Vigan, Philippines Travel Blogs

Festival - Vigan - Festival
Jan 30, 2009 (32 photos)

... 2 places differentes pour finalement avoir un bon cafe. Dans l'apres midi, nous avons visite la maison d'un ex president des Philippines mandate dans les annees 45-53 (Guidaro je crois). Nous suivions un couple pour aller voir un autre mariage mais ...

Vigan, colonial city
Feb 19, 2008 (27 photos)

Hallo zusammen, viele Gruesse aus Vigan. Die Stadt ist die einzige erhaltene Stadt aus der spanischen Kolonialzeit (die Japaner sind vor dem Luftangriff der Amerikaner gefluechtet und diese haben ihn in letzter Sekunde abgebrochen). Die Stadt ist daher ...

Vigan
Jan 29, 2009 (20 photos)

... nous fesons de meme mais cette fois il faut rester dans l'autobus et ce a quelques reprises aussi. C'etait bien rigolo. Vigan est une ville intact du temps des espagnols (enfin presque, puisque les batissents ne sont pas trop entretenu), c'est une ...

Vigan
Oct 31, 2007 (10 photos)

Will complete this later just sharing photos

Toréador, prends garde
Jan 29, 2008 (28 photos)

Vigan est la capitale de la province d'Ilocos Sur des Philippines, sur la côte ouest de l'île de Luzon, sur la mer de Chine méridionale. Elle est sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO parce qu'il est un exemple presque intact de ville coloniale ...

Vigan
Apr 12, 2008 (10 photos)

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Vigan
Jan 23, 2005

Headed from Baguio to Vigan which is supposed to be the best preserved place for Spanish architecture in the Philippines. The intention was to stop off at San Fernando to check out the surf. I got off the nice air conditioned bus crossed the road and to ...

Vigan
Jul 10, 2009 (23 photos)

Vigan is a small city on the northwest coast of Luzon. Lily and I wanted to visit the first time we were up north so we decided to visit. It was a political centre during the Spanish occupation and survived the bombs of WWII leaving a nice Spanish vibe ...

World Heritage Town
May 14, 2008

... go back to sleep. Vigan isn't a large city by modern standards (at least the tourist part of it). When the Philippines was under Spanish control, Vigan was the 3rd largest city, after Manila and Cebu. Some ways inland, it has a grid layout and the old ...

Its Not Grim Up North
Feb 11, 2007 (4 photos)

... poor Dean as he tries to cram himself into buses and jeepneys designed for small framed locals. Vigan is a beautiful city, the 3rd oldest i the Philippines. It narrowly escaped being carpet bombed in WW2 and is now the best preserved Spanish colonial ...

Fiesta Time in Vigan
Jan 26, 2009 (14 photos)

A quick stopover after Manila, we decided to travel North, quite far North in fact, to the historic town of Vigan.  Back on the buses, for some strange and unfathomable reason the company decided it was a good idea to drop you in the city at 4am, in ...

Vigan
Oct 24, 2008 (9 photos)

 

Viva Pugudpod and Vigan!
May 17, 2008 (30 photos)

... only 2 weeks away before the Nursing Licensure Exam! o.O 2. I really saved up my money just to see the famous ancient Calle Vigan. =) 3. I was able to see the breath-taking site of the huge Ilocos Windmills! (which I only see in films/tv before) 4. My ...

Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Feb 12, 2009

This is the first and last time that I have visited Vigan - and for work not for leisure :-( Theplace is romantic, looks very historical and some restaurants serve exotic foods!

Vigan Mestizo District
Jan 28, 2008 (10 photos)

... Vigan. On the next morning, we decided to go to Banaue, which was also one of the best attractions in the Philippines. There was no direct route from Vigan to Banaue and so we had to go there via Baguio. Baguio was located in the middle of the mountaious ...

PHILIPPINES - Historic Vigan
Apr 14, 2008 (124 photos)

Vigan City is one of the must-sees in the Philippines. Having been proclaimed by UNESCO as a heritage site, we just cannot miss this one. SO after giving a Culture of Peace training in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley, we then travelled all the way to ...

ILOCOS from South to North of Luzon-Philippines
Apr 4, 2008

What a Great Road Trip!!

the Phils 2
Mar 4, 2008 (10 photos)

A Google earth, God's eye view of the Philippines shows it as thousands of tiny spots floating on the ocean. It looks like a land of coasts, thousands and thousands of convoluting, sinuous beaches demarcating the smashed pieces of island that make up the ...

My Great Adventure
Apr 14, 2008

Firstly, we focused all the tourists spots on this place, study about the Heritage as one of the oldest Spanish colonial place in the Philipines

Northern Exposure!
Jun 5, 2006 (41 photos)

... ready for it. At 11:30pm that Wednesday night, we set off for the north. Our handydandy E-Z MAP PHILIPPINES TRAVEL ATLAS led us there.  Getting to Ilocos Norte does not require a keen sense of direction. You should just simply ...

Meeting Shawi @ Vigan
Dec 29, 2006

We spent time with Shawi and her whanau for new Year

VIGAN
Feb 8, 2009

... que j ai pris sont impeccables, limite neufs, pas du tout bondes. Ce matin, ca tapait un peu, c est bon pour les abdos. Vigan est une tres chouette petite ville qui n a pas morfle durant la 2nde guerre mondiale. Le centre preserve est compose de maison ...

Vigan
Apr 11, 2006 (1 photos)

Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Day 2-Ilocos Sur
Oct 12, 2009 (95 photos)

Quezon City to Vigan Ilocos Sur - Northern Phil
Feb 11, 2008

... grab some breakfast, coffee, and anything else we might have forgotten to bring. Mt. Pinatubo, the volcano that got the whole Philippines in panic with it's 1991 eruption, is clearly visible as soon as you reach Pampanga. Every year, we hear parents ( ...

Time has stood still
Mar 17, 1998

Time has stood still

Vigan, Ilocos
Mar 12, 2004

... saw a small "sari-sari" store which sells some hot soup which they sell for Php5.00/order (yeah! that's too cheap...) Vigan was called "a place like no other". Vigan brings images of antiquated houses, cobbled narrow streets, calesas and friendly faces ...

Nov 27, 2009
Nov 27, 2009 (3 photos)

Vigan at Night.
Jan 14, 2008 (4 photos)

... sumptuous dinner! The night was young. So we decided to take a walk around town and take pictures. First stop, the Vigan Cathedral. Then to Ilocos Sur Capitol and Plaza Salcedo. the park is located in between the Capitol building and the cathedral. ...

vigan
May 20, 2009

VIGAN