Bacolod
The sugar capital of the Philippines, which left it a stock of grand family houses and a reputation for friendliness. MassKara in October is the event.
Bacolod in eight slides
Wikipedia · 4 Sep 2026
Things to do in Bacolod
Where to stay in Bacolod
Bacolod in a day, two days, three
- Day 14 stops
- Bacolod Public Plaza
- Capitol Park and Lagoon
- Daku Balay
- Dizon-Ramos Museum
- Day 24 stops
- Fountain of Justice
- Mariano Ramos Ancestral House
- Negros Museum
- San Sebastian Cathedral
Landmarks in Bacolod
The Bacolod Public Plaza, officially the Plaza del 6 de Noviembre, named after the day of the Spanish surrender of Negros Island to the Negros revolutionaries, is one of the notable landmarks of Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is located in the heart of the downtown area, near the old city hall and across from the San Sebastian Cathedral.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Capitol Park and Lagoon is a provincial park located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines. One of the features of the park are matching sculptures depicting a woman standing alongside a water buffalo and that of a man pulling another water buffalo. These sculptures are located at the northern and southern ends of the lagoon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Daku Balay is the ancestral home of Don Generoso Villanueva, situated on Burgos Street, Bacolod, Philippines.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Dizon-Ramos Museum is situated in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines beside the Mariano Ramos Ancestral House.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
The Fountain of Justice is a historic landmark in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It marks the location where the house of Jose Ruiz de Luzurriaga used to stand. It was in this house that the surrender of Bacolod by Spanish authorities to the Filipino forces of General Aniceto Lacson took place on November 6, 1898, during the Negros Revolution.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Kguirnela · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mariano Ramos Ancestral House is the home of the late Mariano Ramos, one of the first appointed Presidente Municipals of Bacolod, Philippines. The house was built in the 1930s with its architecture being a combination of Castilian and Tuscan styles. It comprises three storeys including the tower room, known as the torre or mirador.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
Dorothy Ramos / Garygat · Public domain
Negros Museum is a privately owned provincial museum situated in the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in Bacolod, Philippines. The structure was built in 1925 as the Provincial Agriculture Building.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
San Sebastian Cathedral is a late 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Bacolod, Negros Occidental in the Philippines. It is the seat of the Diocese of Bacolod.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Aug 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Bacolod Public Plaza, officially the Plaza del 6 de Noviembre, named after the day of the Spanish surrender of Negros Island to the Negros revolutionaries, is one of the notable landmarks of Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental, Philippines. It is located in the heart of the downtown area, near the old city hall and across from the San Sebastian Cathedral.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Capitol Park and Lagoon is a provincial park located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines. One of the features of the park are matching sculptures depicting a woman standing alongside a water buffalo and that of a man pulling another water buffalo. These sculptures are located at the northern and southern ends of the lagoon.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Daku Balay is the ancestral home of Don Generoso Villanueva, situated on Burgos Street, Bacolod, Philippines.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
Patrickroque01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Dizon-Ramos Museum is situated in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines beside the Mariano Ramos Ancestral House.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
The Fountain of Justice is a historic landmark in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It marks the location where the house of Jose Ruiz de Luzurriaga used to stand. It was in this house that the surrender of Bacolod by Spanish authorities to the Filipino forces of General Aniceto Lacson took place on November 6, 1898, during the Negros Revolution.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Kguirnela · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Mariano Ramos Ancestral House is the home of the late Mariano Ramos, one of the first appointed Presidente Municipals of Bacolod, Philippines. The house was built in the 1930s with its architecture being a combination of Castilian and Tuscan styles. It comprises three storeys including the tower room, known as the torre or mirador.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Jul 2026
Dorothy Ramos / Garygat · Public domain
