The promenade by the bay is Dumaguete City’s tourism hub. Built up beginning 1916 the 780-meter strip, shaded by venerable old trees, has green lawns, benches and ornate park lamps.
A monument marks the landing site of the Belgian nuns who founded, in 1904, St. Paul University Dumaguete, the first institution of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres in the Philippines. The Boulevard’s northernmost stretch curves past Silliman Hall towards the Dumaguete pier. The ship carrying Dr. Jose Rizal to his Dapitan exile was said to have briefly dropped anchor here, during which Dr. Rizal walked along the Boulevard to visit with the family of Dr. Jose Longa. The Boulevard parallels a row of some the City’s finest hotels and restaurants, and landmark residences such as those of former Provincial Governors Don Miguel and Don Julian Teves, and Don Mariano F. Perdices.
The Boulevard - Dumaguete
