Bantayan

Region VII · Cebu

Bantayan is northern Cebu's best-kept secret — a flat island of coconut palms, fishing villages, and beaches that are genuinely pristine and uncommercialised. Santa Fe is the main beach town: Sugar Beach and Paradise Beach are within walking distance, and the water is swimming-pool calm. The island is less developed than Boracay or Mactan, which is exactly the point — families, local couples, and in-the-know travellers. Fresh seafood is the thing to eat: kilo of grilled pusit (squid) for P400, t