Maria
Siquijor · Municipality · Coconut town of the east coast
About
Quiet east-coast town with Salagdoong Beach and its cliff-jumping platforms, and Kagusuan Beach.
History
Maria was once called Cang-meniao. Its old church of Our Lady of Divine Providence dates from the late 1800s.
Festival
Lubi Festival — May · Third week of May (around May 20–21)
Coconut festival showing everything the 'tree of life' gives — fruit, palms and trunk — with a street dance contest.
Must-see
- Salagdoong Beach
- Our Lady of Divine Providence Church
- Kagusuan Beach
Food to try
- Coconut dishes
- Seafood
Places in Maria
- Our Lady of Divine Providence Church, Maria — Siquijor's 'mysterious' church in Maria town, a parish since 1877.
- Kagusuan Beach — A beautiful, often-empty white-sand cove on Siquijor's quiet east side.
- Salagdoong Beach — White-sand cove with cliff-jumping platforms and a rock slide.