Roxas City is the capital city of Capiz, known for its wide seafood markets.

Understand

Formerly the town of Capiz, also the name of its province, Roxas, named after the 4th President of the Philippines (which is also its most famous native), is both the provincial capital and commercial center of Capiz. It still has the feel of a typical Spanish-era Filipino town, but it now has malls and a growing central business district, the Pueblo de Panay.

Roxas City's economy is largely dependent on seafood, which the city is known for. There are many fishponds and fishpens, mostly used for cultivating milkfish, but this are now getting replaced by residential subdivisions, malls and call center blocks.

The city's tourist office can be found at the Ang Panublion Museum listed under "See".

Get in

By bus

  • Roxas City Integrated Terminal (RCIT), Pueblo de Panay, Lawa-an. Roxas City's central bus station, with transfers to jeepneys and trikes to downtown and nearby towns. Just beside it are a few shops and a supermarket. Buses, vans and jeepneys will drop you off on the main road. The bus departures are at middle, jeepneys to the east and vans to the west. (updated Jan 2023)
  • Ceres Liner operates buses from Iloilo (2 hours), and Kalibo (1.5 hours); the related Ceres Transport has a daily trip from Manila via Batangas City and Caticlan.
  • UV Express vans arrive from Iloilo and Kalibo.

By plane

  • 🌍 Roxas Airport (RXS  IATA) (2 km (1.2 mi) north of the center). Cebu Pacific (2 flights) and PAL Express flies daily from Manila, all using an Airbus A320 jet. (updated Sep 2019)

By ferry

  • Port of Culasi (Roxas City Port), Baybay Rd, Culasi (near the Culasi Lighthouse take a tricycle from downtown). 2GO Travel has a ferry from Roxas City from Batangas City via Romblon island 3 times a week. Super Shuttle has a direct RORO ferry from Batangas City. To get to the city center, take a tricycle from outside the port gates. (updated Jan 2023)

Get around

Tricycles are the primary way around town. Between the bus terminal and downtown, you can take an air-conditioned jeepney.

See

  • 🌍 Libas Fish Port. (updated May 2023)
  • 🌍 Barangay Culasi Lighthouse. Take a 20-min walk to the base of the lighthouse, which has a viewing deck overlooking the sea and some islets. (updated May 2023)
  • 🌍 Ang Panublion Museum, Legaspi Hughes St, ☏ +63 33 621-2070. Tu-F 09:00-18:00, Sa Su 09:00-17:00. The Roxas City Museum was once a circular water tank that has been creatively reused as a museum. It has exhibits about local and indigenous Panay culture, and the tourism office. (updated May 2023)
Santa Monica Parish Church
  • 🌍 Santa Monica Parish Church (Panay Church), Iloilo East Coast-Capiz Rd., Panay. It was built in 1884 on the site of an earlier church.  The church is built of coral blocks and is approximately 70 metres long, 25 m in width and 18 m in height; the walls are about 3 metres thick. The church has an unusually large bell, the largest in the country and in all of Asia.It was cast by Juan Reina in about 1884, using sacks of coin given by the people of the town; it weighs more than 10 tonnes. 

Do

  • 🌍 Baybay Beach (3 km north of the center). ₱25 by tricycle. (updated Sep 2016)
  • Sinadya sa Halaran (1st week of December) – Celebrates the city's founding and also doubles as the festivities for the Immaculate Conception.

Buy

  • Gaisano Grand City Roxas, Arnaldo Blvd.
  • CityMall, Arnaldo Blvd.
  • Robinsons Place Roxas, Immaculate Heart of Mary Ave, Pueblo de Panay, Lawa-an
  • 🌍 Unitop Department Store, Roxas Avenue Corner Pavia St, ☏ +63 36 620 1774. Daily 8AM-8PM. (updated May 2023)

ATMs

  • BDO, Roxas Ave. 24/7. Has a MasterCard/Visa ATM. ₱200 fee for overseas cards. (updated Sep 2016)

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • Halaran Plazza Hotel, Gomez Street., ☏ +63 36 6210649. Check-in: 12:00, check-out: 11:00. Fan single/double with own bathroom and cable TV. ₱550.. (updated Mar 2016)
  • Capiz Lodge, Plaridel Street. Fan single/double rooms with own bathroom and cable TV From ₱350. (updated Sep 2016)
  • Casa Purita Hotel, Plaridel Street. Fan single/double rooms with own bathroom. From ₱350. (updated Sep 2016)

Connect

Go next

Routes through Roxas City
END ←  N  S  → Ivisan → Iloilo City
Kalibo ← Ivisan ←  W  E  → END


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