About Vigan City
Calle Crisologo is why people come to Vigan: a stone street of bahay na bato houses that came through the war mostly intact, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site with calesas going up and down it. Eat the longganisa, which is small and heavy on garlic, and the empanada. The capital of Ilocos Sur is a small city doing heritage work at scale.
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How This Philippine City Escaped Modernization [EP. 16]
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Where Vigan City is
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Barangay PagpartianWhere the great conquistador Juan de Salcedo landed when he arrived in Vigan through the Mestizo River. Also the site of the city slaughterhouse, built during the Spanish …
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Calle CrisologoThe cobbled street of ancestral houses, closed to cars, best walked early in the morning or after dark. It runs through the Mestizo District and is the best …
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Mestizo Districtoffers a wonderful glimpse into the Philippines' colonial past. The ancestral houses were mostly built by Chinese traders using a mixture of local, Asian and Spanish architectural styles. …
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National Museum/Padre Burgos Housealso known as the Ayala Museum, this showcases the memorabilia of martyred priest Jose Burgos. Behind the house is the national museum (formerly the Ilocos Sur Provincial Jail), …
Eat
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1995 Studio CafeCafe · ₱
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Gerry's Vigan (Gerry's Grill)Restaurant · ₱₱
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Steak to Juan Vigan Ilocos SurRestaurant · ₱
Featured video
on YouTube
How This Philippine City Escaped Modernization [EP. 16]
Jessica Lee
News
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Abel-Iloko, weaving tradition take spotlight in Ilocos Sur exhibitVigan City · 1 month agoInquirer.net
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Manifested: Ilocos grad tops nursing exam, turns dream into realityVigan City · 1 month agonewsinfo.inquirer.net
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Vigan City celebrates heritage, tourism week through the artsVigan City · 1 month agonewsinfo.inquirer.net
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‘Handog Ng Pangulo’ elevates hope for over 3K Ilocos Sur residentsVigan City · 1 month agopia.gov.ph
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Taga-Vigan City ka? Say hi.Vigan City · 0 replies