Bolinao Beach

Bolinao beach with coconut trees.

Long stretch of white sand where you can walk. 

Front view of your beach.

Patar Lighthouse

Patar Lighthouse in Bolinao, Pangasinan

Bolinao Church

St James The Great Parish or Bolinao Church in Pangasinan, Philippines

Bolinao Beach

Bolinao boast of a distinct white sand beach you can only find at Barangay Patar, Bolinao. Though Bolinao is a long stretch of Beaches and Resorts, beware.. You might get into a resort that sports a rocky beach front. If you want to have the finest beach of Bolinao, then, go straight to the Lighthouse. The beach below the lighthouse is the best beach in Bolinao.

Bolinao was founded by Captain Pedro Lombi in 1575, an island known as Binabalian meaning old town with few hundred settlers. However, it was transferred later to Bolinao mainland due to piratical molestation. In 1585. Bolinao and other western Pangasinan towns were once part of Zambales. It was the year 1903 when Bolinao and other western towns were transferred to Pangasinan due to its proximity to the capital town of Lingayen.

Bolinao Lighthouse

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse in Abac, Patar, is one of the famous lighthouses in the town of Bolinao, Pangasinan, the other being Port Bolinao Lighthouse in Guigui-wanen, Barangay Luciente I. It is the second tallest lighthouse in the Philippines after the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, which is in Ilocos Norte. Cape Bolinao Lighthouse has a sight which is simple and mesmerizing especially the ocean view.

Cape Bolinao Lighthouse is about 351 feet above sea level. The land elevation, according the Bureau of Geodetic Surveys, is 250 feet, while the lighthouse structure itself is 101 feet high. It has a large revolving lens. A system of gears turned by pendulum weights held by a steel cable, much like a clock, causes the light apparatus to rotate. Visibility from the lighthouse reaches up to 20 miles midsea towards a lighthouse at Poro Point.