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Region VI (Western Visayas): Visit
Region in Visayas · 6 provinces and cities
White Beach
Four kilometres of fine white sand divided into three stations, with the sunset at the north end.
Ati-Atihan Festival
The province's best known festival: tribal dance, music and a street parade in Kalibo on the third Sunday of January, held in honour of the Santo Nino. The name means to be like Atis, after the Aeta people who first settled Panay. Dancers wear indigenous costumes and carry …
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Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral
One of the most significant religious sites in the Visayas. It houses the miraculous image of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candles), the only Marian image in the Philippines crowned by a pope and Vatican decree, …
Ati-Atihan (Kalibo)
The oldest of the Santo Niño festivals, two hours from Boracay by road. It opened on 10 January, the Sadsad Ati-Atihan contest ran on 17 January, and the last day was Sunday 18 January.
Roxas Cathedral
A cathedral on the plaza in the historic centre, the seat of the Archdiocese of Capiz and the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. It faces the Panay River and the Capiz Bridge. Augustinian missionaries founded the parish in 1707, …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Kalibo guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
Dinagyang Festival
Three days for the Santo Niño. The fluvial and foot processions ran on Friday 23 January, Kasadyahan and the religious sadsad on Saturday, and the Ati tribes competition on Sunday 25 January.
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A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Iloilo City guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …
Kalibo Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Kalibo, in the downtown and close to the Aklan River, and the oldest place of worship in the province. It carries two other names: the Cathedral Parish of Saint John the Baptist, and the …
Iloilo Paraw Regatta
The 53rd regatta. Paraws, the outrigger sailboats of the Visayas, race off Villa Beach: the slalom on 26 February and the main sail on 1 March.
Love Boracay
The island's week of beach sport and music, the successor to LaBoracay. Clean-ups and sustainability run beside the races, the beach games and the sunset sets.
Kalibo Mangrove (Bakhawan) Ecotourism Park
One of the most successful mangrove reforestation projects in the country.
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's San Jose de Buenavista guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. …
Taklong Island
An island off the south coast of Guimaras, the main one in the Taklong and Tandog Group of Islands Natural Park. President Corazon Aquino declared the island and the water around it a national marine reserve on 8 February 1990, …
Molo Church
A gothic-revival church in coral stone whose nave is lined with sixteen statues of women saints. Its formal name is Santa Ana Parish Church, and people call it the women's church because every image inside is female, Saint Anne among …
Capitoguan Beach
Guimaras has a number of secluded beaches without road access, and Capitoguan is one of them. To get there,The beach operators charge a 50 pesos per person admission fee. If you have packed a tent with you, you pay 200 …
Bulabog Putian National Park
The only limestone mountain formation in Iloilo, protected as a rainforest park of 854.33 hectares across the towns of Dingle and San Enrique, 43 kilometres from Iloilo City. A trail of 40 kilometres runs through it, up to Putian Peak …
Mount Nangtud
The second highest peak on Panay at 2,074 metres, known for its sea of clouds and its mossy forest. It stands in Jamindan on the border with Barbaza in Antique, and it is the third highest mountain in the Visayas, …
Panay Church
A coral block church at Panay that holds the largest church bell in the country. Juan Reina cast the bell in about 1884 out of sacks of coin the townspeople gave, and it weighs more than 10 tonnes. The church …
San Joaquin Church
A church in southern Iloilo whose stone pediment shows a battle: the Spanish victory over the Moors at Tetouan. The Augustinians completed it in 1869. Inside are three retablos carved from limestone, which once carried paint. Next to the church …
Malandog River Park
A memorable place to remember where significant event took place and is being commemorated every year as part of Philippine history.
Sicogon Island
A resort island 9.95 kilometres off the northeast coast of Panay, under the town of Carles. It covers 11.6 square kilometres and holds three barangays, and 4,275 people lived there at the 2020 census. A joint company of Ayala Land …
Barangay Culasi Lighthouse
Take a 20-min walk to the base of the lighthouse, which has a viewing deck overlooking the sea and some islets.
Ang Panublion Museum
The Roxas City Museum was once a circular water tank that has been creatively reused as a museum. It has exhibits about local and indigenous Panay culture, and the tourism office.
Baybay Beach
A sight at People's Park, Arnaldo Boulevard, Roxas City. Hours: Open 24 hours. Entry: Free.
San Jose Church
Founded in 1607 by the Jesuits and later turned over to the Augustinians, it is considered the first church in Iloilo City. The church houses the replica of Santo Niño de Cebú, the patron saint of the Dinagyang Festival.
Iloilo River Esplanade
A long riverside walk, busy at sunset with runners and food stalls. It runs 9.29 kilometres along both banks of the Iloilo River, from Carpenter Bridge in Mandurriao and Molo to Drilon Bridge in the City Proper and Lapuz, which …
Museo Iloilo
The regional museum, covering prehistoric burial goods through the sugar boom, and the first government-sponsored museum in the country outside Metro Manila. It stands near the Iloilo Provincial Capitol, in a building from 1971 by the architect Sergio Penasales. The …
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