Bantayan Island, Cebu: Holy Week Destination
Where else would you find a pier that looks like a large swimming pool with white sand and crytal clear waters? For the few times I had been to the place, I really wanted to jump off the boat and into cool waters.
Bantayan Island, located at the Northern tip of Cebu, is considered as one of the most attractive tourist haven in the Philippines. It is also the favorite destination of local tourists during the Holy Week. Aside from the lovely beach and the warm smile of the local folks, it boasts of elaborate Lenten procession and the rare Catholic Church exemption from eating meat because of a 200 year old Papal Bull edict.
How to go to Bantayan Island
Go to the Northbus Terminal at Mandaue City and ride a Ceres Bus going to Hagnaya, San Remegio. Don’t confuse the place with Daanbantayan. It is a different location and the road diverge somewhere in Bogo.
When you reach Hagnaya, ride a slow a boat, or the fastcraft going to Sta.Fe, Bantayan. That is where the white sand beaches are. Total one way fare (bus, boat and motorcab) is approximately P250.
You need prior reservations for Holy Week. Room rates double and are usually fully booked. If you go there other than Lent, you can choose from the many resorts in the long stretch of white sand. Some of the popular resorts there are:
1. Kota Beach
2. Marlin Beach Resort
3. Sta. Fe Beach Club
4. Budyong Beach Resort
5. Ogtong Cave Resort
But these are not all. There are plenty of other cheaper resorts there for the budget-conscious traveller. And by the way, Bantayan is also famous for its Danggit, you know the tasty dried fish.
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March 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am
and we are going to bantayan again for our annual holy week trip..
nice blog =)
March 13th, 2008 at 10:16 am
thanks for the visit, daddynator! We’d reserve ours for next month.
March 13th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Bisdak! hehe Cebu pud ko bai. Nice Blog btw
March 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
ako intawon bisan pwerting dugaya na nag puyo sa cebu wala jud katilaw ug bantayan … taman ra kos pictures ug mga post nga pareha ani.
March 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Wow. Haven’t been to Cebu. I wish someday, I can visit Cebu. Actually, I got attracted with your beautiful template, summer na talaga.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Rome, fellow cebuano, welcome to my blog!
Bambit, you should go to the place. Barato ra kaayo.
glitch, welcome to my site.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
nice place. sana magkaron ng bloggers’ event dyan someday
invite nyo naman kami hehehe
March 14th, 2008 at 5:39 am
salamat sa paglabay bai!
March 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
pinoyblogosphere, sana nga. it ain’t expensive here.
joy, salamat sa pag-agi.
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March 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
wow! such a very nice place. it’s one of our vacation destination plans with friends from Cebu. hope it would be soon.
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March 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
kerslyn, it is indeed a very nice place.
March 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
very nice place, been planning on going there. great post on how to get there, been wanting some directions. I agree with pinoyblogosphere.com, we should do some meetings there. haha. by the way, it was great meeting you at the EB. I added you to my blogroll.
March 16th, 2008 at 5:56 am
thanks, wilhelma. I added you too in my blogroll. I’ll add the others too.
March 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
halu.. please add my link too.. i have added you to my 2 blogs http://blurem23.blogspot.com
http://istaylsugbo.blogspot.com.. have a nice day!
April 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
wow…may bag-o kong kaplag nga bisdak blogger….
can we link up?
April 29th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
yeheyyy… we’ll visit bantayan this coming saturday… i’m so excited nah…
May 7th, 2008 at 10:08 am
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August 5th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
good thing my husband’s family come from bantayan island. i enjoy free weekends on the island. LOLz.:)
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