Vigan Heritage Site

A living history museum that showcases the lifestyle and culture of the Ilocano people during the Spanish colonial period. Streets are lined with well-preserved Spanish colonial houses, shops, and restaurants. It offers a better look at night and is bustling with tourists and horse carts. Awesome experience, really felt authentic (and it was!)

A lot of souvenir stores for an affordable price. The cafes can be seen almost every corner. And it is also cheap compared to the price in the Metro.

A treasure! Time travel in this Spanish colonial architecture. The vintage site lets you walk on the cobblestone freely and take photos or videos as you want. If you want good photos, you can also come in the morning because the glare from the street lamps can get in the way at night. It was tough to get decent photos at night unless you have a super good camera. In this place, the old and the new merges into an extraordinary experience of the lifetime.

The evening here is different from the morning hussle and buzz of the regular street. There wasn't any night market besides religious items, flowers, and a few souvenir shops open. Since it rained that night, the sought-after Dancing Fountain light show at the Plaza Salcedo was cancelled. Perhaps due to the pandemic, most shops and restaurants along the roads were closed.

At the start of your drop-off, there's the old Maybank and some old office near the church. Walk further to find a statue for some background on an important person behind this site. It really feels like a normal street open to vehicles, and yet extraordinary too with all that cobblestone and walking.

Calle Crisologo is the most famous street here, we walked it from end to end.

If you know Philippine history, you'd easily recognize the Calle Mabini on the side as one named after Apolonario Mabini. And there were several others like Calle Luna, and so on that you'd pass through.

If you're up for it, take the romantic, single horse-drawn carriage, locally called kalesa, a ride for only 200 pesos and fits two people at the center and one person beside the coach driver. It goes for 10 minutes around the site. But it's bumpy and can be fast that you need a more proper video camera besides your phone to take videos. When we came, there was only one operational kalesa ride, you can imagine how long we waited for our turn!

There are sides well-preserved and other sides that seemed like they came out of some ruins or the end of World War II feel. I hope they put some good budget and restore these other parts of the street before they fall apart.

Coming here in Vigan is most nostalgic and it feels like an introduction to Europe's classic streets as if you're watching Princess Sara or some time-period drama.

If you want food, there was one restaurant with outdoor dining that was open near where the Kalesa ride line was. But we didn't have the time to try them as it looked pricey.

Must check on your camera para makuha mo talaga yung perfect mode of taking pic. The whitish pic is just a normal cam, The Yellowish pic, i used the pro mode.

Established in the 16th century, Vigan is the best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its architecture reflects the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in the Philippines, from China and from Europe, resulting in a culture and townscape that have no parallel anywhere in East and South-East Asia.

Bagnet the best!

This is one of the Spanish historical place which I had visited so far, so amazing the place is already preserved since 16th century. Aesome place!

If you are somewhere in Ilocos, visiting Vigan City and heritage places is a must. Pictures are perfect before 9am or after 3pm.

Vigan City is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the only one of its kind in the Philippines. The city has been able to preserve its heritage through out the various periods of Philippine history. A lot of heritage houses found adaptive reuse as boutique hotels, museums, restaurants, and the like.

The colonial influence on Spanish culture and architecture so evident in this city, that for a brief moment you seemed to have been transported into an old town somewhere in Spain or Mexico. Charming place.

Heritage village is one of the oldest village in the Philippines. One of the pride of Ilocos Sur. Visit this place and you will be amazed. Try also there famous delicacies chicacorn and Vigan Longanisa.

Just like Calle Crisologo, the area is just filled with Spanish colonial houses, buildings and churches. Almost street has a story to tell if you just spend enough time walking and asking people who live there.

Calle Crisologo is a street in Vigan and a historical site where you can see houses built during the spanish era. So if you want to go back in time and relive those moments you just have to pack your bag and head to Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

Calle Crisologo is also known as the Mena Crisologo street. It got its name from one of the most respected sons in Ilocos; Mena Pecson Crisologo who wrote the ilocano version of Don Quixote and another writing which is in comparison to Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere.

It is a street with old houses where the rich people from the Spanish era used to live. Now, there are souvenir shops, museums and old houses that were converted to inns or restaurants. There are calesas too so you can tour Vigan the old-fashioned way. The place is picturesque. Some say it is also a good time to go at night because of the lamp posts. It gives you the feel that you are bein transported back in time in a more romantic way.

We went here during the summer season so the place is scorching hot and there are lots of tourist too. You need to have a bottled water or an energy drink with you to keep yourself from dehydration and headache. However, there are ice cream vendors or dirty icecreams that are bein sold to keep your head cool. Lol.

If you get hungry, there is a place full of eateries, stalls near the church where they sell local cuisines and their famous ilocos empanada. Not a fan of it tho, except for the ones that are being sold at one of the stalls at the grocery store of Market Market. Haha. It is way better than the authentic ilocos empanada. Haha. There are fast food restaurants in the area too if you don't want to eat at an eatery or you can also try the restaurants in one of the houses.

If you want to visit the place I suggest you visit it during "ber" months to avoid the summer heat.

We were able to visit this beautiful place during our batch tour. Instagram worthy place. We were able to see Dimples Romano here. There are variety of stores where you can buy souvenirs.

A perfect tourist spot for those who want to see and experience times from the spanish era of the Philippines. The Kalesa (horse carriage ride) are a MUST, instead of taking a tricycle or jeepney, take a KALESA and support the culture and local people of Vigan. (They can also go in the drive thru if you get hungry) 😅

Amazing! Well recommended! Like their tinolang manok. They serve free unlimited local coffee too! The best place for stressed and tired tourists. A must try! - Check out and like my travel blog on facebook, TRAVELER'S JOURNAL.

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Although many of the stores here cater to tourists, it does giv you a good sense of the Spanish influence in this area. The buildings are very well maintained. Stop by and get a vigan empanada, avocado ice cream, and try the Basi wine.

beautiful historical place! traveled back in time! such a beautiful amazing relaxing site!

Can't wait to keep coming back. Indeed a best spot to dine with during night.

The place was great. It was really nice staying in this hotel.