Have a local contact arrange your reservations, port transfers, rentals in Bantayan island so you will only hand gratuities to one person. Let him know your planned itinerary as he can make suggestions as well. It would be easy to find a local contact after you have visited Bantayan Island once.

Getting There

Take Ceres bus from Cebu North Bus Terminal to Hagnaya. Trips are start at 5:30 a.m. For comfort, take 6:30 air conditioned bus. Fares range from Php 55.00 to Php 88.00. In Hagnaya, book a boat ticket for Sta. Fe.

Places to Stay

Sugar Beach

Sugar Beach is among the least expensive resorts in Bantayan charging just a Php 30.00 entrance fee and with room rates as low as Php 500.00 per night. Outdoorsmen can pitch a tent in their camping area for Php 100.00 a night. Their rooms are wanting in comfort and sanitation. There's no restaurant but one can request the caretakers to cook for them or buy food for them.

St. Bernard Beach Resort

St. Bernard offers the best quality service among resorts in Bantayan. Situated alongside a sleepy community, St. Bernard offers a wonderful respite for the weary traveler. The experience is reinforced by the excellent service of resort personnel. Food is reasonably priced and the menu offers a variety of cuisine.

Transportation

Pedal Powered Pedicabs(Trisikad)

Short distance travel, cost between Php 5 to Php 20

Shotgun ride on motorcycle(Habal-habal)

Charges range from Php 10 to Php 25 within Sta. Fe. For trips to Bantayan town and Madridejos, Php 100.00 is the norm.

Rent-a-motorcycle

Rent starts at Php 200.00/day or Php 35.00/hour to as high as Php 350.00/day or Php 50.00/hour. plus fuel cost.

Rent-a-mountain bike

Php 25.00/hour

Tricycles

For long distance travel from one town to another. Fare from Bantayan town to Sta. Fe(or vice versa) is around Php 20.00. If you want the ride for yourself, costs about Php 100.00.

Pumpboat rentals

For island hopping in islets surrounding Bantayan, range from Php 800.00 to Php 3000.00

Things To Do

Island Hopping

Known to Bantayan locals as Virgin Island, Silion Island is an isle off the mainland. Tourists frequent the place to picnic on its serene atmosphere renting cottages built on bermuda-covered lawns and white sand shorelines. The rich marine life of the Bantayan Marine Sanctuary near its shores make it also a good jump-off point to those who want to experience snorkeling.

Sunset

The Bantayan sunset is the most wonderful sunset I have ever seen. One can witness such breath-taking moment in the late afternoon at the fishport beside the Bantayan Public Market in Bantayan town.

Bantayan Public Market

Bantayan Public Market is where you buy Bantayan Island's famed foods like the danggit and pusit. It's also adjacent to the Spanish-era church.

Food

Danggit, Nokus, Pusit

Bantayan is known for smoked fish and squid. Retail packs are available at the Public Market. Another common meal in Bantayan is barbecued chicken and fish cooked in different ways.

D'Jungle

I came across an eat-all-you-can restaurant in Bantayan that cooks good food at reasonable prices. At Php190.00.

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Greek island resorts offer hundreds of sites ranging from those offering all the facilities of mass tourism in remote places with little more than a village of a few rooms. Even islands lie in the range of those who went around in a few hours to get those of many major cities and hundreds of villages.

Lesbos (Lesvos also specified) is the third largest Greek island and has nearly 200 kilometers of shoreline beach-loving tourists. It islocated in the north-eastern Aegean Sea, a few miles off the Turkish coast, and twelve hours ride by ferry from Athens. Fortunately, the boat was unnecessary, since Lesbos has its own international airport.

None of the resorts on the island of Lesbos can be seen as "spoiled by mass tourism" but the best known are the uses described business tour packages. Of these, Molyvos is probably the best known, but even there, you can enjoy aLaid-back, away from-it-all holiday.

The whole island is rich in natural beauty and its spectacular, rugged coastline and numerous sandy beaches of gravel with many hidden bays between them is formed. The interior of the island is rich with olive groves that produce some of the best olive oils in the world. There are also bottles of top Italian "extra virgin olive oil from olives grown, Lesbos!

Where at the end of the olive, pine forests, begin 'beautiful Mediterraneanand on the west side of the island, you can also find the world's second largest petrified forest.

Like many Greek islands of Lesbos is very mountainous. Its two main peaks, Lepetymnos and Olympus are above 3,100 meters and dominates the center of the island. Because of 'volcanic island of Lesbos, several hot springs are located on the island.

The word lesbian is derived from Lesbos. This is because it is the birthplace of Sappho, the Greek poet. His poemscontained expressions of homosexual love. Sappho is believed born and has lived in Eresos. This small town is about a mile inland from the station Eressos Scala. Although, relaxing, relaxed, has a certain scale Eressos quality of life, offering a variety of visitors. These are among the many women who want to enjoy the gay women only on vacation or to the annual festival of women.

Besides a good selection of bars and taverns, has a splendid staircaseBeach, part of which is tolerated as a naturist area identified.

The town streets are closed to traffic so as not to do to take care of road safety of your children. Where the road ends in the village, several cafes and taverns were built along the beach, extending it from the sand. If you have children, you can sit for a drink while the children play in the sea, but certainly in sight.

The beach and the village are framed in a beautiful setting in the greenfertile valley between the mountains bare. A beautiful lagoon behind the beach is home to turtles, frogs and birds. Kids love this area and are often so fascinated by the turtles is difficult to persuade them to leave. In the landscape around the village of turtles are often seen dragging the road along the rocky scrub. But the animals most fascinating of all is probably the pelicans stay. These are often seen waddling around the taverns, in the hope that someFree Fish. The two birds are so tame it and get up to tricks on the beach, the sun block tubes, or even tearing books themselves shocked. Sometimes, the pelicans are the elements throw playfully in the air and take. When an object as big as the great book falls into the throat of the bird, the fear for the safety of the creature when the mood of the performance with enthusiasm replaced. But there is no reason for concern, pelicans and recognize quickly that the object hasNutrition, take in hand once again, and put it on the sand. Not everyone sees the funny side of the behavior of pelicans "But above all, people returning from a swim to find their beach towel from the one occupied by them. But for the audience, which usually translates into a very funny scene fear way.

If you vacation on the Greek island of Lesbos in the resort of Eressos La Scala or any of the other places, it is likely that the airport of Mytilene flyingCapital 's island. This airport offers a small bonus that it is hard to find elsewhere in the world. After check-in for your flight home, you can sit in an open-air area overlooking the sea. Here you can sunbathe, the remaining moments of your holiday on the Greek island alone of the Greek navy maneuvers, which are often visible only from the Turkish coast, not too far away, or you can simply enjoy the sound of the sea, the beach stones, the separationAirport her.

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