visitors.
Longganisang Taal has a strong garlic flavor.
It’s brown, soft, and not as dense as the versions of other provinces.

60. Sinaing na Tulingan
TAAL PUBLIC
MARKET
The fish are rubbed
with salt, covered
in dried kamias,
and then placed in
a clay pot.
Through slow cooking, the flavor of the fish oozes out and mixes with
the water, which we call “patis” (fish sauce). It’s salty and very, well,
fishy. It’s a favorite among Batanguenos for its long shelf life even
without refrigeration.

62. Empanadang Taal, Tapang Taal, Pansit ni
Biko, Sumang Taal, Adobo sa Dilaw,
Longganisang Taal, Panutsa, Sumang Lihiya

64. Tapang Taal
Panutsa
Empanada
Suman
Kalamay
Adobo sa Dilaw
Sinaing na tulingan

67. Embroidered design in Pinya Cloth and Barong
Tagalog

69. Pearls, Head Cloth, Bakya

72. Taal Volcano Crate
Found in San Nicolas

74. Hors
esFound in Taal Poblacion,
Batangas

75. Maliputo Fishes (Giant Tire
Vales)
Found in Taal Poblacion,

77. Sugar Cane
Found in Taal Poblacion,

79. View of Whole Taal
Town
As you walk through the stairs of Basilica de
Tours you can see this beautiful view of TAAL

81. Taal Lake, Balisong, Barong Tagalog, Taal Volcano
& Marcella Agoncillo
Taal is known for

84. Churches Relics

86. Ancestral Houses,Furniture's,Staircases, Paintings

88. Tree planting,
Greening Public Spaces,
Recycling, Landscaping
The community strive to
be eco-friendly.
They help the area clean
and littering free.
They also encourage
other community to plant
trees.

90. Noli Me Tangere and
EL Filibusterismo
original copy by
Villavicencio’s

92.  "Taal is originally located in San Nicolas
when volcano erupted (1574) They divided the
municiplaites by 5 and chose Taal as the
Capital of Batangas during 1581- 1597 then
the volcano erupted again and it turned out
Taal is moved again for the safety of the
citizens which is now located near lemery." -
Architect Arambulo
Oral History from Taal Tourism Officer

93. Ang tunay na Taal Volcano ay hindi yung iconic volcano na
nakikita sa Tagaytay. The volcano-like mountain that we see in
Tagaytay is Mt. Binintian. Not the real Taal Volcano it only the back
figure of it. Taal Volcano is also known as the smallest volcano in the
world.
 Ang Maliputo at Tawilis ay nakikita lamang sa Batangas
Sinasabi rin na ang maliputo ay mga isdang talakitok na tumawid mula
tubig alat (through Pansipit River) patungong lawa ng Taal. Sa paglipas
ng panahon, pagbabago ng environment at water condition (from salty
to fresh water) ay nagbago at sumarap di umano ang isdang ito na sya
nating tinatawag na maliputo.

94. Taal was transferred in other place due to the Eruption of Taal Volcano; Taal
came from Ta-ad which is an old batangueno term for sugar cane points.
Ang Trivia tungkol kay Our Lady of Caysasay In 1603, a fisherman by the
name of Juan Maningcad caught a little statue of the Blessed Virgin of the
Immaculate Conception, about 10 1/2 inches tall, in his net while fishing along
the Pansipit River in Barrio Caysasay of the town of Taal, Batangas. On seeing
this marvel, Juan did not know what to say or do. He prostrated himself before
the image and began to pray. The news spread and when it reached the town,
the parish priest and judge went to Juan's house. Upon seeing the beautiful
image of the Mother of God, they knelt down to venerate it and decided to take
the statue to Taal, where a grand fiesta was celebrated and to this day
continues to be celebrated on December 8 in honor of the Virgin.

97. Derrick Manas – (Local
Historian)
Local Historian
of whole
batangas,
President of
Batangas
Historical
Society.
Consultant
officer of Vilma

98. Dindo Montenegro
Local
Historia
n of
whole
TAAL,
Batanga
s

99. Teachers and Consultant from
National Museum
Mrs. Nella
Cuya
(former

100. Mang Dado Ona – (Balisong
Maker)Compared to other local stores his balisongs
are top notch in terms of build quality and
designs.
Mang Dado
showing off the
century old
balisong which
is a family
treasure handed
down from his
grand parents.

101. Ramon Orlina – (Glass
Sculpture) He is known as a genius of glass sculpting. Ramon Orlina
graduated as an architect from the University of Santo
Tomas.
 He went from designing houses to becoming a well-known
artisan of glass sculpting.
 The fact that he was self taught with hardly any
predecessor, mentor, or influence makes him a truly brilliant
innovator.
He was the first to carve out blocks
of glass using the cold method,
cutting, grinding, and polishing his art
with improvised tools.
His work has garnered awards,
gained international acclaim, and his
masterpieces place him among the
masters Dale Chihuly and Bertil
Vallien.

