Culajao Mangrove Eco-Park

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 Culajao Mangrove Eco-Park

Best for educational tours, family outings and fellowship. 19 species of Mangroves that serve as habitat for a wide variety of mollusks, birds and insects; Live compos about Culajao and Mangrove tour and resource, interpretation lecture.

Culajao Mangrove Eco-Park is a quiet place for refreshing and enriching experience with nature. The first mangrove eco park located at Barangay Culajao, Roxas City.

    

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Huts

Tourist Attraction in Capiz

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TOURIST ATTRACTION IN CAPIZ

Suhot Cave and Spring

            Situated in Dumalag, Capiz and only 300 meters away from the provincial road. It is actually a series of interconnected caverns of different sizes, 

At the cave's arched entrance is a pool of clear, ice cold water fed by a rock spring from within the cave. Further on, however, is a crack in the rocks where sulphurous water comes out. Suhot is believed to have a connecting tunnel to the Badiang Cave, Dumarao. Since both caves are found in the same mountain only 6 km apart from each other but Badiang is on higher elevation. On the other hand, entrance to Badiang is hidden by dense jungle. In pre-war days, phosphate was said to have been extracted from the cave but it was a short-live effort.

                      Baybay Beach

                           

Located in Roxas City, it is 3 kilometers from the city proper, this clean black and beach has beach houses, motorboats for boating and fishing. Also a good place for water skiing. Moreover, it has arrays of food stands that offer you the freshest and sumptuous seafood that you've never think of. They come in affordable prices and it is cooked while you are waiting in nearby tables.

           Santa Monica Parish Church

                              

The Santa Monica Parish Church (Spanish: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Mónica), commonly known as Panay Church, is the oldest church on the island of Panay located in Panay Municipality, Capiz, Philippines. It is also the home of the largest church bell in the Philippines and the fifth biggest in the world.

The original structure of the church was built during the term of Fr. Manuel Lopez between 1692 and 1698, but it was reported that a typhoon had ruined it. In 1774, Fr. Miguel Murguía rebuilt the church, but it was also later damaged by a typhoon on 15 January 1875. Fr. José Beloso restored the church in 1884.

Birthplace of Manuel Roxas

The late president, Manuel Roxas, is one of Capiz's most beloved and outstanding sons, and the people of province has made sure to keep his memory alive as one of the greatest historical figures in Philippine history.

It was in Capiz that the fifth president of the Philippines was born. Located in the city proper, the two-storey hardwood and stone house of President Manuel Acuña Roxas is now a historical shrine.

The house of the late president, Manuel Roxas, is declared a national historical sitess. It is the oldest house in Roxas City and is still in the good condition despite the passage of time. It has survived the destruction of World War II. The house has undergone several renovations to its structure.  The management of the house is still in the hands of Roxas’ relatives. Furniture and some of the memorabilia of the president can be found in the house.

                          Olotayan island

 

Olotayan Island is an island of legend. The name is a combination of olo (“head”) and  “tyan” (stomach), as a Capiz legend tells of a cruel giant whose body the anitos (gods) struck with lightning, scattering his body parts all over the sea. Nearer to Roxas’ shore is Mantalinga Island – reportedly the giant’s “mata” (eyes) and “talinga” (ears).

Lingganay Festival

Lingganay Festival

The Lingganay Festival got its name from the 

Waray word Lingganay which means a 'bell'. The festival was conceptualized sometime in 1995 based on th legend of the town's lost ‘golden bell’. It was said that one time when the moro pirates surprised the people, they tried to fled away with the bell.

When they reached the Bakga River, they threw the golden bell into the deepest  part of the river to prevent it from getting into the hands of the moro pirates. Until today, the bell has not been found but it is said that its sound can be barely heard coming from the bottom of the river.

Lingga-anay Festival is the annual Municipal Fiesta of Panay celebrated to pay homage to the Biggest Bell in Asia and to display the town’s rich cultural history together with its vast marine resources. The Festival boasts a one-of-a-kind street dance accompanied not by drum beats but of rondalla, which are the distinct feature of ecotis. Panay Mayor Dante Bermejo said the Festival is a milestone in the history of Panay because it highlights the cooperation of the public officials and the residents of the town.

SINADYA SA HALARAN

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Sinadya sa Halaran Festival

       The Sinadya sa Halaran Festival is the joint festival of the City of Roxas and the Province of Capiz. It is a mixed festival in that it is celebrated for both cultural and religious reasons. It is celebrated every first weekend of December in commemoration of the Feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Concepcion who also happens to be the patroness of the City of Roxas. Sinadya sa Halaran boasts of colorful activities like the grand parade of festivals, the fluvial parade, the lighted river floaters. There is also the traditional seafood festival and the grand pyrotechnic display.

      Sinadya sa Halaran is one of Roxas City’s most important annual events and is fusion of two festivals – "Sinadya" (City) and "Halaran" (Province) which literally means joy in sharing and thanksgiving. It is celebrated on December 4-8 to commemorate the religious activities that embody the true Capiceño spirit. The highlights of the celebration are the Dancing Parade, ”Higantes”, Fluvial Parade, Fireworks display, Mutya sa Halaran beauty pageant, Coronation of the Fiesta Queen, and Agri-Aqua Trade Fair.

 Dancing Parade

(street dancing)

Roxas City, Capiz: 

Where To Eat In The Seafood Capital Of 

The Philippines

No other place in the Philippines is dubbed “The Seafood Capital of the Philippines” but the progressive Roxas City. The flourishing marine agriculture of Capiz‘s economic epicenter even turned the thriving seafood industry into an annual celebration due to its abundance. During my visit, there were neither parades, marching bands, norbanderitas, but there was certainly a gastronomic festival from my mouth down to my tummy.

People’s Park, serves as a hub for recreation and leisure with a picturesque view of the grey sanded shores of Baybay Beach and the vast Sibuyan Sea as the backdrop. Locals and tourist alike flock in the coastal baranggay to hangout, exercise, swim, and above all, to indulge on the savory seafood delicacies of Roxas City.

The succulent juices of seafood and meat dripping into charcoal filled the air with aromatic fumes which comes from the array of restaurants and grills that line up along Baybay Beach. One of the biggest establishments in Baybay is the Seafood Court at People’s Park Plaza which hosts seven independent stalls all under one roof. Choose from a wide variety of delicacies, have them cooked your way, then indulge.

Most of the seafood going to Manila, every day, are from Capiz,” he said, adding that they are being sold at upscale seafood markets in Metro Manila.