Visayas — Beaches, Heritage, and Island Life

The central island group: Boracay's White Beach, Bohol's Chocolate Hills, Cebu's festival city, and Iloilo's heritage mansions.

Visayas Island Group

Destinations in Visayas

The Visayas are the Philippines at its most island-like: white-sand beaches, world-class diving, heritage cities, and short ferry hops between destinations. These guides cover the group's essential stops, from Boracay's sands to Cebu's reefs and Iloilo's old quarters.

Central Visayas

Bohol

The island of the Chocolate Hills — a jade-green countryside of cone-shaped hills, a jungle river, tiny tarsiers, and the white-sand beaches of Panglao just across a bridge.

Western Visayas

Boracay

A small island off Aklan's coast with a famous four-kilometer stretch of powder-white sand, turquoise shallows, and legendary sunsets.

Central Visayas

Cebu

The Philippines' great island crossroads — Spanish-era heritage in Cebu City, resort beaches on Mactan, and waterfalls, reefs, and quiet islands stretching far down the province's long coastline.

Western Visayas

Iloilo City

A heritage city on Panay island — grand ancestral mansions, the UNESCO-listed Miag-ao Church, batchoy at La Paz market, and a waterfront esplanade — with Guimaras mangoes just offshore.

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