Sarung Banggi Festival

Sarung Banggi Festival

An annual fun-filled eight-day summer festivity immortalizing the timeless love song, Sarung Banggi, and a tribute to its composer, POTENCIANO V. GREGORIO. The entire colorful performance is shown at nighttime when the street parade routes are brightly lighted with large torches. The whole town become a true picture of rural life with the multitude of people occupying the streets to watch and join the nighttime merriment.

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival

A Domingueños’ harvest offering festival re-enacted every 1st Sunday of the month of October. This is celebrated in honor of the town’s patron saint, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. It features various sports and beauty competitions, trade fair and annual marathon and cycling tournament. Read more. . .

Resort Town of Albay

Long Black Sand Beach Attraction

Sto. Domingo’s deep blue crystal-clear sea within the confines of Albay Gulf offers about 14 kilometers of alternating beautiful beaches, coastal waters and coral reefs teeming with variety of marine life. Thus, it has emerged as one of the favorite tourist destinations in the province. The town has a host of finest beach resorts. To date, there are more than 20 resorts establishment offering luxurious amenities such as air conditioned rooms, bathing facilities, private and public swimming pools, good food, cottages and convention halls. Because of this, Sto. Domingo has earned for itself the moniker “RESORT TOWN OF ALBAY”. Famous among these resorts are Black sand Beach Resort, Costa Palmera, Mayon Spring Resort, Villa Acosta, Reyes Beach Resort, Manhattan Beach Resort, Salakot, Captain’s Mike, Barrios Kids Pool and Villa Consolacion Beach Resort. continue reading . . .

Mt. Mayon

Mountain Trek and Mayon Volcano Climbing

For the adventurous and nature buffs, a visit to Sto. Domingo will not be complete if you do not climb its mountains, rich with lush green forest that offers a variety of flora and fauna, some of which are rare orchids and birds.

Descending in deep mountain ravines for mountain springs or for catch is excitingly dangerous and challenging to the adventure-inclined individuals.

The panoramic Mayon Volcano, aside from its perfect cone and fiery eruptions, its attractive power draws horde of adventure- seeking visitors to climb towards its crater. The volcano affords the visitors cool mountain air, lots of exercise and the grandest view of Legazpi City and the sea.

If you decide to trek the whole day, you may enter Mayon through the Mayon Volcano Natural Park in Barangay Lidong. Experienced guides can bring you up to 6,000 ft. above sea level. CAMP I, where bunk house had been constructed is frequently full during weekends and during the heights of visits of foreign tourist, even during weekdays.

Culinary Delights

Culinary Delights : BICOL EXPRESS, PINANGAT, TILMOK, TINOLANG MANOK

Aside from the very popular spicy “BICOL EXPRESS” and “PINANGAT” (gabi leaves cooked in coconut milk with shrimp and fish/pork) which became part of the daily fare of Bicolanos, Domingueños had also concocted a local dish which they can truly claim their own invention – the “TILMOK”. “TILMOK”is a delicious native recipe made with thinly chopped river shrimp(gangawan) and grated young coconut and heavily spiced with onions and garlic. The mixture is wrapped in young coconut or banana leaf and put to slow boil until cooked. “TINOLANG MANOK” also a delicious native recipe made with small cut of native chicken cooked with ginger, then add with pepper leaves and some cube sized young papaya and spices, including the fiery sili and then cooked.