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Belfry Plaza
Well worth a visit is Belfry Plaza, an around P6 jeepney ride from downtown (look for jeepneys marked 'Jaro CPU' or 'Jaro Liko'). The plaza is dominated by the Belfry Tower, a lonely, old figure standing high and handsome on the edge of the square. The suburbs of La Paz and Jaro (north of Iloilo) are home to a number of ancestral houses and impressive churches.
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Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral
Across the road from Belfry Plaza is the huge Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Catholic diocese in the western Visayas. Climb the cathedral's front steps and you'll come face to face with the Shrine to the Divine Infant and Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, which is neon-lit at night. An annual feast and fiesta is held here in honour of the church's patron saint, Señora de la Candelaria.
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Molo
Just west of the city centre is the area known as Molo. Once a separate town, it's now more or less part of Iloilo City proper, but it retains its independence with a large, central plaza. Overlooking the plaza is St Anne's Church, a 19th-century, Gothic renaissance, coral-stone structure with tall, twin spires and a domed roof. Molo is an around P6 jeepney ride from downtown Iloilo.
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Museo Iloilo
The large Museo Iloilo has some interesting permanent displays, including prehistoric relics of Panay, treasure plucked from sunken ships, and jewellery unearthed from Spanish burial sites. There's usually a temporary exhibition of some sort.
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