Your guide to the best things that our country has to offer—especially food!

There’s more to shopping than giant malls, brand names, and mass-market goods. With a little help from our friends, we’ve come up with a list of “secret” sources for fashion, food, and furniture.

Five places where “eating OUT” becomes a unique dining experience.

Writer, host and amateur historian, Carlos Celdran, is an amusing and expert guide to 10 of Manila’s most interesting nooks and crannies.  He also hosts two of the tours offered by LESI 2009 (If These Walls Could Talk and Living La Vida Imelda).

Greenbelt 5 is the new destination for every fashion lover. Here’s what’s on offer.

Head south of Manila for a tour of the eclectic establishments along the Laguna-Batangas- Quezon route known as Viaje del Sol.

A quick climb up Mount Pinatubo’s crater lake whets Albert Labrador’s lust for exploring unknown territory

Bored with five-star hotels and luxury resorts? Here are 10 unique accommodations around the country that’s sure to impress the world-weary.

Going up in a hot-air balloon can be a transcendent experience, or so says Liza Ilarde. We take her word for it as she describes the quiet thrill of being hundreds of feet up in the air

Palawan has some of the most pristine natural habitats in the Philippines, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage— while the province’s remoteness means there are less tourists to degrade the ecosystem, it also means less income for the province.

Cut off from the rest of the country, and shrouded by storms, Batanes is still a place of mystery—and yes, curiosity—for most Filipinos. Terrie V. Gutierrez heads north to make friends with the place.

This island paradise on the Philippines’ southwestern side will beguile you with its pristine waters, exquisite beaches, unexplored caves, and virgin rainforests.

Cebu is the country’s second most dynamic city and can boast of the country’s fastest-growing economy. If you want to experience Cebu to the fullest, here’s a mix–and–match itinerary—a balance of the old, new, and undiscovered for the visitor who has no time to be clueless.

Aurora province’s breathtaking scenery and rough roads made an adventure junkie out of Alexis Aldeguer-Aragona.

The slow life in a small coastal town in northeastern Philippines charmed city-slicker Laya Lantano.

Small-town allure blends perfectly with the historic and cutting-edge in Dumaguete, observes Alexis Aldeguer-Aragona.

Luigi Bernas shoots the breeze with Gerry Degan, the man who put Siargao on the world surfing map.

What do you do in Boracay when partying gets old? Try a little adventure, suggests Terrie V. Gutierrez.

Avid diver and photography buff, journalist James Loyola takes us on a tour of the five best dive spots in the country as well as the five spots coming up on divers’ radars.

What’s the ultimate luxury? Roughing it on a virgin beach with waitstaff at your beck  and call, says Terrie V. Gutierrez.

Sandee Siytangco-Masigan’s family road trip to Ilocos was an eye-opener. She thought going north meant roughing it, and realized otherwise.

Peripatetic photographer Avee Tan captures the geological wonders of Biri Island in Northern Samar.

A few of the notable up-and-coming hotels and resorts set to make a splash in the country