Batanes Island and its Beautiful Places and Hotels

The Batanes island is the smallest province in the Philippines in terms of population and land area. The capital of Batanes, Basco is 280 kilometers north of Apari, Cagayan (the tip of main island of Luzon) while it is only 190 kilometers south of Taiwan. Batanes lies in the vast waters of the Pacific ocean where the Pacific meets China sea. Batanes consist of 10 tiny islands and islets namely: Batan, Sabtang, Itbayat, Mavudis, Siayan, Diogo, North Island and Y'ami. The weather of Batanes is cool and windy. And it rains any month of the year. It has an almost temperate from December to February where temperatures dip as low as 7 degrees centigrade.

There are a lot of things to do and see in Batanes, swim on the many beaches, see the fishing villages, the churches and lighthouses, island hop, but best of all, it is a beautiful place to reflect and admire nature.
The islands are also home to old churches worth visiting: the Santo Domingo Church in Basco, San Jose de Ivana and San Carlos Church in Mahatao, and the San Vicente Church in Sabtang. These churches are all made of massive lime and stone constructions with original baroque architectures.


Interesting places in Batanes:
* House of Dakay (1887) a heritage building.
* Lighthouses of Batanes
* Chadpidan Beach, White Beach and more
* Nakaboang Beach, Ark and Cave
* Burial Caves - a pre-historic burial caves in the town of Itbayat.
* Songsong Ruins
* St. Dominic de Guzman Parish Cathedral
* Mahatao View Deck
* Sumhao Wind Power Plant

Batanes Accommodations - Batanes Hotels, Inns and Resort
There are lots of available Hotels and Inns waiting for a visitors or tourist visiting Batanes. This Hotels and Inns have thier different amount of prices it defends on the rooms that best fitted the visitors or tourist needs. If you are new to Batanes and if you know somebody there, you may decide to ask if you could stay with them. It makes your stay cheaper and they can be your guide during your stay.

Popular Hotels in Batanes:

* Rapitan di Vasay
* Pension Ivatan
* Shenedel's Inn
* Batanes Seaside Lodge


There are two (2) possible ways to go to Batanes Island
If you want to go to Batanes Island by plane it has early morning flights daily to Batanes from Manila and vise-versa. These flights land straight to Basco on Batan Island, Batanes.
By ship, you can catch a ferry operated by the Batanes Multi-Purpose Cooperative from Currimao, Ilocos Norte to Basco Batanes and vise-versa every Wednesday and Sunday.