Roxas City, Capiz One-Day Tour

          The province of Capiz in the island of Panay in Western Visayas, Philippines boasts its capital city of Roxas for being the Philippine's seafood capital. There is indeed truth to what they claim.
          Roxas City is the provincial capital of Capiz, the seat of the Archdiocese of Capiz which includes the provinces of Aklan and Romblon, and the only city and the commercial capital of northern Panay Island. A functional domestic airport is serving the city and nearby municipalities while the port of Culasi is one of the busiest ports in Panay after the ports of Iloilo, Dumangas [in Iloilo], Caticlan [in Aklan], and Dumaguit [also in Aklan]. The city is connected to other provinces of Panay by the Iloilo-Capiz New Route to Passi City and Iloilo City in Iloilo down south, Iloilo-Capiz Coastal Road to Estancia in Iloilo to the east, and by the continuation of the Iloilo-Capiz New Route to Kalibo and Caticlan in Aklan to the northwest.
          The city lies near the mouth of the Panay River which empties into the Sibuyan Sea in the neighboring Pan-ay town. The geography of the city itself is a mixture of random hills and swamps from the distributaries of the Panay River traversing through the city which forms northern delta of the river.
          The fare rates (as of July 2014) for buses going to Roxas City are as follows. Airconditioned vans are also available.

     Iloilo [Tagbak Terminal] To Roxas City [Pueblo de Panay Terminal] vv. - 3 hours travel +/- 30 minutes

Bus (Regular): Adult - Php 136.00, Senior Citizens - Php 113.00

Bus (Airconditioned): Adult - Php 161.00, Senior Citizens - Php 131.00

Airconditioned Vans: Php 150.00

     Also available are buses to and from Roxas City and Kalibo, Aklan, and Estancia, Iloilo.

A major tributary of the Jalaur River System passing through Passi City, Iloilo

The transport terminal in Passi City, a major stopover station for buses and vans plying the Iloilo - Roxas, Iloilo - Kalibo, and the Iloilo - Caticlan/Buruanga route and the final station of the Iloilo - Passi route. Passi city is the only component city of the province of Iloilo and is the economic center of central Panay. This is also the last town/city of Iloilo before reaching the province of Capiz.

Vast rice fields and sugarcane fields run along the length of the highway.

Evidence of the onslaught of typhoon Yolanda [Haiyan] in the province of Capiz. These coconut trees still bear the wrath of the storm.

From Iloilo City, the municipality of Dumarao is the first town of Capiz after passing by the Iloilo-Capiz border after Passi City.

The provincial capitol building of the province of Capiz.

Roxas City Administrative Building

The seal of the city of Roxas at the base of their flagpole in front of the city hall.

The Capiz [Roxas] Metropolitan Cathedral, the center of the Archdiocese of Roxas.

The interior of the cathedral

The People's Park Baywalk showin Mantalinga Island

Some of the food we ordered... :)

What's left after eating... :)

Panublion Museum just across the street from the city hall

Inside the museum

Ancestral House of the Roxas Family (inc. the late Philippine President Manuel A. Roxas)

Robinson's Place Roxas, the city's newest and biggest supermall.

Roxas City is a worthy place to visit when you're planning to roam around Panay Island.