One must fly from Manila or Clark to Basco in Batanes, travel by land to the port of Ivana, take a 30-minute ... the 1844-built San Vicente Ferrer Church, and the picturesque Mahatao lighthouse.

Batanes is composed of eleven tiny islands. Of these, only three are inhabited (Batan, Itbayat, and Sabtang) while the islets of Dinem, Siayan, Ditarem, Misanga, Mavudis, Dequey and Vuhus are all ...