Bantayan Island's Online Travel Resource
The November 2008 Update includes:
FREE FERRY BOATS: Super Shuttle Limited Time Offer - Hagnaya Cebu to Santa Fe & v/v (Click Here)
Fall 2008: NEW Bantayan Town & Madridejos Hotel Listings & City Photos added in Hotels/Resorts
Fall 2008: New Beach photography is online now in the Beaches section!
Sugar Beach Resort in Santa Fe hosted sponsors San Miguel, GLOBE & Smart Telecommunications this past Holy Week, for 4 days of Beach Festivities: March 20 through 23rd. 2008
"I just want to inform you, that I find your website regarding Bantayan very informative, it's simply the best website I have come across, regarding the Cebu area.
...I'm going to the Cebu area in March, with a friend of my mine and our families, and we plan to visit both Malapascua and Bantayan, so this information has really helped us, because
I have so far found it very difficult to find any really useful information on the Internet, but now you have changed that !!!"
Magnus in Sweden, via email
Bantayan Island is a beautiful tiny Island, and currently Cebu's semi-secret little Island Paradise (small numbers of travelers over the years have slowly been putting the word out) located just off the northwest tip of Cebu's mainland, and I live here when I’m not in the USA.
Largely un developed and definitely not over crowded and over priced with the commercialization of some other Islands; it’s a perfect place for those seeking peace & quiet, blue skies & clean air, with spectacular turquoise water & great white sand beaches.
There aren't any huge corporate hotel chains here; there are smaller hotels/resorts with cottages & rooms in just about every price range from less than $5.00USD to $40.00USD per night & up through $100+ through a lovely South Sea studio Villa on a very beautiful property, and all the way to $240.00USD for a honeymoon styled studio Villa on a gorgeous property (all listed & photographed in Hotels/Resorts) so Bantayan Island really has something to offer everyone, on just about any budget.
About ‘Island Life’:
It's also very old fashioned and peaceful on Bantayan Island, and life is much slower here as there are no big city shopping malls, hotel chains, mega movie theaters or metro discos, etc. (get your fill of those on Cebu’s Mainland)
Island Life here is slower and more relaxing, but that’s really the beauty of it all, as some roads are still yet to be paved, and locals who farm & raise livestock live very simply in bamboo & coco wood houses; the warmth and friendliness of the local people here only serves to make Bantayan a more unique & very special place for all who visit.
I’ve worked hard personally researching, photographing and putting together all the information and images here which basically began as email responses to people all over the world who were contacting me for accurate Bantayan Island information after searching online for that information, and seeing my scenic photography and writing of the Island on www.pbase.com/pauljames so you’ll find that this website goes well beyond the few paragraphs written about Bantayan Island in publications (many times presenting old and inaccurate information) so from that standpoint it’s quite unique.
This website is also a work in progress that has now undergone a redesign process - the redux going LIVE on May 12, 2008 with a new left side bar Banner Area for adspace/Sponsors/vendors & businesses, more content, pages/links and images, etc. and more good things to come in the future. Click here to see the previous website (we are not going to be updating the old site starting May 12, 2008)
Thank you, and welcome to Bantayan Island.
PJAMES
"Firstly I wanna congratulate with you for the amazing website you created about Bantayan.
So much info - and up to date too, which is very unusual, even more so for Philippines.
...keep up the good job you are doing, as you are helping tourists heading to Bantayan in a wonderful way!
Thanks so much"
Alex via hotmail
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