Like the Carmen plaza, the town plaza of Sibonga is really nice. It’s perfect for afternoon walks and long after-supper chit-chats. And the park is just a couple of meters away from the really nice town church. And right beside that, is a line of centuries-old houses.
And yeah, I would have to add that the entire town is clean and green. And if I am correct, the local government is making sure that the old houses are well-preserved. So, kudos to the local officials of the Municipality of Sibonga for an amazing job.
The Sibonga town park. WOW!
So green! I love the park!
Doesn’t that look neat?
Park bench.
Wow. I think this looks better than Fuente. Really.
Nice lamp post. And those vases look really neat.
Sibonga’s Joe!
A closer look.
The Municipal Hall. Very nice.
This lamp post looks cool. It should look cooler in the evening.
The park. Right next to the South National Road.
A very old house right beside the town church.
This house looks amazing. I bet it looks better inside.
Other old houses in the area.
Visit Sibonga now!
never been to sibonga but its next of places i need to go when i come back home, i am just sooo amazed by old historic homes outside cebu city, i noticed this when we drove from the city to moalboal….. i love historic homes! if only i have the dough to restore one in the US and live on it….
Very nice! Wish I was there right now! =)
Very nice! Wish I was there right now! =)
BTW I love your blog!
Really nice clean and green town Sibonga,
Superb municipal hall and plaza,
That first 2 old houses are gigantic, lovely
totit ocampo invited us to visit sibonga one time. he was a great host and the town is so nostalgic, can’t explain why. i remember that tree behind the arbor (2nd photo). it was huge!
Na.agi.an ni namo gahapon pag adto nako Dumaguete (via Liloan, Santander) man mi ni mama. Nindot cya jud. Tapos pag padung pauli ky na.agi.an napod namo. Nindot cya.
Mu stop na jud ko sunod.
Ley, this is beautiful! Hopefully, other Cebu province LGU’s will take care of their municipalities like Sibonga or Carmen…This is a real inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
yes and sibunga..naa sa bukirang bahin sa sibunga ang sacred church of simala.
Never been there, but I ♥ Sibonga!
This is great indeed and kudos to the townleaders of Sibonga to preserve the park and spaciousness.
I get jealous and disheartened when I see nice preserved places like this in Cebu and while my Consolacion has gotten very chaotic. When I was growing up in Lacion, there was a nice open space fronting the municipal hall which is up on a hill while you can see clearly the San Narciso church on the side of that “park like” space. There used to be a few swings in that space, some townmates used to play tennis in an open court or play volleyball; we learned to ride bikes in that space without the danger of doing it in the actual road. It had a great potential to be a real park since pine trees lined the other side of that space and would have preserved the view of the town hall up the hill with its terraced landscaping, the Lourdes grotto on the side as well as the church grounds. Since then they tucked the High School in that space, you can now barely see the town hall from the road and the spaciousness of the church plaza is gone. I visited from the US a few years back and had a mass for my departed parents in the church and the noise from the disco music of an activity from the HS made it impossible to hear the priest. It is such a shame and very disappointing to me. I wish I have the money to bring back that picture in my mind that I had when I was a child. It was certainly poor planning on how things should have been located. I hope it will be a lesson on how zoning and planning should be done for future projects.
Your exactly right and this started during the administration of Mayor Bebs Pepito that he converted the park to a Municipal High School. And later on they closed the road on the right side leading to the Municipal Hall to accomodate the new 3 stories building. So, at this point the view of the pak and plaza was completely gone and still they spend their budget that was allocated for park and plaza that doesnt exist anymore. Well, i also beleived that they approved more variances in thier time which does not conform with the zoning ordinance that they themselves passed. I hope that in the future that the new set of officials is already planning to move the municipal hall on the new site in cansaga bay. They should make a comprehensive plan that includes open space for the kids to play and i this way they can have a good park and plaza later on that will add the beauty of the new hall. In this way the old complex will be later on be converted to a public libray on the ground floor and in the upper floor will the hall of justice (Municipal Court). Thanks a lot for having an opening discussion for Consolacion at least with your greivances on our town will open their eyes how to conserve the beauty that exist when you were a kid. Again sorry to hear your dissapointment and We do hope that new nice pictures of consolacion can be uploaded since the old view no longer exists. Thanks and have a good one.
“This house looks amazing. I bet it looks better inside.”
kanang murag big old house tapad sa our lady of the pillar academy bai kay. convent na sa our lady of the pillar parish. naka sud nami sko family diha (invited sa pakals sa fiesta) .. scary kaau kay kahugnu-onn a ang floor. 3 ra nag stay diha.. 2 ka pari ug cook.. imagine that big then 3 ra mu.. ^.^
but yeah.. the entire town is peaceful and clean
*kani diay cya nga house akong gi mean:”A very old house right beside the town church.”
The big old stone house you were mentioning about is indeed the convent of the parish. The ground floor served as the parking space of the priest’s car and also the office of the parish.
Leading to the second floor are two old but polished flights of stairs. One could also see stained glass windows at the landing. my friend and I sneaked into the convent’s second floor and saw four relatively old paintings. Much of the spaces in the old convent are no longer used. But I have to say that it’s really huge.
More SIBONGA pictures at http://www.sibonga.com/sibonga.htm
very nice pictures…everything looks sooo calm and peaceful!
sayang wala ang sa tulay amg gamda pa naman sana nun… im here in korea but someday i wish to get back home in my town sibonga… thankssssssssss
yeah…i love all the pictures na miss ko 2loy ang sibonga ahhhh..how i wish i am there..