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Triplandio Philippines guide covers 15 travel guides with 2 cities across 45 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 59 self-guided walking tours in Philippines with 285 POI, spanning 195.4 km in total. Get inspired by 10 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Philippines
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Philippines
Cost
HIGH
Safety
39
Health
21
Lifestyle
59
Infra
26
Rank
#78
Score
30
Tourists
1.5M/y
GDP/cap
$4.2k
Life Exp
69.9 yrs
Population
116.8M
Currency
PHP ₱
Language
Filipino
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
911
Traditional Local Food Philippines
Starter
Vegetarian
Lato Salad
lah-toe sah-lahd
· Seaweed salad
Fresh seaweed salad with local ingredients.
Open Lato Salad recipe
Street food
Fish & Seafood
Tamilok
tah-mee-lock
· Woodworm delicacy
A unique, mollusk-like delicacy served fresh.
Open Tamilok recipe🥩
Main course
Meat
Lechon Cebu
Lechón Cebu
leh-chon seh-boo
· Whole roasted pig
A whole pig roasted with herbs and spices.
Open Lechon Cebu recipe🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Grilled Catch of the Day
Inihaw na Huli Ng Araw
In-ee-how nuh hoo-lee nung ah-ro-ow
Freshly caught fish, grilled simply with local spices.
Open Grilled Catch of the Day recipe
Snack
Meat
Ngohiong
ngo-hiong
· Fried spring roll
Fried spring rolls with a five-spice mixture.
Open Ngohiong recipe🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
SuTuKil
soo-too-keel
· Grilled, stew, raw
Trio of seafood: grilled, stew, and raw.
Open SuTuKil recipe
Soup
Meat
Chao Long
chow-long
· El Nido Vietnamese Pho
Pho inspired beef noodle soup.
Open Chao Long recipe
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Sinugbang Isda
see-noog-bang ees-da
· Grilled fish
Fish grilled over charcoal.
Open Sinugbang Isda recipe