Radar Because is more tanks, weights and guide Diving near Dumaguete. than a course here; it is a P1,400 with Apo Island lifestyle. You are in sugar Beach Resort). Take a day country, there is no getting trip to dive in sparkling around it. Don’t fight the clear depths filled with craving, succumb to it, and more than 650 documented all roads will lead you to fish species and 400 types of Sans Rival & coral. From the easy snorkel Pastries (1 San Jose St.; to the advanced deep dive, 63-35/225-4440; P125 for a you’ll definitely find more box of 10 silvanas). Although than just Nemo. famous for their namesake , Because even the spa , make a treatments sound like a beeline for the silvanas sugar rush. If your instead, the frozen cookie laid-back living needs a version of the Sans Rival good dose of luxury, head cake. That’s right: frozen down to The Sanctuary of buttercream, crisp chewy Atmosphere Resort & Spa meringue and melt-in-your- (atmosphereresorts.com; day mouth crumbs. It truly is the spa packages start at P5,395) sweet life. to get a skin-brightening coconut-and-ginger scrub, Because the snorkeling is followed up with a massage, sublime. The waters then a papaya-and- surrounding Dumaguete pineapple body mask… and are teeming with marine life to top it all off you’ll be why go with some very accessible wrapped up in banana prime dive spots, notably leaves. It is your chance to the waters surrounding Apo shine as the star ingredient Island (apoislandresort.com; of a tropical fruit salad. THE SWEETEST SEAPORT one boat dive inclusive of —stephanie zubiri Dumaguete has the laid-back charm of a university town and the beaches of a castaway paradise. Here, five reasons to pack up your swimsuit and your sweet tooth and go now.

Because it has a heroic Because this is tropical stamp of approval. campus life at its finest. Walk in the footsteps of There is a young energy in Philippine national hero this seaside university José Rizal, who passed town, and it’s best through the city before exemplified by the tasty heading to Dapitan, and cheap eats, inexpensive beer take a leisurely stroll on the and vibrant nightlife. Head palm-lined boulevard to longtime favorite named after him. Rather Hayahay Treehouse Bar & than ponder life-in-exile as Viewdeck (Flores Avenue, he did, indulge in the many Piapi Beach; 63-35/225-3536; street-food stalls that dinner and beer for two slowly open up as the sun P700) for char-grilled sets. Enjoy living in the bigger-than-your-head past? Dumaguete is home to lobsters, washed down by several colonial churches some cold brewskies before and historic buildings— channeling your inner Clockwise from top left: Deserted beaches await; Reggae Wednesday pass by the Belfry and visit Marley and letting loose to at Hayahay; silvanas at Sans Rival Cakes & Pastries; tropical treatments

the City Hall. some reggae beats. at The Sanctuary of Atmosphere Resort & Spa. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: KRISTOFFER LARSEN;COURTESY COURTESY OF THE OF SANCTUARY HAYAHAY TREEHOUSE OF ATMOSPHERE BAR & VIEWDECK; RESORT COURTESY & SPA; KRISTOFFER OF SANS RIVAL LARSEN CAKES & PASTRIES;

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