If via public transportation: Go to the North Bus Terminal and ride a bus. There are 3 options: direct to Madridejos, Bantayan or Santa Fe. All buses bound for Bantayan Island will make a temporary stop at the Hagnaya Port. Purchase your boat ticket from the ticketing office. If your bus stops at Bantayan, alight at the terminal and ride the jeep to Madridejos. If your bus stops at Santa Fe, alight at Santa Fe port and ride a tricycle or habal-habal (motor for hire) to Bantayan. Take a jeep from Bantayan to Madridejos.

If via private transportation: Drive to Hagnaya port. Purchase your boat ticket at the ticketing counter. You can opt to cross your vehicle via the roro or leave your vehicle parked at Hagnaya port. If you decide to leave your vehicle at Hagnaya port, take the public transport to Madridejos.

The original name of the town is Lawis and islanders have stuck to it until now because it is the natural name of the place owing to its topography. Lawis means land tip. The early settlers of the island were mostly fishermen. Before the coming of the spaniards and other europeans, the lumad named places according to the obvious and, perhaps, only reason commonly understood. Thus, lawis is to the natives what point is to the english or punta is to the hispanics. In 1889 Father Juan Alcoseba, then curate of the place, proclaimed Lawis as Madridejos in honor of archbishop Fray Benito de Madridejos of Spain. (source: Cebu Provincial History Series No. 29, the History of Madridejos by Faustino Lim Suan, Jr.)

There are several tourist spots that you can see at Madridejos. The most known of all is the Kota Heritage Park, where the Bontay Walk is also located. Make sure to catch the beautiful sunsets at Kota Heritage Park. Here’s a the list of our tourist attractions (Tourist Attractions).

Aside from summer, the best times to visit the town is during the town’s fiesta in celebration of the Immaculate Conception on December 8. The festivities however lasts for 9 days, from December 1 all the way to December 9. Make sure to visit during the Holy Week, on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday and witness the passion, death and resurrection of Christ in a foot procession with life-size images and icons on caros.