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grilled fish from a bright yellow building on the seashore.
Daily 7am-9pm.
Coco Veranda
T
036 621 6185.
Pretty beachside
restaurant with friendly service and a huge seafood menu.
As well as excellent crab, scallops, oysters, mussels and
prawns, there's also pink salmon sashimi (P160/100g), plus
cocktails and desserts. Free wi-fi.
Daily 10am-10pm.
Grand Gazebo
T
036 522 7726.
Attractive, locally owned
place just over the road from the beach, with bright, spacious
a/c rooms with flat-screen TVs, set arou
nd a pl
easant lawn.
Free wi-fi access and breakfast included.
P1800
San Antonio Resort
T
036 621 6638,
W
thesanantonio
resort.com.
A range of rooms from tiny “econo-rooms” to
luxurious suites overlooking an attractive lagoon just back
from the beach. There's also a ni
ce poo
l (with poolside
wi-fi), and kayaking on the lagoon.
P980
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Kalibo
KALIBO
, the capital of Aklan province, is the biggest - in fact the only - attraction of
Panay's
north coast
, which from Roxas in the east to Caticlan in the west (see p.340) is
mostly industrial and has no notable beaches. Served by flights from around Asia,
Kalibo lies on the well-trodden path to Boracay and for most visitors is simply the
place they get off the plane and onto the bus.
The town's major thoroughfare is
Roxas Avenue
, which runs into town from the
airport in the southeast, with most streets leading off it on a southwest-northeast axis.
It's really just another small town, full of tricycles and fast-food outlets, but it does
have an interesting
museum
, and every second week of January it hosts what is
probably the biggest street party in the country, the
Ati-Atihan
(see box, p.336), an
exuberant festival that celebrates the original inhabitants of the area and the later
arrival of Catholicism.
Museo It Akean
San Martelino St at Burgos St • Mon-Sat 8am-noon & 1-5pm • P15 •
T
036 268 9260
Kalibo is home to one of Panay's best museums, the
Museo It Akean
. hough modest,
it's the only museum to document the cultural heritage of the Aklañons (Aklan
people), and contains exhibits of the area's old
piña
textiles, pottery, religious relics,
literature and Spanish-era artefacts, many
on loan from a
uent local families. Among
the most interesting exhibits are rare
costumes that were worn by Aklan
tribespeople during festivals. Despite
serious earthquake damage in the 1980s,
the museum building retains some of the
original features; since its construction by
the Spanish in 1882, it has also been used
as a school, a courtroom and a garrison.
KALIBO
EATING
Latte Coffee Café
Mary's
Peking House
Roz & Angelique's
2/4
1
3
5
Ed's Video Place
Rovic's
Museo
It Akean
PNB
Bakhawan Eco-tourism Centre and
Mangrove Park
Bakhawan • Daily 8am-5pm • P20
A short tricycle ride from town, the
Bakhawan Eco-tourism Centre and
Mangrove Park
is the site of a mangrove
replanting project. The project was
principally initiated to prevent flood and
storm surges, but also benefits local wildlife
and affords visitors the chance to experience
this little seen habitat up close. Once here
you can walk along a pretty 1km-long
boardwalk through the tangled mangrove
thickets to the beach.
N
BPI
Bank
ACCOMMODATION
Ati-Atihan County Inn
Kalibo Inn
Marzon
RB Lodge
5
3
4
1/2
0
100
metres
Cebu Pacific, Ceres Liner Bus
Terminal, Minivan Depot & Post Office
Dumaguit Port
