Panagbenga Flower Festival — Baguio City
About this tour
Held every February, Panagbenga, a Kankanaey word meaning season of blooming, is Baguio's beloved month-long flower festival, born as a tribute to the city's blossoms and a symbol of its recovery from the 1990 Luzon earthquake. This two-day tour times your visit to the festival's two grand highlights. The Grand Street Dancing Parade fills Session Road with dancers in flower-adorned and traditional Cordillera costumes, their movements inspired by the Ibaloi Bendian dance of celebration, drawing tens of thousands of spectators.
The second showstopper is the Grand Float Parade, a procession of enormous floats blanketed in fresh flowers that wind from Session Road to Burnham Park, where they are displayed for days afterward. Around the parades, the festival transforms the cool mountain city into a riot of color, with Session Road in Bloom turning the main avenue into a pedestrian flower market and food fair, plus fireworks, concerts and pony rides. With an overnight stay you can enjoy both flagship events at a relaxed pace while soaking up Baguio's crisp climate, pine-scented air and highland charm.
Highlights
- ✓Experience the Grand Street Dancing Parade along Session Road
- ✓Marvel at the flower-covered floats of the Grand Float Parade
- ✓Enjoy Session Road in Bloom, a pedestrian flower-and-food fair
- ✓Soak up Baguio's cool climate and festive atmosphere
- ✓Two days to take in both flagship events without rushing
What's included
- ✓Two-day guided festival experience
- ✓Local guide and parade-day logistics
- ✓Viewing-area assistance for the parades
- ✓One night's accommodation in or near Baguio
About the area
Baguio City, the Summer Capital of the Philippines, sits high in the pine-clad mountains of Benguet in the Cordillera region of northern Luzon. Famed for its cool climate, Burnham Park, Session Road, Mines View Park and vibrant arts scene, it is a four to six hour drive from Manila. The Panagbenga Festival is its signature event, celebrating the highland city's flowers, culture and resilience.
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