San Nicolas, Batangas

One of the places I really look forward is to in my Batangas getaway is to see myself what they called Pantalan of San Nicolas in Batangas City. San Nicolas is a 5th class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines.

San Nicolas Arch near Sinturisan,
-Batangas City, Philippines

Khean Malaga at Pantalan of San Nicolas, Batangas City, Philippines

Pantalan of San Nicolas, Batangas City, Philippines

Pantalan of San Nicolas, Batangas City, Philippines

Pantalan of San Nicolas, Batangas City, Philippines

Khean Malaga at Pantalan of San Nicolas, Batangas City, Philippines

Khean Malaga at Old Taal Church, San Nicolas, Batangas City Philippines

San Nicolas, one of the undiscovered places here in the province. San Nicolas, a small barrio in the province of Batangas, is popularly called as Lumang Taal. The  famed town (Taal) once stood in this terrain. However due to the deadly eruption of the Taal Volcano in 1754, it transferred to a secured and high ground not far from the former site.

On the lead is the Taal Volcano  Island – “island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island”. This attraction was included in  Patricia Schultz best selling travel book, 1,000 places to visit before you die, where it was listed in the 593rd spot. It is renowned as one of the most picturesque and most attractive views in the Philippines. Southern half of the Volcano island is under the jurisdiction of San Nicolas, thus making the town as one of the major jump-off points to the area. The famous tourist activity of course is the trekking to the volcano’s crater lake.