Iloilo
Iloilo, officially the Province of Iloilo, is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region.
Iloilo, officially the Province of Iloilo, is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independent from the province. Iloilo occupies the southeast portion of the Visayan island of Panay and is bordered by the province of Antique to the west, Capiz to the north, the Jintotolo Channel to the northeast, the Guimaras Strait to the east, and the Iloilo Strait and Panay Gulf to the southwest. Iloilo City is the center of the Iloilo–Guimaras metropolitan area or Metro Iloilo–Guimaras, and is geographically located in the province and grouped under it by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but remains politically independent from the provincial government. According to the 2024 census, the population of the province is 2,082,616. If Iloilo City is included, the population is 2,556,344 in total.
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Worth seeing in and around Iloilo
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bulabog Putian National Park
The Bulabog Putian National Park is a protected wildlife and natural park located in the towns of Dingle and San Enrique in the province of Iloilo on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region. The park covers an area of 854.33 hectares along a 40 kilometers trail in this rainforest.
4.5 km · national park · Wikipedia - 02Dingle Church
Saint John the Baptist Parish Church, commonly known as Dingle Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church located at the municipality of Dingle, Iloilo in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
100 m · church in Iloilo, Philippines · Wikipedia - 03Lapuz Lapuz Cave
Lapuz Lapuz Cave is a cave in Bulabog Putian National Park in Moroboro, Dingle, Iloilo in the Philippines. It is 90 m long.
3.5 km · cave and archaeological site in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 04Saint Jerome Parish Church
Saint Jerome Parish Church or the Dueñas Church is a Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Dueñas, Iloilo in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Jaro.
9.3 km · church in Dueñas, Philippines · Wikipedia
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Getting to Iloilo
- Airports
- Iloilo (ILO), 27 km · Bacolod-Silay (BCD), 46 km · Kalibo (KLO), 82 km
- Bacolod City → Iloilo42 km · quickest by ferry, 2h 34m · ₱210–655
- Kalibo → Iloilo115 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · ₱380–500
- Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City → Iloilo161 km · quickest by ferry, 10h 34m · ₱1,140–4,180
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Iloilo
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Iloilo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBacolod-based Ceres has buses running from other major points in Panay, as well as Manila and Bacolod (which take the ferry).
- Get inALPS and Philtranco also have buses from Manila that take ferries for parts of the trip.
- Get aroundBetween cities and most towns, journeys are mostly on buses, UV Express vans or jeepneys.
- Get aroundBacolod-based Vallacar Transit runs the bright yellow Ceres buses and minibuses which serve most of the province from terminals in Iloilo City and has a near-monopoly on bus services within the province.
- Get aroundWithin Iloilo City, primary forms of local transport are jeepneys, taxis and trisikad (try-SEE-kuhd, pedicabs or cycle rickshaws).
From Wikivoyage: Iloilo (province), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Iloilo
Iloilo is 48 km from Bacolod City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Anilaomunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo9.4 km
- Dinglemunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo5.6 km
- Dueñasmunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo9.4 km
- Pototanmunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo6.9 km
- San Enriquemunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo7.9 km