Dipolog The Best Retirement City in The Philippines - Low Cost Living 

The Best Retirement City in The Philippines - Low Cost Living In this video I review Dipolog City and discuss why I think it might be the best hidden gem for retirement in the Philippines. Walk & Talk on the Dipolog Boulevard! AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some of the links on this channel are affiliate links, meaning, at NO additional cost to you, I may earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase and/or subscribe. Travel & Medical Insurance & Covers Covid-19 and requirements for coming to the Philippines: bit.ly/36pHlVf ------------------------------------------------ My Top 3 Dating Sites for finding a Filipina partner: #1 Dating Site to meet quality Filipina girls: Christian Filipina Meet Beautiful Christian Singles Today! They check every profile. Best overall results of any dating site in the Philippines. bit.ly/30bPjP8 ----------------------------------------------------- #2 FilipinoCupid is the #1 Filipino Dating Site With Over 5.5 Million Members cupidlinks.com/?a=142230&c=1&p=r&s1= ----------------------------------------------------------- #3 Filipina Love Connection - Find your soulmate today! filipinaloveconnection.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Need to Send yourself or your Filipina money: Remitly: Sending Money around the world: Get a special promotional rate and no fee on your first transfer!! remit.ly/bw9omq ---------------------------------------------------- Please consider Joining this channel to get access to perks and help support my channel: bit.ly/3eauJ8q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gio's Essentials Traveling List Order today! ========================= JBL Go 3 Portable speaker amzn.to/3hwyZn9 Merrell's Sandals amzn.to/3tRaLGQ Amazon Fire TV Stick amzn.to/3wfWZzi Roku Streaming Stick amzn.to/3tX9EWa Pacsafe metrosafe Anti-theft backpack amzn.to/3hyYnbX Balennz wicking quick dry t-shirts amzn.to/3ot9SmY Athletic Shorts Lightweight Quick Dry amzn.to/3djnxIk Mesh Quick Dry Sports Underwear amzn.to/3yRutFK Water Shoes Anti-slip amzn.to/3uXD6MR Lightweight Waterproof Pants Outdoor Travel Pants amzn.to/3H269Ej -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera Equipment & Editing Software that I use for my videos: ========================= DJI Pocket 2 Gimbal Camera Creator Combo amzn.to/2Rupsm7 DJI Backpack Clip & mount amzn.to/3oqB8SU Filmora Editing Software bit.ly/3o3BmkW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to help support my channel: paypal.me/GioSanTeaching ------------------------------------------------------------------- Visiting or moving to The Philippines? 1 on 1 Consultation With Gio: e-mail: italiagio71@gmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------- My Patreon account: Over 60 Exclusive videos not found on RU-vid www.patreon.com/giointhephilippines -------------------------------------------------------------- Wise get your first transfer for free: bit.ly/2Z4xxfZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gio's Moving To The Philippines Checklist PDF: 1drv.ms/b/s!Ah6Pwkh_BLpP72iBOkTi5-3c-6L5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information: facebook.com/GiointhePhilippines Contact me by e-mail: italiagio71@gmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About me: My name is Gio and I left the USA over 5 years ago to travel SE Asia and live a better life. Follow my journey as I travel around The Philippines reviewing different islands and cities. My channel: Reviewing different islands and cities in The Philippines as places to visit or live, condo and apartment reviews, dating tips, & how to travel and live inexpensively in The Philippines.

My wife is from there, but for some reason wanted to live in Dumaguette, I’m not that sure about Dumagete, 15 years ago it was good but now it’s not the same, we may be coming back to Dipolog😊

There's so many hidden gems in the Philippines that are not so called tourist destinations. I really like that type of city life much more so than a big populated city.

I am glad that some people are using their brains, you don't need face mask out in the open with fresh air, especially rain cleared air. Good job people of Dipolog.

Hi Gio I am a big fan. I am an American living in Dipolog for 12 years. Married to a Filipina. Life is very good here. Please contact me and let me know before you come back to Dipolog? Maybe I can help you. I am working with the Mayor and Governor of the province to have Dipolog cater to foreign retirees to make their retirements easier via NGO for now. Then if successful after three years they have agreed to make it part of city hall. My goal is to have Dipolog someday to be known as the retirement foreign Capitol in the Philippines- seriously As you know our needs are much different than the filipino’s needs. Thank you for highlighting Dipolog. Be safe.

