Patapat Bridge



The Patapat Viaduct Is a viaduct at the municipality of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. elevated 31 meters over sea level, is 1.3 km concrete coastal bridge that connects the Maharlika Highway from Laoag, Ilocos Norte to the Cagayan Valley Region. It rises along the town's coastal mountains, which is the starting point of the Cordillera Mountain Range that snakes through Northern Luzon. It is the 4th longest bridge in the Philippines. 



Baluarte



Baluarte is a ten minute drive from Vigan City. It is owned by Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson and sometimes called Chavit’s Fortess.  Unlike other zoos, Baluarte is a wildlife sanctuary dedicated to facilitating education, conservation and protection of endangered species and wildlife. Visitors of Baluarte are guaranteed to rediscover life amongst the animals in unique and entertaining ways through first-hand experience. In fact, one can come and play with the animals inside Baluarte. It is so interactive that visitors can feed them, pet them, whistle with them and even roar with them.



St.Nicholas de Tolentino Church



In this church of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, is a life size Black Crucified Christ which is believed to have come from Nagasaki, Japan in 1620. The early Spanish Missionaries must have brought images for the early Japanese Christians. When Christianity was persecuted in 1597, the Japanese converts must have given away the images so as not to provoke the anger of the rulers and not to be detected as Christians.
​The images of the Black Crucifix and of the Blessed Virgin Mary put in a box must have drifted in the sea till they reached the boundary shores of Sinait, Ilocos Sur and Badoc, Ilocos Norte, an adjacent town. In 1620, the Black Christ was taken to the church of Sinait and it was locally called: “El Santo Cristo Milagroso,” while the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken to Badoc church known as: “La Virgen Milagrosa.”
​In order to seek help and continued protection from the epidemic and calamities that afflicted the Ilocano provinces in 1656 and 1660, the miraculous images of the Santo Cristo and the Virgen were brought to Vigan. The believers, though drained by anguish, offered prayers which were repaid with bountiful favors. Hence, they are considered intercessors of all kinds of afflictions and sicknesses. The replica of the Virgen Milagrosa is enshrined in a side Chapel of the Church, so that when one comes for the intercession of the Black Crucifix, at the same time and place one can make the devotion to the Virgen



Vigan Heritage Village



The village was established in the 16th century, when trade and community activity started to flourish along the Mestizo River, lasting up to the 19th century. The name "Vigan" was derived from a giant taro plant "biga" that grew abundantly along the riverbanks. Most of the materials -- such as adobe, pebbles, bricks and posts -- were brought from Europe through the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade. The construction work was done by Chinese laborers. Thus, the village's architecture reflects a unique fusion of Spanish European and Chinese culture.