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Municipality in Batangas, Philippines
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San Jose is a rural, agricultural municipality between Lipa and Batangas City, in Batangas.
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Welcome monument showcasing the town's egg production industry.
Baroque-styled church in the middle of town, dedicated to its patron saint and forming the Spanish-era Poblacion. Its highlights are the altar, pulpit and gold-colored ceiling motifs and tiles. There is also an adjacent ecclesiastical museum.
Old Municipal Hall
San Jose's local history museum, housed in the town's former town hall built during the Spanish era.
Popular roadside eatery serving inexpensive lutong bahay.
Cheap Batangueño dishes, such as lomi and crispy pata, as well as cultural experience through Batangas Tagalog words.
Inland food destination visited for its cheap bowl of lomi noodles.
A restaurant serving fried and crispy pata (pork knuckle)
Mediterranean-themed resort not far from Mount Maculot.
By bus
Frequent provincial bus services ply the highway, and they make the usual stop near the intersection at Taysan, but is hardly possible from Batangas City.
By car
The town lies along the highway between Lipa and Batangas City, locally called National Highway (Route 4), which bypasses the town proper to the east
By train
Train service ended around the 1960s, but is proposed to be restored by the 2020s once the line between Calamba and Batangas City is rebuilt.
Tricycles are the common transport mode through the town and surrounding area composing the larger municipality; most corners of town are reachable by tricycle.
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