Region in Visayas · 6 provinces and cities
The island's mango festival, and the reason most visitors come in May. It runs the whole month, and it first ran on 22 May 1993, the day Guimaras marks its founding as a province. Locals wear mango-inspired costumes and build mango-themed floats for a parade that makes its …
A week-long festival at San Jose with street parades, beach shows, plaza concerts, a beauty contest and a trade fair. Governor Evelio Javier started it in 1974. Binirayan comes from biray, the Kinaray-a word for sailboat, and the festival recalls the legend of the ten Bornean datus who …
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A park dedicated to Antique Governor Evelio Javier, who was assassinated in 1986. There is a marker that reads "A fitting tribute to a man who has done so much, not only for the people of Antique, but the entire …
A sight at Arsobispo Street, Roxas City. Hours: Open 24 hours. Entry: Free.
A neoclassical-art deco heritage mansion built in 1926 by Doña Petra Lacson, a matron of the Lacson clan, and Estanislao Yulo Yusay, a prominent lawyer and judge from Molo. The property has been restored and is now owned by the …
Built in 1916, it is a neoclassical structure designed by American architect Ralph Harrington Doane. It stands as the second largest and second oldest American-era customs house in the Philippines, following those in Manila and Cebu.
Built in 1928 by the Lopez family, this Beaux-Arts mansion is one of Iloilo’s most elegant heritage houses. The property features sprawling gardens, neoclassical architecture, and preserved interiors showcasing the lifestyle of Iloilo’s early 20th-century elite. The mansion is not …
One of the few belfries in the country that stands apart from the church. It was constructed by the Spaniards to serve as a watchtower to monitor Muslim invasion from Mindanao. The colonial structure was ruined by an earthquake in …
A summer house built on top of a huge rock, possessing a magnificent architectural design, overlooking the Legendary Seven Isles or Siete Picados and fascinating beautiful seascape of the northern part of Guimaras Strait. It was built as a pledge …
A sight at Guimaras Circumferential Road, Guimaras. Hours: 8AM-5PM. Entry: Free.
Hike to the 14 stations of the cross. Take a ferry bound for Jordan Wharf in Ortiz Port (Iloilo City). From Jordan Wharf, take a tricycle ride to the foot of Balaan Bukid. It's a 30-45 min hike to the …
One of only two Trappist monasteries in the country, near the middle of the island. Trappists from the United States founded it on 31 August 1972. It became a priory in 1982 and an abbey in 1990, and Dom Kevin …
A green park in Barangay Tiza, in front of Capiz National High School, with pocket gardens and three monuments to the history and the cultures of Roxas City.
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Roxas City guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Guimaras guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 220 hectare mangrove forest grown on what used to be the muddy shoreline of Barangay New Buswang. A bamboo trail of 1.3 kilometres takes you deep into the trees, past a watchtower, picnic huts, a souvenir shop and a …
A fortress church an hour south, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a facade carved with a coconut tree and Saint Christopher.
The old commercial street of Spanish and art deco buildings, now restored, running through the downtown. Its official name is J. M. Basa Street, and it was the city's main shopping centre for more than a century. The buildings along …
A joint fiesta of Roxas City and the province, held for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of the city. The name puts together the city fiesta Sinadya and the provincial thanksgiving Halaran, and it means Joy in Sharing and Thanksgiving. Fireworks, parades, fluvial processions, fairs, …
A seaside promenade with good views of the Sulu Sea. It is partially opened in 2020, and you can walk, bike or watch the sunset.
