While it’s tempting to snap countless photos of Batanes’ waving landscape and postcard-perfect backdrops, travelers should look beyond its Instagram appeal They say the third time’s the charm.

Batanes landscapes by local artists hang side ... and even school portraits, signage, brochures, and decorative boats. They have proposed to replace the ruined flagpole at Basco Square, and ...

For the tourism industry of Batanes, less is definitely more. “We only want an average number of tourists, in order to preserve the quality and interest (in the island),” 68-year-old freelance ...

Only 6 percent of entire land area is comprised of flat lands. The entire Batanes archipelago boasts of nine volcanoes, of which two are considered active or have shown signs of having erupted in the ...