Hey Gio my dear friend, Dipolog is beautiful. I really love the long boardwalk. The hotel looks very nice and clean. I will definitely try to visit Dipolog city. And it looks so peaceful there. I still can't get over how long that boardwalk is. and now that i am back in the philippines, i know for sure, that this will be my permanent home. Dipolog City, looks so relaxed. Definitely this is a very laid back place. and the low cost of living is very cool as well. i'll bet your legs are so tired from climbing 3,003 steps Gio. I think that i will try it when i visit Dipolog City. Its so clean, and it does have trash cans. Wow, you definitely don't see trash cans very often. you know Gio, there is something that is so magical about the Philippines. I will still say, it's the people. I love those coconut trees on the boardwalk. A rainy day in the Philippines, is better than a sunny day in america. Thank you Gio my dear friend for sharing this awesome video. Please stay safe and healthy. And God bless you and your beautiful fiancee always.

Too put it mildly that is a very quiet town. Most of the locals are working on ways to get Out

Check out Dapitan it also has a boardwalk and restaurants etc. we went there on our way to Dakak resorts. Another place you might want to visit. We were there couple weeks ago.

Thank you sir for sharing my hometown Dipolog. It's safe, clean, no traffic and very friendly people. I think it is one of the longest boulevard in mindanao. God bless your tour sir.. New subs here..

Gio I think you hit the Nail on the Head when you said Trash Bins and Benches ,guess they had them for a long time so people started using them, and it shows by how clean everywhere is .They must employ people to empty them top marks to the Mayor of Dipolog

Thank you for showing this City, the lack of expats makes it very appealing to me

Great Video Gio, are bicycles allowed on the Boardwalk

My fiance lives there. Loves the Boulevard for walking exercise. We will be moving to Mactan Newtown hopefully in June.

My wife’s from there Gio, wait until the weekend and closer to the evening/night when more vendors come out. You should check out Zaragoza factory there, try the hot sardines!!! Also Grandma’s Bakery. Dakak Resort by Dapitan.

My wife is from Dipolog, ive been there 3 times since 2013. just spent 3 weeks with my wife and our girls and her family. Great place, friendly people. its built up alot in just the last 5 years. new malls, gated housing developments, etc.

I want to fly to Philippines and ride my bike for a month. Big circle from Manila North and east and south down to Cebu Then back to Manila and fly home. Stay at cheap hotels

It's probably too quite for me and I am a 74 year old retiree. Add to that the real risk of terrorists who can at any time appear ...the very reason hundreds of foreigners left this city before!! Nice to visit for a day or two I suppose despite rather expensive $40 per night older small hotel room price. I'll stay in Jomtien, Thailand for the time being. It's also quiet, has a great boardwalk white sand beach plenty of cafes, eateries and bars and zillions of girls on the hunt .

Hey Gio, neeksay on the beautiful girlsay. Someone might be watching. LOL

Gio, when you are in negros oriental going to Bacolod, try stopping by at manjuyod sand bar, the Maldives in visayas.

Never been there Gio I'm impressed as you are ,will visit Dipolog when I'm next in PI thanks for video .

There is a city 21 KM south of Bacolod City in Negros that has similar view of Dipolog but lots of trees and tiled pavement. More than 1 KM stretch. Its on the side of the river. The Bago city blvd. You will see that if you pass by a western route from Dumaguete on your way to Bacolod City.

I used to own a beach property not too far from there in Dilipuga on the National HW 1600 sqm on Iligan Bay

Just watched your vlog and it reminds me of Dumaguete but less commercialised. Just got back to U.K. and stayed Manila, Panglao, Mactan Newtown, Cebu, Dumaguete, Tagum and Davao. Dumaguete was my favourite although we had a bad experience with Air BnB’s. It seems the standard of Air BNB’s have dropped since pre-pandemic it seems general maintenance has been neglected.

Nice place,so clean,and garbage cans that I have never seen anywhere else in the Philippines. I certainly would like to visit there

Thanks for the video Gio. I may check this place out. I spent two and a half yrs living in Cebu during the Pandemic and I just returned here from the US yesterday. I'm looking for a place that's both quiet and safe. I'll do some research on Dipolog. I do see they have an airport there. Could one fly from Cebu perhaps? I'm not sure about a hospital. It is a little close to Marawi City which is a place you want to stay out of for safety reasons.

Saying that Dipolog is the best Retirement City is a very Bold statement. You have been in Philippines around 3 years and have only seen a fraction of the many beautiful places to live and stay in Philippines. Although your videos are very useful and informative, You need a little more experience before making a statement like that.

I was there for two weeks. I had a great time. I got a hotel room for $13.00 dollars a day. That is all you need. The food was delicious and always fresh.

if you speak Spanish and English then you feel right at home in Dipolog 😁

I am in Dipolog now the closest Bi office is in Dumaguete or Ozmis I came to Dipolog on March 12 I am on my to leave Dipolog

This is my dad's province. Some of my relatives still live there. I remember going there back in the 90's and it was soooo different. They didn't even have Jollibee over there. It seems like it modernized for the last 20 years. People over there are generally nice and friendly. I played ball there and the locals were initially trippin on me, then my cousin came and the athmosphere changed! Bam!

