Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary strongly demands visits by tourists. It is one of the top tourist attractions in Baguio. Baguio is located in the northern part of Luzon in Philippines. This city harbors numerous gardens and parks. The Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary, Baguio is situated on the North Santo Tomas Road in the region of Campo Sioco.
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A wise Monash student once said that in order to truly understand the city you visit as a tourist, you have to visit the local market. Baguio’s Public Market truly embodies the local experience. Situated at the end of Session Road, the Baguio Public Market is the heart and pulse of this university cum tourist [...]
People now have more reasons in visiting Benguet province other than the cool climate, vegetables and strawberries. This Lenten season, Benguet province offers a new package for pilgrims and mountain trekkers.
The Department of Tourism Cordillera Administrative Region (DOT-CAR) lured pilgrims and trekkers to visit the highest mountain of Cabuyao, Santo Tomas in Tuba, Benguet to [...]
A major part of the Baguio Flower Festival 2008 (or as the barriotic call it, the Panagbenga 2008) is the regular closure of Session Road, Baguio City’s main thoroughfare, from vehicular traffic and its conversion into a large swath of sidewalks cafés, food stalls, flower shops, micro performance venues, and more food stalls.
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It’s no Ayala Avenue or Roxas Boulevard, but Baguio City’s most prominent thoroughfare could rival the busiest Manila street in terms of pedestrian traffic alone, not to mention mastodon-sized vehicular snarls. The renowned urban planner Daniel J. Burnham, tasked with developing a health resort town for overheating American colonizers, drew up plans for this mountain [...]
After months of procrastination, I’ve finally decided to move iBaguio (Baguio’s first online city guide and portal) unto WordPress. This means easier, and hopefully more frequent, updates to Baguio’s longest running website. Unfortunately, this also means less control on my part to the design and aesthetics of the site. The version 4.0 design has been [...]
Ben Cabrera, or Bencab, is arguably the best-selling painter of his generation of Filipino artists. Before settling in Baguio in 1987, Bencab had established for himself a name of international importance - exhibiting across the world, from London to New York to Macau; and undeniable brilliance - manifested in his loyal and perennially expanding assemblage [...]
Mines View Park is located on a promontory of land about 4 km from downtown Baguio. Standing on a small observation deck in Mines View Park, the tourist has a spectacular view of the nearby valley and mountains and over the gold and copper mines formerly operated there by the Benguet Corporation.
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Tam-awan Village is a cultural preserve & living museum showcasing authentic traditional Ifugao huts in a replication of their original setting in the Cordilleras. Tam-awan is also a residential community for quite a few Baguio-based artists, and it is a popular gathering place for the arts circle of Baguio. It is owned by the Chanum [...]
With damages estimated to cost around P70 million, investigators at the Baguio Fire Department are set to conduct an ocular inspection of the University of Baguio (UB) high school building, to determine what started the conflagration.Fire investigator Bartolome Cacamo said they would explore all angles to determine the cause of the fire, including reports that [...]
