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Iloilo is famous for...
Sta. Barbara Golf Course
16 km. north of Iloilo City proper; 18-hole; 37 hectares of golf course which is the oldest in the country; built in 1907.
Museo Iloilo and Antique Collections (Iloilo City)
Repository of Iloilo's cultural heritage.
Molo Church
3 km. from the city proper; Gothic Rennaissance Church of coral rock; completed in the 1800s.
Jaro Cathedral
3 km. from the city proper; seat of the Jaro Archbisphoric embracing Western Visayas.
UP in the Visayas Campus (Miag-ao, Iloilo)
A thousand hectare school campus, which centers on fisheries.
Miag-ao Church (Miag-ao)
40 km. southwest of Iloilo City; built in 1786; declared as national landmark in 1973; included in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
San Joaquin Church
53 km. southwest of Iloilo City; the only church in the Philippines sporting bas-relief of historic battle between Christians of Spain and Moors of Morocco in Tetuan in 1859.
Dinagyang
(every 4th of weekend of January; Iloilo City). A colorful cavalcade in honor of the Holy Child Jesus amidst the cracking drumbeats, Iloilo's version of the world famous Ati-atihan Festival.
Paraw Regatta
(movable dates; Iloilo Strait). A race among swift and colorful native outriggers in the strait between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island.
Lapaz Batchoy (Lapaz, Iloilo)
Originated in the District of Lapaz, Iloilo City. It’s a noodle soup with pig’s entrails, liver, and chicharon.
Iloilo / Panay Mountainbiking
Guimaras Island off the coast of Iloilo is famous for the Guimaras International Mountain Bike Festival. If you want more, head across the Guimaras Strait to Iloilo, where there is an active biking scene and a number of routes of varying lengths. For a long-distance tour, ride across Panay Island and take your bike over to Boracay, a destination worth the effort.
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