Iloilo City Heritage & La Paz Batchoy

Iloilo · about 45 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City

Calle Real, Molo Church and the original La Paz batchoy — just 1 hour by fastcraft.

About

Walk Calle Real's restored facades, visit Molo Church (the 'feminist church' of female saints) and the Esplanade, and eat batchoy at La Paz Public Market where Ted's Oldtimer and Netong's are institutions.

History

Iloilo was the 'Queen City of the South' during the sugar and textile boom of the 1800s. Its Dinagyang Festival is held every January.

Why visit

Best day trip by sea from Bacolod — food capital of Western Visayas.

How to get there

Grab/taxi to Bacolod BREDCO port, then fastcraft (≈ 1 hr) to Iloilo.

• Fastcraft (≈ ₱500–700 one way)
• RoRo ferry from Pulupandan or Bacolod (cheaper, slower)

Prices (estimates)

• Batchoy≈ ₱100–200
• Hotels≈ ₱1,500–5,000

Hours / best time: Daily

Nearby places

• Guimaras Island (Mango Country) — Sweetest mangoes in the world, beaches and island hopping.
• Pulupandan Seaside & WWII Liberation Landing — Negros's closest point to Guimaras — where the liberators landed in 1945, now a sunset and seafood town.
• St. John the Baptist Church, Araneta Monument & Bantayan Park — 1891 church, the hero's monument and Bago's riverside park in the town centre.
• Balay ni Tan Juan (Gen. Juan Araneta Museum) — Ancestral home of the 1898 revolution hero Gen. Juan Araneta, now a museum.
• Miag-ao Church (UNESCO) — World Heritage baroque fortress-church with a coconut-tree facade.