Vigan City in the Philippines
The Nostalgic Vigan City Philippines
The moment you step in into this city, a nostalgia of Spanish era in the
Philippines will flashback your soul in this era in the Philippines as if you
immediately return into the past life and settings of the Philippines during the
Spanish times. That is the thrill Vigan City Philippines will give you once you
visit this city. Both local of the Philippines and foreigners who visit this
place were awe by the nostalgic beauty of Vigan City Philippines and exclaim “It
is a place no other”.
The landscape of the whole city or town is all dressed up during the Spanish era
in the Philippines. The town is filled with antiquated houses with a blend of
Spanish, Latin American, European and Asian architecture with cobbled narrow
streets and calesas. However, these ancestral houses were built by the Chinese
taipans at that time but manage to survive during World War II. You could see
these 180 ancestral houses and other historical landmarks strung altogether at
Mestizo District.
Moreover, did you know that Vigan’s historical town was place by UNESCO World
Heritage Convention side by side with the Pyramids of Egypt, Taj Mahal of India,
The Great Wall of China, and other famous world heritage? Yes, you heard it
right, UNESCO World Heritage Convention did. At December 2, 1999 UNESCO World
Heritage Convention inscribed Vigan City among the list of World Heritage
Cultural Properties for the exceptional and universal beauty of Vigan’s historic
town.
So, where is Vigan City in the Philippines located and how to get there? Vigan city
Philippines is located at the northern Luzon Philippines at the province of
Ilocos Sur Philippines. It is 408 kilometers away from Manila Philippines, 139
kilometers away from San Fernando La union Philippines and 80 kilometers away
from Laog city Philippines.
Once you get there, you can either ride their calesas or jeep or tricyle to tour
the town. Moreover, if you like to stay for few days in Vigan’s historic town,
you can pay for board and lodging there at the historical town. For some
ancestral houses there were turn into hotel for the accommodations of some
tourist who want to stay for few days at the area. However, there are also hotels
in Vigan city which of rural settings if you don’t like to stay at the ancestral
houses. However, there are also resorts accommodations in rural settings if you
don’t want to feel the nostalgia effect of the town.
Aside from nostalgic Vigan’s historical town, you could also witness the Burnay
Industry or Vigan’s earthenware jars process how a potter’s hand molds
earthenware. Is that exciting to see? Moreover, we could also see the art of
“abel-weaving”. Abel-weaving is the art of making fabrics using a wooden handloom
and other accessories use in it to produce clothings, blankets, etc. It is one of
the industrial prides of Vigan City aside from earthenware jar making.
There is also the “damili” industry or the terra-cotta craft which indigenous
people of Vigan city in the Philippines made and produces cooking pots, water vessels, charcoal-fed
-cooking stoves, etc.
