A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Basco guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Sabtang guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
Basco Cathedral
The seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Batanes, built during the Spanish era in 1812.
Palu-palo Festival
Basco's town fiesta. Palu-palo is a stick dance that re-enacts the Ivatan fight against Spanish rule, and the two days carry it with a parade and a market.
Sabtang Island
The southernmost island municipality of Batanes, known for the stone-house villages of Savidug and Chavayan and for the Morong arch on its shore. Steep mountains and deep canyons drop to short white sand beaches, and the island also has a …
Sabtang Lighthouse
An structure overlooking the northern part of the island and watching the ferries heading to and from Batan Island.
Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church
Sabtang's main Roman Catholic church, built in a Baroque style during the Spanish era in 1785.
Chavayan
The main draw in Sabtang, it is a community (barangay) composed of houses built in the traditional Ivatan way and composed of stone and thatch roofs in the southern part of the island. It is where most postcard images of …
Chamantad-Tinyan Viewpoint
An elevated sport along the National Road with views of the surrounding cliffs, coves and roaring ocean, set amid a background of rolling hills and grasslands. Beware of droppings from grazing goats and cattle.
Basco Lighthouse
A six-storey lighthouse on Naidi Hill in Barangay San Antonio, with a deck over Basco and the open sea. You reach it on foot: the hike up from the Port of Basco is 1.2 kilometres. The deck is on the …
Marlboro Country
Open pasture on a headland above the sea, with cattle grazing and a view to Mount Iraya. It is also called Racuh a Payaman.
Santa Rosa de Lima Chapel
Chavayan's Roman Catholic chapel, built with a Baroque facade and a thatched roof during the Spanish era.
Savidug Idjang
The idjang is an Ivatan word for the elevated and fortified settlements that existed in Batanes before Spanish colonization. The one in Sabtang, situated on a triangular-shaped hill, has been the one most extensively studied by archaeologists.
Savidug
Like Chavayan, it is a barangay in the east-central section of Sabtang composed of traditional stone houses that also forms the typical postcard pictures of Batanes.
Saint Thomas Aquinas Chapel
Savidug's Roman Catholic chapel, built in a Baroque style during the Spanish era.
Basco Rolling Hills
Scenic hilly area offering views of the ocean and Mt. Iraya, with grazing cows, goats & other animals.
Chawa View Deck
A perfect place to watch the sunset. Romantic sunset viewing. Highly recommended for sunset lovers.
Honesty Coffee Shop
An unstaffed shop in Ivana where you take what you want and leave the money in a box.
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- Check the opening hours and the fee on the page.
- Bring cash: many gates and boats do not take cards.
- Take your trash with you.