- FORT PILAR
- PASONANCA PARK
- STA. CRUZ ISLAND
- BOLONG BEACH
- LA VISTA DEL MAR
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The fort was built on June 23, 1635 by Father Melchor de Vera, a Jesuit Priest-Engineer, to ward off attacks from the moros and foreign invaders. Originally named the Real Fuerza de San Jose, it was renamed after it was rebuilt in 1719. The Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza, whose statue was embossed on the east wall in 1734 as a frontpiece atop the entrance, was eventually sealed when it became a shrine. |
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Known throughout the world as a tourist attraction, it was named as the “Beautiful Park” in the past. It has become a popular site for youth citizenship training and for boys and girls scout jamborees.
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The Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands are, arguably, this city's best beaches, and one of the country's best island beaches destination. In its ideal natural state, there is no comparison to the uniquely beautiful "pinkish" sand (a coloration effect of pulverized rare red Organ-pipe Coral from eons of surf erosion mixed in with the white sand) and colorful coral reef just a few feet away from the shore of the Great Santa Cruz Island. |
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Zamboanga's natural beauty is Bolong Beach. It is an unassuming beach that just lets its natural splendor make its impression on the unknowing visitor. |
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It is now a favorite of city dwellers, offering them the many amenities they are wanting and the close proximity to downtown. The well manicured and lushly appointed garden grounds of this private beach resort provides a nice tropical welcome to the paying visitor. |
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