General Travel Tips

Here are some travel tips that we hope could be helpful in order to make your vacation and stay at Pasacao as safe as possible.

Tips on Getting in Pasacao

• When travelling by car from Manila, you need to turn right at the "Danao Crossing" or at the Pamplona-Pasacao Crossroad in order to get into Pasacao. For information on Where to Stay at Pasacao, please browse our Where to Stay page in this site.
• Casual clothing is acceptable inside churches and business offices. Dining establishments and hotels impose no dress code but shorts and slippers are deemed improper.

What to Wear

• It is generally HOT and DRY during Summer in Pasacao. That's why travelers should wear light clothing which is ideal year-round, and absolutely during the hot and dry months like February to May.
• Casual clothing is acceptable inside churches and business offices. Dining establishments and hotels impose no dress code but shorts and slippers are deemed improper.

Tips on Swimming or While in the Resort

• Resorts and Beaches in Pasacao is fully loaded during the entire Holy Week specially on Easter Sunday. Make sure you keep an eye to your children during that period to prevent losing a child.
• When swimming, don't go beyond the lifeline.
• Don't drink too much if you're planning to swim to prevent drowning. Based on our statistics, more drunk swimmers are prone to accidents or drowning.

General Travel Tips

• Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular signals are now available in Pasacao, and Globe Broadband and Smart Wi-Fi is for wireless internet connectivity is now also available in the locality.
• Pasaqueños are generally friendly, but for some circumstances that may arise, one should adopt to local customs; try to accept local differences.
• When shopping in a Pasacao Public Market, it is perfectly acceptable to haggle for the cheapest price.
• Price of fish and other items for sale within the Beach vicinity is usually higher by 10-15% than the regular price in poblacion and you should know that.
• Bicol Naga is the primary dialect or mother tongue of Pasaqueños. Tagalog or English is rarely spoken and is used sometimes when necessary such us conversing with foreigners and the like.
• When headed to the remote areas, come prepared with an insect repellant and even your own water in handy containers.
• Prepare to hop in a jeepney, tricycle, or pedicab – exotic modes of land transport that are the most commonly available for going around. Always bring loose change when taking public transport. For complete guide of the existing fare as of January 2005 for most common tricycle and pedicab in Pasacao, please browse the Getting Around or Travel Essential page of this site.
• Know the transport schedules. Some destinations are only being serviced intermittently, not to mention extreme weather conditions that will affect these schedules. This is true if you're going to coastal barangays of Pasacao or even to Burias Island.
• For tourist information and assistance, get in touch with the Department of Tourism and any of its accredited offices nationwide. To know more, you visit the Department of Tourism website at www.tourism.gov.ph.