3 days and 2 nights to travel for the price of 5,000 with a complete package for backpackers like you.
Day 1
2:00 am- 3:00 am – Preparation time
3:30 am- 9:00 am – Traveling to Vigan Ilocos, Sur
9:00 am- 9:50am – Departing time
10:00 am- 10:30am –Brunch
10:30 am – 12:00nn – Preparation for first Tour in Calle Crisologo
12:00 nn- 5:00pm –Roaming around the famous Calle in Vigan
(Calle Crisologo has become the must-go to spot in Vigan. Recognized by UNESCO as a Heritage City.
Location: Mena Crisologo St., Meztizo District, Vigan City)
The Crisologo family’s belongings are housed at the Crisologo Museum.
Operation Hours: 24 hours (though most stores begin closing at 8 pm)
6:00 pm-7:00pm –Dinner Sched.
8:00pm – 10:00pm –Sleeping Time
Day 2
5:00am – 7:30am –Breakfast and Preparation for the next Tour
8:00am – 10:00am – Visit Baluarte
And finally, for something different visit the local zoo, Baluarte. Yes, there are giant dinosaur statues. Go have a beer at the Hidden Garden Restaurant on Bgry. Bulala and then take photos of yourself with the dinosaurs. There are also lions, tigers, monkeys, camels, deer, and a variety of birds inside the zoo itself.
10:00am- 11:50am – Tour at the Famous Bantay Church Bell Tower
Location: Bantay Church Bell Tower is 10 to 15 minutes away from Crisologo street. You can take a kalesa or a tricycle.
Fee(s): There is no entrance fee but a donation for the bell’s maintenance is accepted.
Operation Hours: 6am to 6pm
12:00nn -1:00pm – Lunch at Café Leona
1:00 pm- 2:00pm –Joining at VIVA VIGAN FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
2:00 pm- 3:30pm Visiting and trying of their local Products
sinanglao (soup made from beef innards)
arroz caldo (rice soup with chicken)
miki (flat noodles in a thick soup with meat bits and sometimes drizzled with eggs)
empanada (turnover with a filling of eggs, Vigan longganisa, sage and vegetables wrapped in a rice flour crust/shell)
okoy (a pancake made with local shrimp).
Eat Vigan longganisa – a garlic sausage similar to Lucban Longganisa.
Eat tinubong, a sticky sweet rice cake that’s sold in bamboo tubes.
Drink Basi, a local wine (native rum) made from sugarcane.
4:00pm- 5:00pm – Witness the beauty of Mindoro Beach of Vigan
6:00pm – 7:00pm- Dinner Time
8:00pm – 10:30pm- Party at 8.88 Restaurants and KTV Bar
10:45pm- 11:00pm- going back to hotel
5:00am – 6:00am – Preparation
6:00am -11:00am- Departure to Manila
12:00nn – 1:30pm – Drop Off