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Bacolod City
Highly-urbanized city in Negros Island Region, Philippines

Bacolod City

Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod, is a highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines.

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According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 624,787 people, making it the most populous city in the Negros Island Region and the second most populous city in the entire Visayas after Cebu City.

Get in

Getting to Bacolod City

Bacolod is a major transport hub with an international airport, a large and busy ferry port, and good road connections with many buses. The roads reach destinations anywhere on the large island of Negros which contains two provinces, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.

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    Bacolod-Silay International Airport
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    Ceres Southbound Terminal

    Buses departing for and arriving from Dumaguete (via Mabinay) and Cebu City (via Dumaguete) arrive and depart in this terminal.

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    Ceres Northbound Terminal

    Buses departing for and arriving from Bayawan (via Cauayan and Sipalay) and Kanlaon City (via La Carlota, La Castellana, Moises Padilla).

See

Worth seeing

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    Bacolod Public Plaza

    The Bacolod version of Central park but smaller; fountains are scattered around the plaza and a gazebo stands in the middle.

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    Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol

    The official seat of the provincial government and perhaps the most impressive building in Bacolod City.

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    Locomotive
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    Locomotive
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    Bacolod City Hall
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    Panaad Park and Sports Complex

    The park surrounding the stadium is filled with eucalyptus trees.

Do

Things to do

= = Bacolaodiat Festival. Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) celebrated by the Filipino-Chinese community in Bacolod. This is held in the Provincial Lagoon. Bacolaodiat is derived from the words "Bacolod" and "Laodiat"; a Hokkien word meaning "Celebration".Rows of stalls serving Chinese cuisine form "chopsticks alley". Live bands play, there are displays of Chinese culture, and a cookfest is also held.

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    Panaad Stadium
  2. 02
    New Negros Coliseum

    Additionally, shooting ranges are located around the city.

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    Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club

    This golf club has 18-holes, with a panoramic view of the Mount Mapara and Patag.

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    Negros Super Lanes

    Goldenfield Commercial Complex,.

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    Lopue's East Bowling Lanes

    Villamonte.

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    Center Court

    Magsaysay St,.

Eat

Where to eat

Bacolodnon cuisine, and Negrense cuisine more broadly, shares much with the food of nearby Panay, but has also been influenced by Negros's sugar industry. Bacolod also has many restaurants serving other cuisines, though local food remains an important part of the city's identity. In Hiligaynon, sud-an means the main dish eaten with rice, while kan-on can mean either "rice" or "to eat".

How locals move

Getting around Bacolod City the local way

  • Get inBacolod is a major transport hub with an international airport, a large and busy ferry port, and good road connections with many buses.
  • Get inShort ferry trips go to Iloilo City, just across the Guimaras Strait to the west, giving access to the islands of Panay and Guimaras, and to Boracay which is near Panay.
  • Get inOther ferries go to more distant destinations.
  • Get inFor Cebu Province to the east, there are some direct ferries, but the usual transport is a bus which goes to San Carlos (Negros Occidental), rides a ferry to Cebu Island, and continues by road to Cebu City.
  • Get inAn alternate route to Cebu, and the usual route to Bohol, is to take a bus across Negros to Dumaguete and catch a ferry there.
  • Get inThere are minivans leaving for SM City Bacolod, Bacolod Provincial Hospital, Old Bacolod Airport and Victoria Arcade/Lopues East/Savemore Supermarket.
  • Get inArriving by bus from other islands is also possible, with buses taking RORO (roll-on, roll-off) ferries.
  • Get inThe Iloilo–Bacolod route is served by the following lines: {{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | fax | price=Tourist class (one way) for | content 2026-03-13 }} {{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | hours Economy (one way) for | content 2026-03-13 }} {{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | fax | price=Regular class (one way) for | content 2026-03-13 }} 2Go Travel has ferries to and from Metro Manila and Cagayan de Oro.

From Wikivoyage: Bacolod, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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