102. Mr. Oscar Manalo –
(Manglilikha)
Hymno
of
Taal
No longer used

103. Governor Vilma
Santos
The first female governor of
the province of Batangas.
Vice Governor
Mark Levite

104. Mayor Michael
Montenegro
V. Mayor Fulgenio (Pong)
Mercado

105. Edward
Alvares
Ronel
Dawis
Randy
Baleros
Counselors
Emerson
Reyes
Ricky
Villanueva
June
Manimtim
Teddy Raffy

106. Architect Robert Arambulo – Tourism
Officer
He helped us
answered all the
check lists for us.


108. Saint Martin de Tours – EL
PASUBAT Festival St. Martin de Tours
celebrates every
November 11
ELPASUBAT
Festival shows
the various
products of
Taal.
Celebrated every
E -
empanada
L -
ongganisa
PA –
nutsa
SU - man
B A-
lisong,
rong

110. Tiburin Race and Tapusan A Tiburin Race is
a festival church –
based because it
celebrates with St.
Martin de Tours and
Tapusan is other
name of Flores De
Mayo.
 Every November
11 celebrating
Tiburin Race along
with St. Martin de
tours while Tapusan
is May 30 / 31.
 The celebration is
located Taal
Poblacion Batangas

112. Independence Day Celebration
(Bandila Festival)
 A Filipina named
Marcella Agoncillo
renowned in Philippine
history as the principal
seamstress of the first
and official flag of the
Philippines, gaining her
the title of Mother of the
Philippine Flag.
 Bandila Festival is
celebrated by Taalenos
every 12th of June.
 The celebration is
located from Munispyo
to the House of Marcella
Agoncillo.

113. Marcella
Agoncillo
A Filipina renowned in Philippine history as
the principal seamstress of the first and
official flag of the Philippines, gaining her
the title of Mother of the Philippine Flag.

115. a.) Attractiveness c.) Uniqueness
c.) Taal is the most intact in all Barangays in Batangas,
Famous for numerous grandstaircases;
Richest during Kastila Time.
They have their own website to promote or introduce
Taal, Batangas to the tourists.
a.) Attractiveness of the place as of 2012 is better.
The Annual Visitor Arrival of
Foreigners are 467, 179, and 187 while the
Locals 33, 349, 4140, and 5, 519.

117. a.) Popularity b.) Image in terms of
peace & order
c.) The image of the destination in terms of peace and
order are practically not an issue in the place, it is safe
and as we interviewed Sir Arambulo he rated Taal as very
good and put a remark of “need of Tourist Police Security
Presence.”
a.) 50% popularity of the area as a tourist destination as of
2012 – Balikbayans and Local Visitors
(still needs to promote Taal to increase more tourists)

118. Hotels
Motels / Lodge
Resorts

119. Casa Cecilia, Casa Punzalan
Diversion Road, Taal Batangas, Taal Town Proper,
Casa Punzalan is the first tourist inn in the
centuries-old town of Taal. It is an 18th-century
house converted into a small hotel under the
auspices of the Taal Heritage Foundation. It has
3-fan rooms and 2 air-conditioned rooms, named
after the children of the owners of the house.

120. Valentino’s, La Zanti, AB, Catherine Lodge,
Sweet Dreams Hotel
Taal Batangas, National Highway Taal

121. Little Bridge, Abby’s Garden Resort
Aroma
Beach,
Brgy.
Butong,
Taal
Batangas

123. Taal Bistro, Taal Bayview Bistro, Paseo de
Taal, MGM Ranch
Calle A, Delas
Alas
Poblacion,
Taal Batangas,
National
highway Taal,

124. Water-based Activity
 Land-based Activity
General
 Entertainment

125. Boating, Swimming, Fishing
Brgy.
Butong,
Brgy.
Butong and
MGM Ranch,
Brgy.
Butong

126. Camping, Picnicking, Climbing the
Basilica Tours
MGM Racnh, Taal
Park, Basilica of St.
Martin of Tours

127. Nature, Photography or Landscape
Painting, Sightseeing
Taal
Fisheries,
BFAR in
Brgy.
Butong,
along
Poblacion
Taal
Batanagas

128. Banks
 Communication
Hospitals

129. Historic, Cultural
Ancestral
Houses,
Ancestral
Houses
and
Product
Demonstra
tions

130. RCBC, Rural Bank, Assumpta Medical
Hospital, Taal Polymedic Hospital
A. Bonifacio St., Diversion Road, Sto. Rosario, Brgy.

131. Land
 Water

132. Bus, Calesa, Tricycle, Private Cars and
Jeepneys

133. Boat,
Ship

134. The
weather
is the
same.
It rains
when it is
rainy
season,
It is dry
when it is

136. The locals in welcoming tourists are tourist – friendly and
Filipino hospitality
 Cleanliness is well – maintained, except for tricycles &
private cars
Traffic Control needs to be improve
 Security is not an issue for the locals and tourists
 Income / business opportunities from tourists is not
considered as big deal because it still lacks of promotion.
Schedule of the whole month-long activities are not
seasonal Preservation of the community the effort still
counts, the awareness of people are more eco-friendly and
they are anti-plastic user they uses paper bags.
l they are busy the whole year.
 Jan – March left of Christmas Vacation from tagaytay
day tours
 3rd Quarter – Mostly students; Lakbay aral stage or

137. •Serapio, Freshy Joy
•Batallones, Jessica Jane
•Patacsil, Marirose
•Abobo, Jessabel
•Ygusguiza, Ruel
TPAD (T/F 1:30-3:00PM) HO8316
Prof. April Dopey