Two Lovers Point facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Two Lovers Point |
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| Puntan Dos Amåntes | |
The sihouette of Two Lovers Point dominates the view north from the Tumon tourist center
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 Location in Guam
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| Coordinates | 13°32′5.97″N 144°48′8.83″E / 13.5349917°N 144.8024528°E |
| Surface elevation | 370 feet (110 m) |
| Designated: | 1972 |
Two Lovers Point (Chamorro: Puntan Dos Amåntes) is prominent cape and seaside cliff in Tamuning, Guam that overlooks northern Tumon Bay and the Philippine Sea. One of four National Natural Landmarks on Guam, it is closely associated with the folktale of two doomed lovers and is a major tourist attraction.
The Point is part of the limestone plateau that forms the northern part of Guam. The cliff height at the point is approximately 370 feet.
Tourism
Two Lovers Point is Guam's most famous landmark. While the land is owned by the Government of Guam, the first term administration of Governor Carl Gutierrez (1995-1999) initiated a public-private partnership to develop the site with Calvo Enterprises, a company owned by former governor Paul McDonald Calvo. The partnership was held up by Senator James Moylan in 2019 as a good model for future island improvements.
Two Lovers Point was reported in 2019 to attract 500,000 visitors to its park annually, and 360–400,000 to the lookout point itself. It includes a gift shop and facilities to host weddings. The site includes a sister bell with other "Lovers Points" in Kashiwazaki, Niigata and Izu, Shizuoka. An independently operated restaurant, Terraza Dos Amantes, operates on the site.
In 2002, Super Typhoon Pongsona damaged and toppled the metal statue of the two lovers at the site. In 2013, Guam businessman David Barnhouse visited Two Lovers Point with his soon-to-be wife Nancy. Recounting rumors that the statue was still lying in a junkyard somewhere on Guam, David vowed that if the statue still existed that he would repair it and return it to the site as a symbol of his love for Nancy. Two years later, Nancy mentioned this to Moses S. Chong, the owner of Green Guam Corporation, who stated that the statue was lying in his scrapyard, explaining that he had bought it for scrap but "never had the heart to melt it down." The Barnhouses bought the rusting statue and paid a local fabricator to spend five months carefully repairing it. On October 15, 2015, the second wedding anniversary of the Barnhouses, they returned the statue to Two Lovers Point, where it still stands.
"Two Lovers Point" is mentioned in the lyrics of "Do It Again", a 2015 song by Pia Mia, who was born on Guam.
