Don Salvador Benedicto Market

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Don Salvador Benedicto Market
Don Salvador Benedicto Market

Description

Highland market where vegetable producers from the mountain barangays sell produce. In Don Salvador Benedicto, the highland town between Bacolod and San Carlos, cool enough to grow what the lowlands can’t. Public markets here run hardest before 8am, when the night’s catch is in and upland produce has just come down; by late morning it’s mostly dry goods and leftovers. Prices are negotiable in the wet and dry sections. Worth a stop for muscovado, tablea and native sweets at market rather than shop prices — bring small notes and your own bag.

Tips
The Ceres bus from Bacolod to San Carlos via DSB runs straight through the farming country and is both faster and cooler than the coastal route — ask to be dropped at the market. Bring a layer; it"s genuinely cold up here by Negros standards.
Stops
Northern Sugar & Seafood Corridor
How to get there
Ceres bus, Bacolod to San Carlos via Don Salvador — about 2 hours, historically around ₱130, and the faster of the two routes. Ask to be dropped at the market.
Best Times
Morning, while highland produce is being brought to market.

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