I’m here in Dipolog right now..been here 6 days now and I’m bored to tears. Nothing to do here. I would never retire in this city. Unless I wanted to die of boredom.

Wow! Can't wait to visit!! Love how long the boardwalk is, great place to run every day!

Great walking area, you got a workout, what's rental availability in Dipolog and at what cost, looks like a really chill spot to retire.....

Approx. monthly cost to live there comfortable pleas ???? Thanks Mark

Nice walk and talk Gio. My choice if I were to rent there is Lapu-Lapu in Mactan Island, as I enjoy the beach and the new condos that you were renting in Mactan-Newtown. Enjoy the rest of your journey!

Gio, have you ever been to Iloilo? I keep looking at that location and it looks very nice...

To.my eyes it doesn't look too good..bare and uninteresting. Dumagete is much nicer and built up. Has good hospitals there too and mall

When I read Dipolog, i immediately watch this vlog, because Im curious about that city. Im pinoy but not a traveler. I think Dipolog is a spanish city down there in Zamboanga. Im in Germany but realization tells me Its more fun in the Philippines.

I lived in Surigao for 3 years every time I am alone in town I was asked sir where is your wife I am in Dipolog for 19 days no one asks me, sir, where is your wife so Diolpog is the wrong place for me

Thanks Gio, looks like a peaceful quiet boardwalk, take a long powerwalk, enjoy coffee shops, restaurants & sunset . Central location for ferry to DUMAGUETE, BOHOL, CEBU, LEYTE🏝🏖🕶👍

There's people holding eachother with masks on.. wtf

I don't get why there still walking around outside with masks on..

Very nice Gio. Boardwalk and mini coconut trees, foliage all real nice. How about the central area..?? Parks, restaurants…??? Waterfalls outside of town..??? Anyway enjoy the road trip…!!!!

Hhahahahahaha 30 mins out towards Polanco and Mutia that's where the NPA live, You will often see raids by the military, machine-gun fire, grenades, I live in Mutia going on 12 years if you like action come on down.

Retirement destination doesn't mean a thing for people who are over 60 unless they have top flight health Care good hospitals good doctors let no one tell you any different thank you God bless you

Fantastic Beach Boardwalk, I always wondered how safe Dipolog was being so far west in Mindanao. Cool looking city, thanks for the tour.

I was in Dipolog back in 2007, and was on a mining expedition from San Francisco looking at some of the best alloy ores on earth and went into the deep jungles with an armed entrouge of - I was warned it's not safe for the white guy, but had a great experience exploring very remote areas. We based at a resort/congressman's private oasis that was absolutely paradise - wish I could remember where it was - couple hours by car from Dipolog.

Only heard one rooster. And clean. Yikes that's on the must see list

Looks can be deceiving. That's not a place one should spend much time like retirement. There's been plenty of incidences in the past of big rebel groups causing problems and having shootouts there and there's even been abu sayeff kidnappings. All it takes is for a truckload or a couple of boatloads of armed terrorists to show up with automatic weapons and cause problems or kidnapp somebody and take off in their speed boats. And yes this has happened before in the past. They're not very far away from there. You're a lot safer in Davao City...

Thank you showing around my place.I miss it.I really appreciated you like my place.

Looks like a wonderful place to raise a family

Been there many times since I was a child. Its my mothers hometown. I cant believe Dipolog is now becoming known on the internet. Back then many didn't know about this place. My parents used to have a beach house right at that boulevard in the early 90s. It was all beach back then there was no boulevard. Life back then was simpler and have more nature.

Nice walking along the boulevard with you, Gio; I wish I could see more than that, the countryside, the cafes, the food, the people. Looks clean and friendly. I've been writing to a woman in Zamboanga City for a couple of years; is it safe to go and hang out there?

There you go that young girl just put her rubbish in the Trash Bin ,it's now a habit for locals really great to see .

I lived in Pozorrubio, Pangasinan Province, Luzon for a while. Close to 5 years. And, here in nearby Urdaneta City for the past year Rent for 2 room apartments with 2 bathrooms are in the ₱6,000 per month range. Urdaneta City is up and coming. They have a massive buy and sell market. 3 huge Malls. All the fast food restaurants. Even a brand new dominos pizza.

Wow lot's of lovely ladies, bench seats galore on that long boulavard and just one foreigner you saw today Gio ! sounds promissing , you mention beaches and waterfalls , will you do a walk pass or maybe put ya swimming trunks on ?! and coffee's better than that American chain ! Dipolog here I come !

