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Second leg of the journey spans Baguio to Vigan
Ride out of Baguio on the Naguilian Road. Arriving in Bauang turn north on MacArthur Highway.
Since we have no business in San Fernando City proper, we take the San Fernando Bypass road.
Join Mac Arthur Highway again in San Juan. Cross the Amburayan river and following the coastline.
Have lunch in Candon City at Chef Nic bistro and continue northwards.
Arriving in Vigan, first checked in to hotel West Loch Park, a few Kilometers from Vigan center along MacArthur Highway. Although the front of the hotel looks small, it has a large pool in the backyard and more important clean rooms with all the amenities needed.
Late afternoon we visited Vigan touristic center.
Since we have no business in San Fernando City proper, we take the San Fernando Bypass road.
Join Mac Arthur Highway again in San Juan. Cross the Amburayan river and following the coastline.
Have lunch in Candon City at Chef Nic bistro and continue northwards.
Arriving in Vigan, first checked in to hotel West Loch Park, a few Kilometers from Vigan center along MacArthur Highway. Although the front of the hotel looks small, it has a large pool in the backyard and more important clean rooms with all the amenities needed.
Late afternoon we visited Vigan touristic center.
Bauang to Vigan Route
Check in at West Loch Park Hotel
ABOUT US
From a humble beginning that started in 1995 is the birth of Holiday Enterprises Lumber and Hardware. Later on, considered as one of the leading supplier for products and materials needed in the construction business.
The company maintains its reliability in all its undertakings. It is to keep the good reputation that the company has established in the industry.
Six years has past and the company have reached desired profit that led to venture out to another field of industry. Bigway Supermarket came out in the market to cater the daily staple needs of the community of Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur that extend to the different municipalities of the Province.
Bigway Supermarket with its sole purpose in providing healthy and fresh foods and also equipped with friendly staffand quality services. To the demands of the consumers, local products been patronized and with similar response to the line up of imported goods the company offers.
Year 2013, West Loch Park Hotel been opened in the Hospitality industry in providing best services and amenities. Giving the satisfaction of the growing populace of travelers and corporate guests.
West Loch Park Hotel has an open air and closed venue that we cater to the needs of our clients for any occasion thus we also engage in producing live concert from our local talents as to give sort ofentertainment.
And two years later a branch in the City of Vigan is operational to augment the demands of the industry. Now the city is known to be one of the New 7 Wonder Cities of the World.
Two branches working hand in hand to uphold its main core in the business industry.
The line-up of different companies that we endeavor entails a lot of perseverance and tons of hard work. But we are arm with competent and dedicated people in our main objective to fulfill the needs and satisfactory services of our clients.
Hotel by the pool
By the pool in the eveningVigan City
The area of Vigan was once a settlement of traders from Fujian Province, China. At the time of Spanish colonization, the Chinese settlers, whose language was Southern Fujianese (Minnan, referred to as "Hokkien" by most Filipinos), referred to the area as "Bee Gan" (Chinese: 美岸; pinyin: Měi'àn, pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bí'gān), which means "Beautiful Shore." Since the Castillian and Basque Spanish conquistadors interchanged V and the B to refer to the B sound, they spelled the Hokkien Chinese name "Bee Gan" as "Vigan", which is the name used to this day.
In pre-colonial times, Vigan was an important trading post for Chinese merchants trading gold, beeswax and other products from the central Cordilleras for exotic Asian goods. Many Chinese traders settled in the mestizo district, marrying locals and starting new bloodlines.
Vigan was captured and settled by the Spanish in 1572, and grew to become a center of Spanish political and religious power in the north of Luzon. In 1758 Vigan became the seat of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia.
The town was also a hotbed of anti-Spanish politics. Diego Silang was perhaps the most notable resistance leader, but was assassinated by his friends (on commission from the Spanish) in May 1763. Undeterred, Silang's wife, Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang, assumed leadership of the uprising but was later captured by the Spanish and publicly hanged on September 20, 1763.
Local legend has it that Vigan got its name from a simple communication breakdown. A Spaniard walking along the Metizo River apparently met a local and asked what the city was named. Not understanding what he was being asked, but seeing that the Spaniard seemed to be pointing to a tree, replied "Bigaa Apo" (a giant Taro plant that was common in the area). It is from the word "Bigaa" that Vigan is said to have derived its name.
Visit Vigan Tourist spot late afternoon
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