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Bernardino-Jalandoni Museum


The people in Negros Occidental are known for their love and devotion to their culture and history. They have long since been restoring and preserving ancestral houses for future generations to see and appreciate. One of the many ancestral homes that have been converted into a museum is the Jalandoni Ancestral House.

by Jane Dacumos on August 31, 2012

The people in Negros Occidental are known for their love and devotion to their culture and history. They have long since been restoring and preserving ancestral houses for future generations to see and appreciate. One of the many ancestral homes that have been converted into a museum is the Bernardino-Jalandoni Ancestral House.

The Bernardino-JalandoniHouse illustrates the lifestyle of the Negrense elite at the turn of the century. With the aid of the Silay Heritage Foundation, the house that was built in 1908 has been refurbished has been turned into a museum that shows how the elite families lived during the grand old days of Negros' thriving sugar industry.

Accessibility

Negros Occidental can be reached through its capital, the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, which is 55 minutes from Manila and 30 minutes from Cebu by air. By sea, it is an 18-hour cruise from Manila and one hour aboard sea craft from Iloilo. By land-and-sea travel, it is seven hours from Cebu. From Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental, Bacolod is 5 hours away via Mabinay in the south, and via San Carlos City in the north: 6 hours via the coastal road and 5 hours via the Translink highway in Don Salvador Benedicto.

Big and medium-sized buses, both aircon and non-aircon, ply the northern and southern parts of the province, with terminals in Bacolod. Car rental services are available for travel to any point of the island. Air-conditioned, metered taxis are numerous in Bacolod, but the jeepney is still the most common means of transport among the towns and cities.

Here is the list of some hotels and inns that can be found in the province:

Nature's Village Resort - Talisay City, Talisay City, Bacolod / Negros Occidental, Philippines 6115

  • L’ Fisher Hotel - 14th Lacson Sts., Bacolod City
  • Hotel Pagcor Bacolod - Goldenfield Complex, Bacolod City
  • Business Inn Hotel - 28 th South Lacson St. , Bacolod City
  • Bacolod King’s Hotel - San Sebaslian-Gatuslao Sts , Bacolod City
  • Regency Tourist Inn - Lacson Ext. Bacolod City
  • Pearl Manor Pension - North Drive-Lacson St. Bacolod City
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