Trip Priorities

As I've mentioned before, people want different things out of each trip, our priorities for this trip are: 

a) Take part in the festival and street parties and see the local culture

b) A little sight-seeing

c) Food trip
d) Rest time

The Landscape

Just so you're familiar with the layout when deciding to tweak the itinerary, check out the map below:


The Airport is in Silay city, the heritage sites are also in Silay City so you can opt to visit it upon arrival or before departure. The Ruins is found in Talisay, which is halfway between Silay and Bacolod City. The Masskara Festivities are held in Lacson Street in Bacolod City

A Sample Itinerary:

Day 1: Friday

7:30 AM    Arrived at Bacolod
*At the airport shuttle terminal, we negotiated with a van to take us around until after lunchtime.

9:00 AM   San Diego Pro Cathedral & Silay City Hall
*We visited these first because the Heritage houses open at 9:30 - 10:00

9:30 AM   Balay Negrense, Hofilena Heritage House, Bernardino Jalandoni Museum

11:00 AM Early Lunch at El Ideal or Cafe 1925 

12:30 AM Leave for Talisay
*We opted to leave earlier and got to stay in Talisay for a longer period of time

1PM          The Ruins
*Try the sugar cane juice

2:00 PM   Hotel Check-In
*We stayed in Goldefields Kundutel which we don't recommend for the Masskara Festival because it's so far from Lacson. We had no choice though since it was the only hotel that had available rooms.
3:00 PM   Rest

5:30 PM   Early Dinner at Aboy's (walking distance to Kundutel)

6:30 PM   Head to Lacson street to check out the festivities, eat dessert at Calea or Felicia's, check out the street parties and the party at L'Fisher roofdeck.

Bacolod Itinerary, San Diego Pro Cathedral

Bacolod Itinerary: Hofilena Museum, Balay Negrense, Silay City Hall

Bacolod Itinerary: The Ruins

Bacolod Itinerary: Calea

Bacolod: Lacson Street (Street Party), Kawayan Ale outside Uncle Bob's, Spectrum Masskara Party

Day 2: Saturday

We woke up and left the hotel late, around 1PM because we like sleeping in.

But you can take a tour of the city in the morning and check out the following:

                    Capitol Grounds and Lagoon

                   San Sebastian Cathedral

                   Bishop's Palace

Lunch         Aida's at Manukan Country 

                   Buy pasalubong from Bongbongs (they already seal it in boxes)
                   Head back to hotel to rest
2:30 PM     Head to Lopues/Lacson/Rizal Ave to see the street parade 

6:00 PM     Dinner at 21 Restaurant in Lacson Street

After dinner: check out the street festivities + parties

Bacolod Masskara: Float Parade and Masskara Dancers Street Parade & Performance

Day 3: 

6AM: Hotel Checkout
7AM: Arrived at Silay Airport

Hope that itinerary helped.

A few useful tips if you're commuting from Goldenfields to Lacson:
1 Walk to Araneta Ave
2 Take the Jeep "Punta Taytay"
3 Get off at the Plaza
4 Take the Jeep "Punta Bata"
5 Get off at Lacson street (if the streets are closed, you can get off the street parallel to Lacson)