About Ilocos Sur

Vigan kept its cobbled street of Spanish merchant houses through the war and now runs kalesas along it, which is why most people come to Ilocos Sur. The town also makes burnay, the dark unglazed jars thrown on a foot-turned wheel, and a garlicky longganisa that does not travel under any other name. Vigan is the capital, while Candon further south has more people.

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Where Ilocos Sur is

17.3333, 120.5833
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Visit

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Santa Maria ChurchA brick church on a hill above the town, listed by UNESCO on December 11, 1993 as one of the four Baroque Churches of the Philippines. It was …
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Syquia MansionOne of the oldest stone houses, or bahay na bato, in Vigan, now open as a museum. Justo Angco built it in 1830 and gave it as a …
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Bessang PassThe mountain pass where Filipino soldiers beat the Imperial Japanese Army, kept now as a protected area and a war memorial. Troops of the United States Army Forces …
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Eat

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12/15 GASTROPUBRestaurant · Cabugao · ₱₱
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1227cafeCafe · Cabugao · ₱₱
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1995 Studio CafeCafe · Vigan City · ₱
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2 J's Native Chicken FarmRestaurant · Burgos · ₱₱
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Featured video

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How This Philippine City Escaped Modernization [EP. 16] Jessica Lee

News, from every place under Ilocos Sur

Security guard shot deadCandon City · 1 month agotribune.net.ph
Security guard shot dead inside house in BanayoyoCandon City · 1 month agotribune.net.ph
MC Neighbor shoots security guard dead in Ilocos SurCandon City · 1 month agomb.com.ph
NI Security guard killed in Ilocos Sur shooting; suspect surrendersCandon City · 1 month agonewsinfo.inquirer.net
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