Travel Guides
Christmas in San Fernando: lanterns and where to see them
How to enjoy the Christmas Capital of the Philippines: the Giant Lantern Festival, lantern-making barangays and the year-round Christmas park.
San Fernando
Plan
Travel Guides in Pampanga
Getting Around
How to get to San Fernando, Pampanga
San Fernando is where NLEX, MacArthur Highway and Jose Abad Santos Avenue meet: buses, jeepneys and the nearest airports.
San Fernando
Travel Guides
Pinatubo from Porac: what to know before you go
Permits, Aeta guides, closures and what to expect on the Porac side of Mount Pinatubo, from Tutulari Gorge to the crater lake.
Porac
Getting Around
How to get to Porac
Porac has its own SCTEX exit, jeepneys from Angeles, Guagua and San Fernando, and a daily bus from Manila since July 2026.
Porac
Getting Around
How to get to Arayat
Arayat is reached via NLEX and Jose Abad Santos Avenue through Mexico and Santa Ana, or via Angeles and Magalang.
Arayat
Travel Guides
Mexico, Pampanga festival calendar
From Mexico Day in April to the Christmas Lubenas: when Mexico celebrates, and what happens.
Mexico
Getting Around
How to get to Mexico, Pampanga
Mexico sits just north of San Fernando: NLEX exits, jeepneys from San Fernando and buses along Jose Abad Santos Avenue.
Mexico
Travel Guides
Visiting the Sasmuan wetlands responsibly
What the Ramsar-listed Sasmuan wetland is, why it matters, and how to plan a visit that respects birds and fishers.
Sasmuan
Getting Around
How to get to Sasmuan
Sasmuan is off the main highways, reached from Guagua or Lubao by car or tricycle, with boats to its southern barangays.
Sasmuan
Travel Guides
Eating in Candaba: fish, buro and salted eggs
Candaba has few restaurants, but its market is a feast: freshwater fish, prawns, buro, lotus stalks and mild salted duck eggs.
Candaba
Travel Guides
Birdwatching in Candaba: a practical guide
When to go, what to bring and how to visit Candaba's working wetlands responsibly.
Candaba
Getting Around
How to get to Candaba
Routes to Candaba via NLEX and Jose Abad Santos Avenue, jeepneys from San Fernando and the Baliwag Transit bus from Caloocan.
Candaba
Getting Around
How to get to Bacolor
Bacolor is 9 km from San Fernando and 75 km from Manila, between San Fernando, Porac, Guagua and Santa Rita.
Bacolor
Clark Airport
Where to stay in Mabalacat near Clark airport
Budget hotels in Dau, family stays with pools and a private villa resort in Dolores, all close to Clark International Airport.
Mabalacat
Clark Airport
How to get to Mabalacat
Mabalacat is Pampanga's transport gateway: Dau bus terminal, NLEX and SCTEX, and Clark International Airport next door.
Mabalacat
Travel Guides
Magalang pasalubong: pastillas and tamarind
What to take home from Magalang: pastillas de leche, tamarind candies and shakes, and PSAU's tamarind products.
Magalang
Getting Around
How to get to Magalang
Magalang is 11 km from Angeles and 92 km from Manila, reached by the Magalang-Angeles and Magalang-Mabalacat roads.
Magalang
Travel Guides
Majigangga Festival: what to see in Santa Ana
How Santa Ana's Christmas giants work, when to catch the parade and the dance finale, and where to stand.
Santa Ana
Travel Guides
Santa Rita pasalubong guide: duman, turrones and sans rival
What to buy in Pampanga's pastry town, when dúman is in season, and how to carry cakes and cookies home.
Santa Rita
Travel Guides
Watching Aguman Sanduk in Minalin
What to expect at Minalin's New Year's Day parade of men in gowns, and how to enjoy it respectfully.
Minalin
Travel Guides
Masantol fiesta calendar: the batallas
When Masantol's barangays hold their batallas and fiestas, from the January Limbun at Libad to Santa Lucia in December.
Masantol
Getting Around
How to get to Masantol
Masantol is reached through Macabebe by car or by the daily bus from Cubao, with boats serving the delta barangays.
Masantol
Travel Guides
Lubao International Balloon and Music Festival: tips for first-timers
What to expect at Lubao's balloon and music festival at Pradera Verde, and how to plan around the crowds.
Lubao
Getting Around
How to get to Lubao
Lubao is 18 km from San Fernando and about 84 km from Manila, on the road to Bataan. Distances and what to plan around.
Lubao