Bacolod’s charm lies in her people - smiling, warm, gregarious and optimistic.  Bacoleños are noted for their endearing, sing-song accent, gracious hospitality, and a lifestyle of ease, refinement and generosity.  These genteel, yet strong-willed people tilled and nurtured fertile soil and turned it into the country’s “sugarland”.
     The life of geniality and taste for the finest is seen in the comforts and conveniences of Bacolod‘s visitors’ facilities and in many Bacoleño homes and personal lifestyle.  They have a natural knack for entertaining which is best experience during the MassKara, a Mardi Gras festival in October, when there is merrymaking in the streets and parties  in private homes.  The people are also famous for their unrivaled good taste which is evident in the exquisite arts and crafts that  they produce for the local and export markets.
     The MassKara Festival, once just an added attraction  to the  city’s charter anniversary celebrated annually on the 19th of October    has put Bacolod City in the world tourist map of festivals and destinations.  Coined from two words, “mass” to mean many people, and the Spanish word “kara” which means faces, MassKara creates images of many happy, smiling faces of the people of Bacolod.
     Bacolod’s cuisine and the propensity of local hosts to stuff their guests  are legendary. Though there are a number of upscale restaurants and the usual run of hamburger and pizza fastfoods, a visit to Bacolod will not be complete without a taste of the chicken inasal (barbecue) for which the city is famous. The wayside eateries preparing and serving fish and other seafood purchased by the diner from the nearby fish stalls (pala-pala) may raise eyebrows among health officials but the pala-pala restaurants are popular even among visitors used to fine-dining.  Bacolod is also known  for its sugar-based food items and delicacies such as piaya, barquillos, and kalamay-hati.
     Bacolod and surrounding towns offer the sportsman a wide range of activities including  golf, water sports, tennis, basketball, bowling, billiards, mountain biking.  Badminton is the new craze and there is a growing number of badminton courts in the city. Spelunkers will be fascinated and challenged by the caves around the province.
     Bacolod is the golf center of the Visayas.  Its two first  class courses have produced some of the country’s best swingers.  Bacolod Golf and Country Club  near Murcia has a tight and compact 18-hole layout in a sugar plantation setting.  Open to tourists, it has a clubhouse, restaurant, swimming pool and locker rooms.  Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club is located near the city center.  The 18-hole golf course will challenge the intrepid golfer with its many water hazards and the strong winds from Mt. Kanlaon.  Open to tourists, it has a clubhouse, tennis courts and a swimming pool.

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1. Rizal Park
2. Bacolod Public Plaza
3.Capitol Lagoon

Disco Houses

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