Top choice in Batanes
This thatched little oasis is, hands down, the best place in town to sample Batanes' specialities – from coconut crab and kinilaw (ceviche) to uved balls (banana root balls with bits of garlic and fish) and vunes (fried gabi stalks).
Service can be slow, and at the time of research the kitchen was often closed as staff helped the restaurant at the flashy new Pension Ivatan Hometel find its feet.
1.27 MILES
A road leads up to a trail where it's an easy five-minute walk to views over rocky beach and the endless, green Vayang Rolling Hills. If the weather is…
6.48 MILES
Ivana is home to the Unesco-listed House of Dakay (1877), the oldest stone house in the Batanes.
0.9 MILES
The Dipnaysupuan Tunnels were built deep into the rock face by the occupying Japanese during WWII using forced local labour; you can explore the tunnels…
1.53 MILES
From Basco it’s a 1½-hour walk, a tough 30-minute bike ride or an easy tricycle jaunt up to Radar Tukon, a weather station on a hilltop with great 360…
1.41 MILES
Tukon Chapel is an appealing stone church built by the Abad family for their daughter's wedding in 2008; it's a 1¼-hour uphill hike southeast of Basco.
1.35 MILES
This sacred fishing port for Barangay San Joaquin is a beach made up of exercise-ball-sized boulders.
0.43 MILES
Basco Lighthouse is 1.2km north of Basco. Climbing it will give you stellar views of the coast.
3.59 MILES
A refreshing spring and pool that's a 20-minute walk from the fishing village of Diura.
0.43 MILES
Basco Lighthouse is 1.2km north of Basco. Climbing it will give you stellar views of the coast.
0.9 MILES
The Dipnaysupuan Tunnels were built deep into the rock face by the occupying Japanese during WWII using forced local labour; you can explore the tunnels…
1.27 MILES
A road leads up to a trail where it's an easy five-minute walk to views over rocky beach and the endless, green Vayang Rolling Hills. If the weather is…
1.35 MILES
This sacred fishing port for Barangay San Joaquin is a beach made up of exercise-ball-sized boulders.
1.41 MILES
Tukon Chapel is an appealing stone church built by the Abad family for their daughter's wedding in 2008; it's a 1¼-hour uphill hike southeast of Basco.
1.53 MILES
From Basco it’s a 1½-hour walk, a tough 30-minute bike ride or an easy tricycle jaunt up to Radar Tukon, a weather station on a hilltop with great 360…
3.59 MILES
A refreshing spring and pool that's a 20-minute walk from the fishing village of Diura.