FESTIVALS AND EVENTS OF MASBATE

Festivals and Events

Rodeo Masbateño also known as the Rodeo Filipino is usually held in April or May each year. This five day event attracts cowpokes from all over the Philippines and features men’s and women’s lassoing, barehanded cattle wrestling and bull riding.

Sleeping and Eating

MG Hotel and Restaurant the classiest place in the province for eating or sleeping. It has the feel of a friendly and the large tiled rooms with small private balconies are modern and lovingly cared for.

Masbate Lodge offers the best value accommodation on Quezon St. the 2nd storey rooms are large and clean and the polished wooden floorboards are an attractive change of pace from the usual concrete or tile.

St. Anthony Hotel is clean and bright, furnished with fish tanks and a lounge. The rooms are dark and bowlike.

Rancher’s Hotel have harbor views while those without are decidedly dim and unwelcoming.

Bacagay 
Bacagay is about 14 km from Masbate town; Bituon Beach Resort is a popular weekend getaway for locals and the only beachside accommodation on Masbate. The restaurant also serves good Filipino and international cuisine.

Mandaon

Mandaon is about 64 km from Masbate town.

Bantongan Cave is about half hour by bus that is near in the main road between Mandaon and Masbate town.

Ticao Island
On Ticao west coast, Costa Rica is a lonely fishing village with a long brown sand beach. In this place you cam watch on your way to go here a dolphins and flying fish.
Halea Island Resort is nestled in a beautiful cove on San Miguel just off the northern tip of the Ticao.

 Burias Island

In the town of Claveria on Burias, is a cave of truly cathedral like dimensions. Burias Island is the one of the three major islands of Masbate province in the Philippines. This island has two municipalities the Claveria and the San Pascual.