North Luzon travel

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Overview

A region that invites intrepid exploration, North Luzon encapsulates a nation in miniature. Surfers race waves onto sunny beaches, where whites sands are lapped by teal waters. Machete-carrying mountain tribespeople are quick to smile and quicker to share their rice wine. An impenetrable jungle聽hides endemic critters. In Spanish colonial cities, sunlight breaks through seashell windows. Far-flung islands with pristine landscapes greet few visitors.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Mestizo District

Vigan

The Mestizo District, or Kasanglayan ('where the Chinese live'), is a grid of streets hemmed in between Plaza Burgos and Liberation Blvd and bisected by鈥�

Callao Cave

North Luzon

The most accessible part of the area's immense 25km limestone cave complex is the seven-chambered Callao Cave. The cave is reached by 184 slippery steps鈥�

BenCab Museum

Baguio

This superb museum dedicated to the life, times and work of artist Benedicto Reyes Cabrera (BenCab) is as fascinating as the man himself. The gallery is a鈥�

Paoay Church

North Luzon

Nineteen kilometres southwest of Laoag is North Luzon鈥檚 most famous church. Unesco World Heritage鈥搇isted Paoay Church was built in classic earthquake鈥�

St Louis University Museum

Baguio

This campus museum is run by Isekias 'Ike' Picpican, one of the country鈥檚 foremost authorities on the history and culture of the Cordillera people. You鈥�

Camp John Hay

Baguio

A Japanese internment camp for Allied prisoners of war in WWII, and then a US military rest-and-recreation facility, 246-hectare Camp John Hay has been鈥�

Tam-awan Village

Baguio

Nine traditional Ifugao homes and two Kalinga huts were taken apart then reassembled on the side of a hill at this artists colony. Spending the night in鈥�

Hundred Islands National Park

North Luzon

This small national park off the coast of Alaminos, 35km southeast of Bolinao, actually consists of 123 separate islets (some are just large rocks). Over鈥�

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