Pls dont tell the world about Dipolog, ok, im trying my best to save so that I can afford a house there!

seems like a nice place for fishing with all that space

Yeah I'm from dipolog city

Gio your living the life….when someone says, “I don’t even know what day it is”, that’s a pure sign! The trash cans on Dipolog boardwalk is a great example of what happens when pre-planning human behavior dictates desired results👍👍. I’d like to find out in the future what the rest of that boardwalk looks like via a bicycle 🚲 ride 😊. Btw, did you see lots of stray dogs? 🐕

You're close to Zamboanga City. I hope you can visit and do a vlog content there.

How is the internet and electricity there? Some Vlogger said they have constant outages. I'd like your knowledge of that please

I thought that this was not a safe area, thanks for the heads up.

Miss my place

Thanks for the tip of carrying a water bottle or cup of coffee and not having to wear a mask while one walks.

Im leaving in this city..😇😇

Hey Gio, I thought you were going to stop vlogging and get married? Wow! That city looks really clean! I really get tired of seeing trash everywhere.

thanks for sharing the views of dipolog gio atleast even i cannot go there thru ur bloggs and videos its enough for me , be safe and see in ur next videos

I like that Boardwalk. Nice and even and clean But Gio, how can you say it's a low cost city and then pay $40 per night for a B&B..??

Good job sir! And thank you

Are there any malls or big grocery stores there? . We are looking to move out of Dumaguete.

My gf is from Negros. She says in Dipolog a Kano can get a girl easy.

Great video! Are you back in Dipolog?

my hometown Sir. thank you for showing my town. I'm going to visit in December to visit my parents they used to live in Chicago and they decided to retire home. I'm excited seeing your video, I'm excited and also nervous.I haven't been home for 28 yrs.

I gotta say for a guy who isn't yet set on where to ultimately hang his hat, I'd hoped you'd have added more flexibility into your trip so that when visiting a real cool town you can stay a while to explore more

and there is a road cleaner or vender at 19:41

Thanks Gio!

8hrs bus ride from dipolog to zamboanga city gio

That is my hometown 😍❤️ I missed it my last vacation was 2020 when the pandemic started in China.. everrytime me and my husband going back in the Phils Dipolog we had our jogg every morning in boulevard from the starting at st. Krus to the bridge... A lot wester people live in dipolog. Some married to a local and do farming...

If you want to get away from foreigners, go to Zamboanga del Sur.

Gio man, you always deliver when it comes to your recommendations. Did you say that you were going to leave the Philippines?

Room looks cozy for a single guy. How many nights stay?

WE ARE PLANNING TO RETIRE IN DIPOLOG ONE DAY. THANKS FOR AWESOME VIDEO

Sir. You mentioned that Dumaguete is more build up than Dipolog. Although that may be true, but according to latest releases by government agencies, Dipolog is more progressive than Dumaguete.

That you for your video 📹 I'm looking for a good woman and a good retirement place to live, thank you willing

omg! my hometown. haven't been home for 2 years now and I'm missing the Dipolog boulevard. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

What's down south Gio? Gorilla Military?

New subscriber here! Thank you for featuring my city, Dipolog. I just got married to my American husband and he will be living permanently here soon. He loved our town, La Libertad, an hour away from Dipolog City. God speed.

Yeah Gio talking about dogs never saw any running around ?

6 mins into your video that was my old apartment 10K pesos a month. I have spent a lot of time there since 2009 its changed a lot, as much as it is a nice place its also pretty boring......

even where all the street venders are it's very clean

your timing is excellent :) had recently had Dipolog come up on my radar, and it was on my short list of places to visit once I get there.. now it has moved even higher on the list for me :) the boardwalk is a big part of that for my daily wandering thanks Gio!

Yeah , finally you already been at dipolog city... Its been a few months since i subscribed you're other videos in other places.

Very nice Video😊 You sey there are not tourists...what about the girls, are there nice slums😊?

I really like your vlog, and now that you're starting to tour the Philippines it's more interesting. But I wish you'd stay like the temperature conditions there is an equivalent to baggio or more like Manila there

Absolutely fantastic boardwalk Can I live on the boardwalk Still waiting for cheap cost of living Perhaps I can bring a tent As you didn't say anything but the bloody boardwalk

I guess safe is a relative term. When the local cops found out we were staying the night they had a car check on the hotel every hour to make sure we were still SAFE. Real glad to be on the ferry out.

Good for me I am muslim Need a nearby mosque to pray in and charitable Islamic groups for my zakat Mindanao has many Muslims Dipolo will check it out Thank you

Nice video. 📹 I might check out Dipolog this Year! 2023

Hey Gio! I know it’s on the opposite side of mindanao, but have you checked Tandag in Surigao?