Pryce Plaza Hotel - Cagayan De Oro City

Pryce Plaza Hotel - Cagayan de Oro City

According to their website, Pryce Plaza is a haven of charm within the rousing and blossoming city of Cagayan de Oro.  

Just a 45-minute drive from the new Laguindingan Airport and only 10 minutes away from the city proper. Pryce Plaza is the most luxurious convention hotel in Mindanao.                                                       

Overlooking Macajalar Bay, Pryce Plaza is majestically enthroned atop Carmen Hill unfolding a breathtaking panorama of the city and the dramatic mountain ranges beyond.

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Birhen sa Guadalupe - Balubal, Cagayan De Oro City

Birhen sa Guadalupe - Balubal, Cagayan De Oro City - pilgrims trek mountain, cross rivers for Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine 

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Cagayan de Oro City—Each year thousands of devote Roman Catholics as well as families and group of friends trek the two Holy Week destinations here to reaffirm their faith, commitments, or just for the adventure.

Cagayan de Oro City, one of the fastest growing business centers in Mindanao has a unique Holy Week destination that will surely bring you back to nature amidst the busy development you see all around the city.

Adventurous travelers or able-bodied devotees can make the long river trek to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Igbalalay Hills in Barangay Balubal, or climb Malasag Hills in Cugman, or even both.

Over the past few years, the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been a major destination for pilgrims and adventure trekkers. 

 To reach the shrine, devotees have to walk about four kilometers starting in Barangay Tablon and ending in Barangay Balubal.  But the real challenge would be to get across and navigate through nine rivers.

Most of those who trekked suggested that the hardest part to navigate and get across was the fourth river crossing; with water level reaching the hips. While others walk back, others pay for a ride on a large rubber inflatable on the water rapids on their way back giving a different enterprise for local residents.

Stairs Going to the Main Chapel

Over Looking View in Front of the Chapel

                                                     
                                                                       THE CHAPEL
                                         Birhen sa Guadalupe - Balubal, Cagayan De Oro City

Over-All Experienced: "crossing the waters of Umalag river while on our way to the shrine was very challenging esp with a raging water level as high as the hips!"

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Apple Tree Hotel and Resort - Opol, Misamis Oriental

Apple Tree Resort and Hotel is located in Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental. It is 30-40 minutes drive from Laguindingan International Airport and 10-15 minutes away from Cagayan de Oro City. The over 7,000 square meters of property boasts of a beach front overlooking the majestic Macajalar Bay and Camiguin Island.

Room Rates:

Deluxe Superior	P  2,800.00
Lanai	3,500.00
Suite	4,500.00
*Airport Transfer(One way)
Car	700.00
Van	1,500.00
*Pier/Terminal Transfer(One Way)	300.00

One can luxuriate in privacy in guestrooms with verandas fronting an expansive "sea-horse" shaped pool that is connected to an infinity pool, with cascading waterfalls in between. Or arrange a business meeting or conference at any of the function rooms by the beach.

The restaurant offers seafood and non-seafood cuisine and is open from breakfast until dinner. Highly recommended for snacks is the famous Crispy Banana.

Amenities and Services:

• Complimentary Breakfast at Erlindo's Restaurant
• Energy-saving Power Card-controlled Guestroom
• Fully Furnished/ Fully Air-conditioned
• Hot and Cold Shower
• Cable TV
• Complimentary Safety Deposit Box
• Complimentary Luggage Handling/Storage
• Free Wi-Fi (Lobby/Restaurant/Function Rooms)
• Room Service (6am-10pm)
• Laundry/Pressing Service
• Massage Service
• Aqua Sports (Jetski/ Banana Boat)
• Meetings/Teambuilding Packages
• Birthday/Wedding Packages
• Tour Packages

FACILITIES

• Infinity Pool
• "Sea-horse" shaped Pool
• Beach (Fronting Macajalar Bay & Camiguin Island)
• Erlindo's Restaurant
• Al fresco Bay Bridge
• Lobby Store Stand
• Function Rooms

Hotel Review: I was in this Hotel several times, the latest one was on the second week of May 2014 and then again it was just the same hotel like any other. It wasn't so bad but not so good I think. The hotel rates are even expensive based on the quality of service they offered! I am, though, full of praise for the staff, Highly underpaid, they were all so polite and friendly and would try, often in vain, ( through no fault of their own)to satisfy your needs.

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