Palawan, possesses the greatest and most varied
natural beauty. The main island is 270 miles long, 25 miles
across at its widest point and lies like a huge rampart between
the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. In the north, Palawan
ends in a ragged confusion of bays, deep inlets and hundreds
of islands, large and small. With 1,770 islands in all, and
a total of 400 miles,
Palawan is the largest province in Philippines.
The friendly capital of Puerto Princesa, on a sheltered bay
of the same name, lies half-way down the long narrow island.
The town of 75,000 inhabitants was hewn out of the virgin jungle
as recently as 1872.The extensive but straighforward layout
of the city offers little to look at, other than the Cathedral
beside Rizak Park which was built to replace the original church
dating from 1880s.
Palawan?s largest and most famous caven, St
Paul?s cave can only be reached by water.About 30 miles due
north of Puerto Princesa the Underground River flows through
the 4 ½ mile long cave in St Paul?s National Park which
cover 15 sq miles on the shore of St Paul Bay on the South China
Sea.
The northwest of Palawan, El Nido is the place
that visitors to Palawan dream of finding. The Spanish called
the El Nido meaning "The Nest" because bird?s nest
from which the famous soup was made "grew" in the
limestone cliffs. The town snuggles shyly between the high cliffs
and the white sandy beach. The invasion of foreign visitors
in the last few years has not robbed El Nido of its friendly
charm.
In the face of such overwhelmingly beautiful
natural landscape, any development would have been both irresponsible
and presumptous.
It becomes even more miraculous if visitors
travel to explore Bacuit Archipelago. Cliffs rise like dark
ships sheer out of the crystal clear water, white beaches gleam
above colorful banks of coral, lagoons hide behind steep walls
of rock. El Nido is one hopes a place where nature will have
a safe home. There other places that you can relax at enjoy
your vacation while your in palawan like these hotels and resorts
listing below.
