A few iconic images of colorful flowers will immediately leap to mind when you think of Amsterdam. But don’t worry because you don’t have to travel to Amsterdam to experience and see it with your naked eyes. A flower fields in full bloom, located in the mountain of Cebu is the new famous tourist spot known as Sirao Flower farm or some called it, “The little Amsterdam.” The Flower farm open their doors to public last 3rd quarter of 2015.
It was an astonishing view seeing beautiful flowers every time I open my social media account (Facebook and Instagram). Since I was rather busy last year, I wasn’t able to visit the Flower farm. But exactly this year, me and my friends decided to visit the place.
These flowers called Celosia or wool flowers, they have unusual flowers that can blossom up to 10 weeks. These flowers can have red, pink, royal, gold or bi-colored blooms. Not all colors, flowers look the same, at that place are many shapes, colors and sizes (from 6 inches to 2 feet). And each flower is made up of many tiny flowers, which is why this flower will produce numerous small seeds and keep sprouting in the ground with no extra efforts.
The flowers are naturally attractive, it sustains the unique distinction, and amazingly stunning. No wonder it is very crowd-pleasing in social media. The Flower farm is a dependable venue for photo shoots and of course a perfect background for “selfies”.
I have borne upon the flowers, and they are amazingly soft.
Their eye-catching magnificence in the garden will eventually blow you away because of their vivid hues that practically glow, lighting up the garden even on the rainiest summer days, jewel-colored feathers, wrinkly-looking knobs and elongated cones. Immersing yourself to these colorful fields of flowers providing a feast for the eyes is beyond compare. You’ll surely love the tactile sensation of being surrounded with rainbow of flowers. So what are you still waiting for? Don’t ever miss one of the Cebu’s most photogenic attractions.
I’m sure the caretaker of this flower farm has an artistic eye and holds a special love for flowers because the flowers have grown so well.
HOW TO GET THERE
Ride a Habal-Habal (Motorcycle) from JY Square Mall, Lahug. The travel time is approximately 35-45 minutes. Back and forth fare is 200 pesos. But you can opt to haggle the price from 200 down to 170 pesos. Honestly, 200 pesos are actually the most reasonable fare since the spot is really far. The driver will also ask for an additional 50 pesos since they have to await.
If you take in your own vehicle, going there is very easy. When you see Ayala Heights-turn left and proceed straight until you can find the tarpaulin on the left side that says Sirao Flower farmer.
TRAVEL TIPS
- Entry fee is Php30 pesos for unlimited photos, and for taking videos they will charge you Php100 pesos as of February 2016.
- The farm area is actually not that wide, just enough to gratify you.
- The Celosia flowers are not available the whole year round.
Wow… it’s so good for my eyes satisfaction… I’d love to visit there. ..
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The spot is waiting for your visit, you’ll surely love the feeling of communing with their beauty.
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Yeah… I’d love to…
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What stunning flowers. I especially like the photo of you looking out across the mist shrouded landscape with the vivid flowers in the foreground. Great shots.
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Hello Suzan,
Thank you so much for your generous appreciation. The flowers are actually really adorable when you see them personally.
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Thank you, I will surely not only visit your blog, but I’ll read your blog as well.
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quite a refreshing topic for a change!
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Yeah, you said it right, for a change. Thank you for dropping by.
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Such beautiful images ….and a beautiful blog with SUCH a positive vibe …it’s Fabulous:)
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Hello Fijay,
Thank you for dropping by. I appreciate it much. Have a great day ahead.
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This is a great place to be when you want to be in Cebu. Located in the top of the mountains but still part of Cebu City.
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Hello! I just wanna ask if it is adviasable to go here in December? I’m about to go to Cebu next month and planning to add this in my itinerary. Thanks!
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Wow! Those are truly beautiful blooms. So colorful and full of live. Honestly, I havent seen anything close to that. Surely seeing one makes one’s day bright.
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Haven’t heard of it until your post. Glad to know that we have something like this in Cebu. Is it blooming all year round? Do they have recommended time of the year to best visit their farm? Thanks and lovely pictures! I really love flowers. 🙂
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Wow! Looks so heavenly. Love the spread of colors. I want to stand amidst them and get photographed. 🙂
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We always hear about tulip gardens, so this was really a surprise with different flowers.
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Oh! We have lots of these flowers before back when we were still living in our hometown. My mother loves to plant flowers so we have so many cheap but really nice flowers everywhere. Now I miss home even more! These flowers are really lovely!
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Wow, I’ve never seen like it. I can already picture myself doing some OOTD shots there hahaha… My oh my, the bold colors of the flowers, simply gorgeous. Hopefully I’d get to go there myself soon.
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Oh wow! Every single time I visit Cebu, Sirao has always been on the list but it always ends up as the one I miss out on. I hope I get to pay it a visit next time I’m in Cebu. Cool photos by the way.
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You are so right — this place totally reminds me of the tulip gardens in Amsterdam! The colors and rows of flowers here are gorgeous! I would love to take pictures here!
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Flowers are the gifts from Nature which never fail to bring a smile to even the most morose person. These flowers are really stunning and great to get lost in their colour and beauty.
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Really stunning! I can see why they call it little Amsterdam! Sirao Flower farm sounds wonderful, must be so easy to spend the whole day here and just get lost in thought around beautiful surrounds 🙂
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Wow, it’s the first time I’ve heard of celosia/woolflowers. They’re very unique and pretty. it actually looked like you went out of the country.
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It’s my first time hearing of Celosia, but I’ve seen unbloomed Celosia before in bouquets. It’s nice to know that there is a flower farm where one can enjoy it. You mentioned that the flowers bloom for only 10 weeks. So when is the best time to go there? It’s especially important for those who are traveling from far places.
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I haven’t seen Sirao Flower farm before, so this post really captured my imagination! I can’t believe how vibrant the colors of the flowers are! And I can absolutely see why people flock there to take pictures — gorgeous!
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Having grown up on a flower farm, now I’m thinking we should have charged admission! While I certainly don’t romanticize farm life, I do still love visiting other flower farms.
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This is so pretty and the vibrant flowers look quite surreal in this surrounding! I can’t believe some of them bloom up to 10 weeks – usually flowers only last a couple of days!
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Wool flowers are so bright Colourful and beautiful. And the best part of this flowers are they can blossom up to 10 weeks. I would love to bring some plants home if they permit to take home. Little amsterdam is awesome. Thanks for introducing this beautiful place 🙂
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Gorgeous photos! I can definitely see why you wanted to visit! We don’t have anything like this where I live – perhaps I need to grow a flower farm of my own!
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It seems flower fields/farms around the world are getting more popular these days. Amsterdam or not. WOuldn’t have expected those in Cebu but I don’t know why not. What a beautiful spot to check out!
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That flower farm is absolutely stunning. I adore the colors! I can see why it is such a popular spot for selfies.
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Wow! Love all your photos captured here, so lovely & full of colours. Very nice farm! Wish I can visit it & snapped photos too…so so nicely managed farm 🙂 I wanna visit Cebu soon… cheers, SiennyLovesDrawing
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Ang ganda! Yun lang masasabi ko 🙂 Instagram worthy ba, lol! I’ve always wanted to see Cebu and Davao. I have workmates and friends living in those areas. Hopefully someday!
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This is truly a feast for the eyes. I have been to the Philippines a few times but never to Cebu. What are the best months to go to there? Great tips about to how to get there.
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