I remembered passing through this curvy street in Catmon 8 years ago, there’s not much about this place. It has only those trees with no houses nearby. Little by little, few more years after, we’ve started seeing vehicles parked inside. Later […]
Catmon Cebu Beaches and Destinations
Catmon is midway going to northermost town of Cebu which is Daan Bantayan. Catmon Cebu is around 60 kilometers away from the city and is about 2 hour drive. In recent years, Catmon has more known and explored spots for tourist beginning with Esoy Hot Spring, Mt Kapayas.. and many more emerging beaches, pools by the sea and beautiful scenic spots opened for public views.
The Origin of the name “Catmon”
The name Catmon “comes from a tree species that used to grow abundantly in the municipality. Legend has it that when a group of Spaniards came upon some men resting under a big Catmon tree the leader asked what was the name of the place. Thinking that the Spaniard was asking for the name of the tree (one answered, “Katmon” and so it was that when the town was established in 1835 it was named Catmon.
Katmon in new Philippine coin
Have you seen the new 25 cents? You’ll see at the back is the Katmon flower.
Places to visit in Catmon
More and more beaches are developed in Catmon. Once you’ll approach Catmon, you can see beach signage even beach fronts. Here are some spots to visit in Catmon.
Catmon Ripples Beach Resort
(Photo: fb/Catmon-Ripples)
Agua Villa Beach Front
(Photo: fb/AguaVillaResort)
Catmon Cebu Beaches and Destinations
Esoy Hot Spring
Imelda Aroma Waterpark
Mount Kapayas
Hinagdanan Beach
Hunahona Beach Resort & Hotel
Las Flores Beach Resort & Hotel
Imelda Aroma Mountain Paradise
Recuerdo Beach Resort
Catmon Seaside Park
Pahayahay Beach Resort
Our blogs in Catmon Cebu
Please check out our first hand blog in Catmon Cebu. It is fun sharing the places and spots we've been to. Enjoy reading as much as we've enjoyed writing.
Our friends always asked if we will be travelling north so to get them “pasalubong” when we get back to the city. A special mention of “bibingka” – a so called rice cake in english (or it’s variety), it is […]
Recuerdo Beach Resort is located in northern Cebu in a small town of Catmon. You may have heard somebody says, “Catmon Bag-o” or “Catmon Daan”. Actually there is no Catmon Bag-o, it is just to referring to Catmon town proper […]
There are many varieties of budbud as we know. Few to name are budbud pilit, budbud-moron, budbud kabog and more. These “budbuds” are also masterpieces from different localities like the budbud-moron is from Leyte/Samar. Now, budbud kabog is originated in […]
A week long vacation been granted and it’s a good time to travel long way from south to north. This time, it’s a little bit different because, together with us is a few month old baby Sparkle. We can’t take […]
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Disclaimer:
This section of our blog are second hand information, sources are researched from the net and reviewed according to what we know about the municipality being a Lumad (native) of Cebu. We credited the owners for their work, if for some instance the material is copyrighted, let us know and we'll take it down for you.
Sources and Credits:
wikipedia.com
thecapricornbeartakeshi.wordpress.com
academia.edu
teamcatmon.blogspot.com
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Location of Catmon Cebu in Google maps
Catmon Cebu Church
Catmon Cebu Town Plaza
Catmon Cebu Beaches and Destinations
Esoy Hot Spring
Imelda Aroma Waterpark
Mount Kapayas
Hinagdanan Beach
Hunahona Beach Resort & Hotel
Las Flores Beach Resort & Hotel
Imelda Aroma Mountain Paradise
Recuerdo Beach Resort
Catmon Seaside Park
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