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Strategically located at the heart of Metropolitan Iloilo, Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center, is the premiere address of business travelers, diplomats and tourist, who were captured by Ilonggo’s gracious and unequalled hospitality.
Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center also boasts its banquet and convention facilities. From small private gatherings to the most extravagant receptions, numerous function rooms provide convention organizers and association executives, flexibility in holding conferences and meeting from a circle 10 to a group of 1,000 persons or a choice of 1,500 capacity for al fresco venue.
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Hotel Iloilo is a City Hotel with 70 elegantly appointed De Luxe, Superior and Suite Rooms which provides five star comfort. Each room offers individually controlled centralized air-conditioning, hot and cold water, Cable
TV, in-room safe, IDD and NDD telephone system, electro-magnetic door locks, Mini-bar refrigerator, coffee and tea making facility, dining, kitchenette and whir pool in the suite rooms.
Welcome to the Amigo Terrace Hotel. Iloilo's best value sanctuary where guests can encounter the warmth of true Ilonggo graciousness amidst today's Western hotel comforts.
ILOILO HOTELS ON PREPAYMENT BASIS Rates include Government Tax & Service Charge
Iloilo - Heritage Haven Of Panay, Celebrating 100 Years of Golf
Brief Description
Iloilo is set in a graceful repose between Iloilo and Batiano rivers forming an angle of a nose. Hence, its old name “Ilong-Ilong” which means “noselike”. Mountain ranges with peaks
as high as almost 7,000 ft. provide natural boundaries between Iloilo and Antique on the west and Capiz on the north. The rest of mainland Iloilo is largely plain with interspersing upland portions.
Geography
Iloilo is located in the center of the Philippine archipelago. Strategically located 283 statute miles from Manila, it is the gateway to the flourishing region that is Western Visayas. The province comprises the southeastern part of Panay Island.
Political Subdivision
Iloilo is composed of two cities and 42 municipalities. It is divided into five (5) congressional districts. It has 1,720 barangays.
Climate
Iloilo’s climate is pleasantly tropical with 2 pronounced seasons – the rainy season from June to September, and the dry season from October to May.
Population
The National Statistics Office reported that Iloilo province has a population total of 1,925,002, and Iloilo City has 365,820 as of the 2000 survey.
Language / Dialect
Hiligaynon (Ilonggo) is the main dialect spoken in Iloilo. English and Tagalog are also widely spoken and understood especially in urban areas.
Major Industries
Rice is the major crop in the province of Iloilo. Fish and marine products are considered the main source of livelihood in the first and fifth districts of Iloilo. There are also non-traditional
products in the province which include processed food, fruits and vegetables, gifts, furniture, and others. Traditional products include sugar, coco oil, and lime products, among others.
There are 114 private and government banks all throughout the province and city of Iloilo, in addition to 40 rural banks found in most municipalities, at least 6 malls, and many department stores.
Irong-Irong appears in the Maragtas legend of the coming of the ten Bornean datus to Panay who bartered gold for the plains and valleys of the island from a local Ati chieftain. One datu, Paiburong
by name, was given the territory of Irong-Irong in what is now Iloilo. For 300 years before the coming of the Spaniards, the islanders lived in comparative prosperity and peace under an organized government and such laws as the Code of Kalantiaw.
In 1566, the Spaniards under Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came to Panay and established a settlement in Ogtong (now Oton, Iloilo). He
appointed Gonzalo Ronquillo as deputy encomiendero, who in 1581 moved the seat of Spanish power to La Villa de Arevalo, named in honor of his hometown in Avila, Spain. By 1700 due to recurrent raids by Moro pirates, Dutch and English privateers, the Spaniards
moved to the village of Irong-Irong, where close to the mouth of the river they built Fort San Pedro. Irong-Irong or Ilong-Ilong which the Spaniards later shortened to ""Iloilo"" later became the capital of the province.
Its capital of the same name became a chartered city on August 25, 1937.
Sta. Barbara Golf Course
16 km. north of Iloilo City proper; 18-hole; 37 hectares of golf course which is the oldest in the country; built in 1907.
Museo Iloilo and Antique Collections (Iloilo City)
Repository of Iloilo's cultural heritage.
Molo Church
3 km. from the city proper; Gothic Rennaissance Church of coral rock; completed in the 1800s.
Jaro Cathedral
3 km. from the city proper; seat of the Jaro Archbisphoric embracing Western Visayas.
UP in the Visayas Campus (Miag-ao, Iloilo)
A thousand hectare school campus, which centers on fisheries.
Miag-ao Church (Miag-ao)
40 km. southwest of Iloilo City; built in 1786; declared as national landmark in 1973; included in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
San Joaquin Church
53 km. southwest of Iloilo City; the only church in the Philippines sporting bas-relief of historic battle between Christians of Spain and Moors of Morocco in Tetuan in 1859.
Dinagyang
(every 4th of weekend of January; Iloilo City)
A colorful cavalcade in honor of the Holy Child Jesus amidst the cracking drumbeats, Iloilo's version of the world famous Ati-atihan Festival.
Paraw Regatta
(movable dates; Iloilo Strait)
A race among swift and colorful native outriggers in the strait between Iloilo City and Guimaras Island.
Lapaz Batchoy
(Lapaz, Iloilo)
Originated in the District of Lapaz, Iloilo City. It's a noodle soup with pig's entrails, liver, and chicharon.
Iloilo / Panay Mountainbiking
Guimaras Island off the coast of Iloilo is famous for the Guimaras International Mountain Bike Festival. If you want more, head across the Guimaras Strait to Iloilo, where there is an active biking scene and a number of routes of varying lengths. For a long-distance tour, ride across Panay Island and take your bike over to Boracay, a destination worth the effort.
Travel to Iloilo in style. By plane, it takes 55 minutes from Manila, about 25 minutes from Cebu from where one can connect to other destinations in the country.
By boat, it takes 20 hours at most from Iloilo to Manila. From Zamboanga, 16 hours; Cagayan de Oro, 14 hours; Cebu, 12 hours. Bacolod City is a one-hour trip many times daily. To Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, it takes 38 hours, three times a month.
Iloilo is also accessible by land transportation to and from Aklan, Capiz, and Antique. It takes 20 min. by pumpboat or 30 min. by ferry ride or RO-RO to the island province of Guimaras.
Fastcrafts operated by the Phil. Fast Ferry Corp., Weesam Express, Bullet Express, and Royal Ferry Services serve the connection between Iloilo and Bacolod City on a daily basis.
Iloilo can now be reached through President Arroyo's Strong Republic Nautical Highway in around 19 hours from Manila.
Every municipality has municipal tourism officer designate.
DOT Region VI
EDWIN G. TROMPETA, Regional Director
Western Visayas Tourism Center, Capitol Ground Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City 5000
Tel.: (6333) 337 5411 / 509 3550
Fax: (6333) 335 0245
E-Mail: deptour6@iloilo.net, dot6@pop.cbu.skyinet.net
Website: www.iloilo.net/dot
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