Burnham Park is the most popular park in Baguio City. It the city’s premier park named in honor of its architect and planner, Daniel Burnham. It is centered around a man-made lake located at the heart of the city. Burnham Park is an ideal place for taking photographs and a visitor should bring along a camera when going to the park. There are commercial photographers in the park who can take your pictures in case you forget to bring a camera which usually delivered within just a few hours. Around the park are the children's playground, biking area, orchidarium, football ground, skating rink, tennis court, basketball court and a few restaurants. The place gets so much visitors because are different facilities for recreation and relaxation that are available in the park during the summer particularly the Holy Week and during Christmas season. You can row a boat, have a picnic, attend an outdoor concert, watch a football game, go biking, or just take a leisurely stroll around the park. At the southern end of the park is a circular skating rink where skates can be borrowed. There are also tennis and basketball courts, a few restaurants, outdoor kiosks, a children's playground, and an orchidarium where various kinds of plants, trees and flowers are sold. Chairs and benches are scattered around the park for those who just want to sit along and settle down. By practice, people flock to Burnham park on Christmas and New Year's day for picnics.
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