Cotabato City

Philippines

Cotabato City is a city, the regional center of the newly rarified Bangsamoro region.

Cotabato City is the City of cultural charms, because the city is the melting pot of different beliefs like Christians, Muslims and Lumads.

  • PC Hill painted houses
  • Tantawan park
  • Kutawato Cave
  • Sultan Hassanal Bolkhia Masjid (Grand Mosque)
  • BaiWalk
  • Rio Grande De Mindanao
  • Down Town
  • Takumi Butai Shrine
  • Tamontaka Church
  • ORG Compound

  • River cruising in Rio Grande De Mindanao
  • Malling in Mall of Alnor, CityMall and Southseas Mall
  • Enjoy spelunking in Kutawato Caves
  • Swim in the virgin beaches of Timaco
  • Walking and sunset viewing in “baiwalk” (Baywalk)
  • Take a picture the largest mosque in the Philippines the Hajji Hassanal Bolkhia Masjid.
  • Take a picture to the colorful houses of PC Hill.

  • KCC Mall de Cotabato. 9AM-8PM.
  • Puregold Supermarket, S K Pendatum Aveune. 8AM-9PM.
  • City Mall, Gov Guterrez Avenue.. 9AM-8PM. Has a cinema supermarket and many fast food outlets.

KCC Mall de Cotabato. 9AM-8PM.

Puregold Supermarket, S K Pendatum Aveune. 8AM-9PM.

City Mall, Gov Guterrez Avenue.. 9AM-8PM. Has a cinema supermarket and many fast food outlets.

  • Cafe Le Sorelle, Sinsuat Avenue Sema Bldg, corner Macapagal Street. Su 10:30AM-6:30PM, M-Sa 9:30AM-7:30PM. Their chicken, pastas and cheesecakes are recommended.
  • Pagana Kutawato, Rufo Manara Street Rosary Heights XI. Pork-less menu featuring native and local foods: fresh seafood - tuna, other fishes, crabs, large shrimp, and other shellfish.
  • Las Hermanas, Sinsuat Avenue. Su-Th 10AM-10PM, F Sa 10AM-11:30PM. Siomai, dim sum, pork dishes. Pork-less dishes.
  • Moro Cafe, ORC Compound, Gov. Gutierrez Avenue. M-F 8AM-9PM, Sa Su 7AM-8PM.
  • Rebecca Buffet, Salipada K. Pendatun Street. Kare-kare (buntot ng tuna), inihaw na panga, kilawin, fried chicken, shrimps, sinigang na isda, sweets, cookies, unlimited rice. ₱400 per person.

Cafe Le Sorelle, Sinsuat Avenue Sema Bldg, corner Macapagal Street. Su 10:30AM-6:30PM, M-Sa 9:30AM-7:30PM. Their chicken, pastas and cheesecakes are recommended.

Pagana Kutawato, Rufo Manara Street Rosary Heights XI. Pork-less menu featuring native and local foods: fresh seafood - tuna, other fishes, crabs, large shrimp, and other shellfish.

Las Hermanas, Sinsuat Avenue. Su-Th 10AM-10PM, F Sa 10AM-11:30PM. Siomai, dim sum, pork dishes. Pork-less dishes.

Moro Cafe, ORC Compound, Gov. Gutierrez Avenue. M-F 8AM-9PM, Sa Su 7AM-8PM.

Rebecca Buffet, Salipada K. Pendatun Street. Kare-kare (buntot ng tuna), inihaw na panga, kilawin, fried chicken, shrimps, sinigang na isda, sweets, cookies, unlimited rice. ₱400 per person.

  • Tati’s Bar and Grill, 027 Ramon Rabago Sr Ave.

Tati’s Bar and Grill, 027 Ramon Rabago Sr Ave.

The city is surrounded by the war-torn Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; there is high risk from spillovers of the Islamists insurgency from that region. See travel warnings at the region page.

  • Cotabato Regional Medical Center. Sinsuat Avenue Rosary Heights. +63 64-4212192.

Cotabato Regional Medical Center. Sinsuat Avenue Rosary Heights. +63 64-4212192.

  • Bureau of Immigration Cotabato office. 2nd floor Alnor Complex, Sinsuat Avenue.

Bureau of Immigration Cotabato office. 2nd floor Alnor Complex, Sinsuat Avenue.

Davao, 5-hour bus ride.