Davao Heritage Walking Tour Part 2

To continue with our heritage tour of Davao City, there's also one building in the San Pedro area that dates back to the American time. The PNB building at the corner of San Pedro and Claveria (now C.M. Recto Street) across San Pedro Cathedral was built during the occupation of Americans in the city hence, its more modern architectural design.

Further along Claveria is another well-preserved old building, Situated at the corner of Claveria and Palma Gil Streets, the ground floor used to house the popular Charlie's Bakeshop owned by a Chinese family.

Veering away from the buildings, we then checked out the heritage houses of Davao. The Travel Teller said there are four well known in the city. Two of them are situated along Rizal Street, one along Legaspi Street and another one is at the corner of Quirino Ave. and Tionko Street. One is the Oboza house considered to be the second oldest in the city. Owned by the former mayor Alfonso Oboza, this beautiful abode was built way back in 1929. It was well-preserved and now houses Claude's Le Cafe de Ville, a french restaurant.

Photo by Andrew Dela Serna

From there, we proceeded to the Habana compound where another heritage house known as Casa de Habana can be found. A bar called Someplace Else now operates inside.

Photo by Ace Nierva

The next heritage home we visited was the Lat house along Legaspi Street. This was built during the American period.

Photo by Andrew Dela Serna

The last stop of our Heritage Walking tour was Dencia's Restaurant, one of the city's oldest dining places. We were also supposed to do a tour of the eateries in Bankerohan but did not push through due to time constraints. Nevertheless, it was a well spent and very enriching afternoon with fellow bloggers that I will never forget.

Photo by Olan Emboscado

More interesting facts about Davao here:

• Datu Bago - Davao's hero, a Muslim chief of Davao Gulf who was the first to settle in the city.
• Don Jose Cruz de Oyanguren - a Spaniard  from Guipozcoa, Spain who fought Datu Bago and not a Chinese as many believe. 
• Nueva Vergara - Davao's original name. 
• Dabo, Dawaw and Davah - these terms from which the name Davao came from refer to the river. 

Thank you again Davao Bloggers Society and Olan Emboscado for this great opportunity. Check out The Travel Teller and his heritage walking tours not only in Davao City but also in the different parts of the Philippines.