And for Best of the Best Beaches in Asia, ... You can relax at the beach in Pagudpud, hike with locals up the Batad Rice Terraces, ride in a horse-drawn carriage in Vigan, ...

At Secret Beach on Matinloc Island, travelers can swim through a narrow crevice in the rocks to reach a sandy enclave surrounded by sky-high karst walls. Not too far away, Vigan Island is home to ...

Over a hearty lunch of Vigan longganisa and bagnet, garlic fried rice, poki-poki (eggplant with egg), deep fried okoy, papaitan and dinengdeng at Gov. Savellano’s beach resort in Pugos, we went ...

Vigan in Ilocos Sur evokes images of heritage houses and the ... alternative modes of transport developed, and security improved. Our beaches remain among the world’s best, but need to be maintained.

A toast of indulgence. A taste of the past. Scholarly leisure. Situated 400 kilometers from Manila, on the western coast of the largest island of the country, Vigan never fails to attract history ...

Vigan, a Unesco World Heritage site, is one of the northern Philippines’ main tourist draws. But a lack of modern transport links mean that Vigan underperforms when it comes to attracting ...

Vigan City is poised to welcome a surge of visitors, with an estimated 20,000 people expected to flock to the city on New Year’s Eve. All hotels and accommodations are booked fully, as of this writing ...