LAOAG & VIGAN TOUR C/O LANZER

A few months before our vacation, I already contacted Kuya Lanzer for his ILOCOS tour. He quoted P9,000 for Laoag, Vigan & Pagudpud Tour including hatid sa airport from pagudpud & pasalubong shopping on our last day. From what I've read, mura na rin yun and ok naman reviews sa kanya kaya sa kanya na kami nag-book. No downpayment needed sabi niya as long as confirmed na darating kami. No problem on that since tuloy naman talaga kami sa vacation namin. Bale a few days before our tour, he called me up sa cellphone to polish up yun itinerary namin. Here are the spots included sa tour, most of the places included wala naman entrance fee.


Places to see in Vigan:
- calle crisologo
- Bantay Church and Bell tower
- Baluarte
- Giden Garden
- Jar (Burnay) Making

Places to see in Laoag:
- St. William Cathedral
- Sinking bell tower
- Marcos Museum
- Paoay Lake / Church
- Malacanan of the North
- Lapaz Sand Dunes
- Fort Ilocandia

Places to see in Pagudpud:
- Bangui Windmills
- Kapurpurawan Rock Formation
- Bangui View Deck
- Kabigan Falls
- Patapat via duct
- Paraiso ni Anton
- Agua Grande
- Bantay Abot
- Blue Lagoon
- Cafe Bojeudor Light House

Bale on our 1st day tour, meet up time is 9AM sunduin niya kami sa balay da blas. He arrived on time and we proceeded sa tour.

breakfast while waiting for Lanzer

MALACANANG OF THE NORTH

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Paoay Lake

 PAOAY CHURCH

MARCOS MUSEUM

ST WILLIAMS CATHEDRAL & SINKING BELL TOWER

CALLE CRISOLOGO

HIDDEN GARDEN

haha nakita lang namin sa tabi tabi

 BALUARTE

BANTAY CHURCH AND BELL TOWER

LA PAZ SAND DUNES & SAND BOARDING

- don't miss this. worth it yun bayad dito. ^^

FORT ILOCANDIA RESORT HOTEL

thats' it for our 1st day tour. bale nag take out na lang kami jollibee on the way home. haha gutom na eh, fast food na lang daw. Need to wake up early as we're going to pagudpud the next day. 

Pagudpud, Ilocos 3/28/13
Saramsam Ylocano Resto
Balay Da Blas Pensionne House
Laoag Arrival
Pagudpud Rinnovati

ILOCOS - arrival in LAOAG, Balay Da Blas

Our Ilocos trip took me 3 months to plan including accomodations, tour guides and transpo from & to our hotels. We got our airfare for around P2,200/pax c/o of cebu pacific. ETD in NAIA 3 was 12:25PM, the flight was 1 hour long so expected time to reach laoag airport was at around 1:25PM.

From Manila, we reached NAIA 3 at 11AM and immediately went to the check in counter. Got our boarding pass and immediately went to the gate.

lining up at the check in counter

 As expected, sobrang dami ng ng tao waiting for their flight, umiiwas sa dami ng magta-travel sa holy week.  Some cebu pac flights were delayed due to air traffic. at the time, passengers of an earlier flight that was bound for coron are still at the boarding gate. They said they departure was already 30 mins delayed.

dahil wala na maupuan, photo op na lang kami hehe

wala na chairs..

 At last at 12:40PM, boarding for laoag was announced. Pila na and boarded the cebu pac bus for the plane.

Reached Laoag Airport at around 1:40PM.  Maliit lang ang airport and hindi airconditioned.

got a leaflet sa information desk

 Immediately proceeded to the tourist information desk to sign up for the free shuttle bus (IMEE bus) to the city. Drop off straight to the hotel so you save a bit on the transfers. The bus is clean and comfortable.

registration for the shuttle bus

We were dropped off at Balay Da Blas at Giron St., this will be our home for the next 2 days. More on this on a separate post (Hotel Review).

room 14 at the roof top (w/ veranda) - triple room for P1,750/night w/ breakfast

Since we had a really early brunch in manila, most of us were starving. Since we've heard a lot about SARAMSAM resto (sister resto of Balay Da Blas), we decided to have a late lunch here. Went downstairs and the reception staff helped us flag down a tricycle for our transpo. Fare was P11 per person, max of 3 pax per trike. It took us 10 minutes to reach Saramsam Ylocano Restaurant.