Anini-y is a typical town of Antique that is imbued with historical facts and tourist attractions. Do you want to know more about this rustic town yet filled with colorful stories?

A unique name – Anini-y…

Anini-y means "place of small rivers". Various myths and legends tried to explain how the town got its unique name. This Spanish customary writing of Y instead of I spurred researchers to finding that once upon a time in the present area of the municipality, there existed a community called Igneini. It was the gateway into the prosperous Aninipay (old Panay) kingdom of the mighty Ati king, Marikudo. However, cultural historians believe that "dash Y" in the name actually is "dash I" which is a Malayan suffix, meaning "place/people of." This suffix is only used for a place that is very important or has achieve a degree of greatness, as in the case of Hantik-i which later became Antique or used as in May-i believed to be the legendary old Manila.

A crammed of attractions

• Sira-an Hot Spring – claimed to be a medical spring is a government-owned hot sulphur spring atop solid rock; warm water flowing from crevices and collects in tiled basins into a junior size, swimming pool; is along the highway 1 1/2 kilometers from Anini-y town proper and overlooks Nogas Island.
• Nogas Island – is a 24-hectare government naval reservation island 3 miles from the shoreline of Anini-y town proper; 20 minutes by sailboat or motorboat; ideal for shell hunting, snorkeling and scuba diving.
• Cresta De Gallo – sometimes called Punta Nasog by natives; denuded mountain of solid rock shaped like a rooster's crown believed rich in mineral deposit.
• Anini-y Chruch – the church is a massive white coral building located in poblacion Anini-y, 40.46 kms. south of San Jose de Buenavista.

Getting Around

Antique is accessible via RORO (Roll-On Roll-Off) from Manila and major cities in the country. There are buses and vans plying from Iloilo City, Iloilo, Kalibo, Aklan to San Jose and vice versa.

Travel time to Antique is about two and a half hours from Iloilo International Airport and one and a half hours away from Kalibo International Airport. When touring around the province, jeepneys and tricycles also available in the area.