{"id":6586,"date":"2017-12-07T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2017-12-09T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T00:10:19","slug":"iloilo-esplanade-reflecting-the-beauty-of-iloilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/12\/07\/iloilo-esplanade-reflecting-the-beauty-of-iloilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Iloilo Esplanade: Reflecting the beauty of Iloilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Iloilo Esplanade<\/strong> is proof that a place that was once on the brink of death could be revived and restored to its natural beauty. See for yourself and visit this riverside park in Iloilo City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6587\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3362.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This 1.2-kilometer tree-lined and flora-adorned riverside park used to be a road dominated by vehicles, running parallel to a sullied Iloilo River. The place was tainted by civilization; the river was dying and drowning in waste. But the people saw that. The local government did, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6590\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3368.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3368.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3368-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3368-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cleanup activities, participated by the citizens and businesses, were held until the river started breathing again. And now, it&#8217;s one of the most beautiful landmarks of the city. Who would have thought a black mark on Iloilo&#8217;s map would become the most colorful one?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6588\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3364.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3364.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3364-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/IMG_3364-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iloilo Esplanade opened in 2012 and is now traversed by feet rather than wheels. The best activities to do here are jogging, sunset walking, and boating. 30-minute boat rides are available from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for only Php 85 per person (minimum of 2).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You can enter Iloilo Esplanade from two points. You can go through the entrance along R. Mapa Street near the Carpenter\u2019s Bridge or through the Riverside Boardwalk near Diversion Road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Address: Mandurriao, Iloilo City<br \/>\nOperating hours: 4 a.m. &#8211; 10 p.m. every day<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This feature appears in the December 2017 issue of Philippine Primer Japanese magazine.<br \/>\nWritten by Rizelle &#8220;Rei&#8221; Lea\u00f1o<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iloilo Esplanade is proof that a place that was once on the brink of death could be revived and restored to its natural beauty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,47,69,943,64,947],"tags":[475,925,948,949,950],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amusement-theme","category-park","category-animal-park","category-iloilo","category-nature","category-iloilo-spot-2017","tag-tourist-spots","tag-iloilo-tourism","tag-iloilo-esplanade","tag-iloilo-landmark","tag-what-to-do-in-iloilo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6627,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6586\/revisions\/6627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}