It doesn't matter much what you’ve got, because Batanes is that beautiful. Here are twelve sights you'd be sorry to miss. 1. Marlboro hills The famous hills were all our tour guides could talk about ...

I’ve not been to any of those places, but I was able to visit Austria, and when I set foot on Batanes’ Marlboro Hills, I started singing like Fraulein Maria, “The hills are alive with the ...

Batanes is not your usual destination, ... and the Mahatao Marlboro Hills with a continuous mountain range nearby had acres and acres of verdant grass, with a few cattle grazing.

For the tourism industry of Batanes, less is definitely more. “We only want an average number of tourists, in order to preserve the quality and interest (in the island),” 68-year-old freelance ...

Any visitor to Batanes will notice how Ivatans are extra hospitable and friendly. During tours, expect to interact with locals like 90-year-old Aurelia Cielo from Sabtang Island. The professor who ...

After my 2015 Batanes trip, ... The spot where my Lola took a photo at Racuh a Payaman (Marlboro Hills) is no longer accessible to tourists because of the aggressive herd. ...

Batanes is the country’s northernmost province, 160 km north of Luzon. ... before heading up north again toward Marlboro Hills. Locally known as Racuh a Payaman, or Big Pastureland, ...

For this reason, the Rediscover Batanes Caravan by the Philippine Tour Operators Association (Philtoa) ... Just try standing atop Vayang Rolling Hills or Marlboro Hills ...

In 1989, Batanes was a lot harder to visit. Flights got in only from Tuguegarao, Cagayan or Laoag in Ilocos Norte, and even then, you weren’t really sure you could get in—or out. For much of ...