Calle Crisologo
The 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 known part of the old town: sett paving, and houses with brick …
Saint Paul Metropolitan Cathedral
The 18th-century earthquake baroque cathedral on Plaza Salcedo, with a bell tower standing apart from the church. It holds the cathedra of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia, and it is part of what UNESCO listed in 1999 as the Historic …
National Museum/Padre Burgos House
also 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), housing other ethnic and Ilocano artifacts such as artifacts, weapons, kitchen utensils, …
Plaza Burgos
is a favorite hang out for locals and is also used for staging major public events. It has also food stalls selling local snacks, especially the empanada. It is next to Vigan Cathedral and dedicated to the memory of Father …
Crisologo Museum
The Crisologo family house, kept as it was, with the car in which Congressman Floro Crisologo's family travelled.
Apatot Beach
An extensive stretch of cream-colored sand running to Biak na Bato (Mapisi Rock), a rock formation marking the boundary with the town of Santiago. There is a marker commemorating a clandestine US submarine shipment of weapons to anti-Japanese guerrillas in …
Narvacan Church
Narvacan's main Roman Catholic church, built during the Spanish era in the Baroque style.
Northern Luzon Heroes Hill National Park
A ridge that is popular among hikers and motorists for the dramatic coastal views along Manila North Road. While most of the park is located in Santa, its southern tip lies at Barangay Sulvec in Narvacan.
Santa Maria Church
A 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 built to work as a fort as well as a church, and …
Mestizo District
offers 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. Movie fans recognize the streets from the movie Born on the Fourth …
Cabulalaan Hills
A series of rolling foothills of the Cordillera Mountains that have become a popular hiking destination.
Santo Cristo Milagroso Chapel
A chapel built by the cove where the Santo Cristo Milagroso was said to have washed up in 1620 from Japan, where it had been hidden away by Christians being persecuted by the Tokugawa Shogunate. At the same time, a …
Saint Stephen Protomartyr Parish Church
San Esteban's main Roman Catholic church, built in a Baroque style during the Spanish era.
Narvacan Tobacco Farmer's Tourism Park & Commercial Complex
A sprawling mixed-use commercial and tourism complex featuring a farmers' market, civic monuments, a dancing fountain, and a replica of the shipwrecked vessel carrying the Spanish conquerors of Narvacan.
Mount Noah
A towering hill with views over Sulvec Cove, the Cordillera Mountains and downtown Narvacan.
Paraiso ni Juan
Meaning "Juan's Paradise", it is a grotto built on top of a protruding rock off Sulvec Beach, itself a popular swimming spot, marking the spot where the Spanish conquistadores who first arrived in Narvacan were shipwrecked. It is a picturesque …
Candon City Aquarium and Park
An aquarium and park that opened in 2025, the first of its kind in Ilocos Sur. It shows a wide range of marine life, including stingrays and coral reefs.
Candon Church
The city's parish church, built in the Earthquake Baroque style, with a four-storey octagonal bell tower. The tower alternates open and blind openings, carries a balustrade and is topped by a campanile. An Augustinian mission put the first church in …
Syquia Mansion
One 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 dowry when his daughter married Gregorio Syquia in 1875. The ground floor …
Plaza Salcedo dancing fountain
A free water and light show on the plaza in the evenings. The plaza is the longer arm of an L-shaped open space and is the town centre, named after the Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo. With Plaza Burgos it …
Barangay Pagpartian
Where 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 Era (for which the barangay is named).
Bateria Watchtower
A stout, Spanish-era watchtower meant to guard against pirates and foreign invaders from the South China Sea. The site was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 2015.
Sangaan Rolling Hills
A series of symmetrically shaped rolling hills at the boundary with Abra province
Tangadan Tunnel
A road tunnel cut through a stretch of the Cordillera Mountains to bypass the narrow treacherous stretch of the Abra River Gorge. The tunnel marks the approximate boundary between Ilocos Sur and Abra provinces and has rest stops on the …
Sulvec Watchtower
The remains of a Spanish-era watchtower and fortifications meant to guard against pirates and foreign invaders from the South China Sea. The site was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 2015.
Bessang Pass
The 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 in the Philippines Northern Luzon won the Battle of Bessang Pass on …
Pagburnayan jar factory
Workshops where burnay jars are still thrown on a foot-turned wheel and fired in a wood kiln.
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