Daanbantayan – highly urbanized city in the province of Cebu. According to the census of 2008, there were 73 thousand people. In the city territory also includes the island of Malapascua. Every year it hosts a colorful festival Halada in honor of the legendary founder of the city Date to Dai. The name itself derives from the word "Daan", which in local dialect means "old" and "bantayan" was the name of a guard post, from which local residents were observing the approach of the Moro pirates.

Today this small town is a real tourist Paradise of Northern Cebu. It is known for its beaches of fine white sand, is especially good on Malapascua island. Dive sites teeming with marine life, attract hundreds of divers. Only here you can see a huge manta ray and Fox sharks.

The city also is home to several attractions, such as city hall, called the Tribunal and built by the Spaniards. The first building of the municipality was wooden with bamboo inclusions, and in 1916 the building was constructed of reinforced concrete. Immediately after the Second World war it was attached to two wooden outbuildings – one facing South, the other North. They were later replaced by two-storey stone outbuildings.

Another landmark is the Church of Santa Rosa de Lima, built in the mid 19th century with the help of local residents. The Church is built of brick blocks and is still in good condition although the inside is restoration work was carried out, and the original design was changed. However, the facade of the Church remained intact and retains its original appearance.

The historic place is the Cape Chapelon, which was the same watchtower Date Daya, which gave the city its name. From here they were to observe the approach of the militant Moro pirates who often drove into slavery subjects Date Daya. Sorry, haven't got any residue that tower. Today this place is private property.

Not possible to bypass the island of Malapascua, an outdoor one Spaniard, whose ship sat there stranded for Christmas 1520. Due to the fact that he had to spend such an important holiday away from family and friends on a desert island, the captain of the ship called him "Mala Pasqua" which means "Bad Christmas". Since then the island and anchored this name, though locals still insist that the present name of the island – Logon. Here in 1890, a miracle happened – was found the image of the virgin Mary on a piece of wood. They say that the image still continues to increase in size. Believers from different parts of the Philippines and even from abroad come here to worship the virgin Mary, whose image is stored in a specially built chapel.

In the coastal waters of Malapascua island is a popular dive site, Monad Shoal – at first glance unremarkable shallow shallow with not much coral. However, thousands of tourists willing to fly halfway around the world to scuba dive here, because only here, every day you can see the amazing Fox sharks at a depth of 20 meters. Usually Fox sharks are found at a depth of 350 meters, and it's unclear why Malapascua island they rise so close to the surface. In addition to the sharks in the waters of Monads Saala meet manta rays, sea eagles and the sharks.

A 50-minute boat ride from Malapascua is a small island Gato – a rock rising out of nowhere right in the middle of the Visayas sea. On Gato nesting sites for many species of birds, and the forest that covers the steep cliffs, inhabited by flying foxes-fruit bats. In the coastal waters of the island you can see a myriad of rare golozhabernyi shellfish, and in underwater caves live reef sharks.