Historic sites

Vigan

Philippines Ilocos Sur Vigan

Vigan
Photo: Västgöten, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The best-preserved Spanish colonial town in Asia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with cobbled Calle Crisologo lined with ancestral houses, horse-drawn calesas and pottery workshops.


Try empanadas and longganisa sausages. A light and fountain show plays at Plaza Salcedo in the evening. It's about 8 hours from Manila or a flight to Laoag.

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