A great place to Unwind (Ilocos Sur)

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

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