Batanes is the north beyond the north for us ... Tourism in particular is seeing focus, with places like a restaurant overlooking the ship shelter and a branch of the National Museum on the ...

Pension Ivatan Hometel and Restaurant The owner of the hometel, Tess, used to run her own restaurant in Tuguegarao before moving to Batanes, so you know she knows food. For a true Ivatan feast ...

Manila, Philippines - Batanes is well known for its picturesque landscape of verdant rolling hills and lush mountains, its iconic stone houses, its raw climate and its unique cultural heritage.

Mahi-mahi, as its more commonly called in the Pacific, are abundant in the warm ocean currents of Batanes. It is also called “dorado” or “golden” in Spanish for its prominent golden color ...

Batanes has six municipalities—Basco, Itbayat, Ivana, Mahatao, Sabtang and Uyugan. Based on the 2015 Census of Population, Batanes’s population was at 17,246.

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 ...