Tag: Baguio

Stay | Holiday Inn Baguio City Centre

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Post date December 6, 2018
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Double Bed Superior Room

All roads lead to Baguio for metro folks looking to escape the city heat. More so during the cold months when people yearns for the cold clime as Baguio temperature drops below to 15 degree centigrade. Traveller would delight to know InterContinental Hotels Group has stamped their presence in the city of pines with the newly built, Holiday Inn Baguio City Centre. The 185-room, eight story building opened its doors mid of 2018. Offering another option in Baguio City with the staple quality of the Holiday Inn chain.

Tags Baguio, IHG Hotels

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Baguio City | Into the Laperal White House: Bamboo Art and the Haunted

Post author By Ferdz
Post date February 12, 2015
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The stairway to the upper floors of Laperal White House

Five years after my first visit to Laperal White House in Baguio City, there was a movie (which I haven’t seen), an iWitness Documentary and thousands of searches referred to my old post. There were even several invites to guest or talk about the house and a number of inquiries from researchers. I guess Filipino love horror stories. Something to scare themselves sometimes. It was only five years after when I got to revisit the place again. Now open to the public as a Bamboo Art Exhibit, visitors can now indulge themselves and unravel the mystery of this famous White House.

Tags Ancestral Houses, Baguio, Exhibits, Ghost Stories, Haunted

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Baguio Stay | Heritage Mansion Hotel: Old Charm with Modern Comfort

Post author By Ferdz
Post date January 27, 2015
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The Standard Room at Heritage Mansion Hotel

It was a case of an unfortunate event that led me to stay in this old family mansion now called the Heritage Mansion Hotel in Baguio City. I had a booking in another hotel but they overbooked the rooms so I was moved here without extra cost in my part. A sort of an upgrade since it the rooms there were a lot more expensive than the one I booked and its much closer to the city center which I liked.

Tags 3 Star Hotel, Accommodations, Baguio, Heritage

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Baguio City | Ili-likha Artist Village: A Creative Surreal Space and Hub for Healthy Dining

Post author By Ferdz
Post date December 1, 2014
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Sculpture and one of the dining area in Ili-likha

From the outside, it looks like a run down dilapidated structure with an overgrown tree intruding its space at the entrance. Once we got inside, it’s like going through a rabbit hole and we were transported into a surreal otherworld. Almost amorphous and continuing to evolve into who knows what, Ili-likha Artist Village is a patch of creative space in the heart of the highly urbanized Baguio City. They are just a few steps away from the infamous Session Road.

Tags Arts, Baguio, City Beat, Eats

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Baguio Stay | C Boutique Hotel: Artsy, Fancy and Mountain Views

Post author By Ferdz
Post date November 10, 2014
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Figuring out Baguio’s transport system can be daunting at first due to its winding and narrow roads. But staying there for four nights, I got a gist of commuting and can go comfortably off town. While not centrally located downtown near Session Road, C Boutique Hotel has its own special charm. Coming from the mountain haven of Sagada, C Boutique Hotel was a quiet transition. It’s away from the bustling city center and closer to the mountain views in which Baguio is known.

Tags Accommodations, Agoda, Baguio, Boutique Hotel, Sleep

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Six Interesting Halloween Destinations in the Philippines

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Post date October 27, 2011
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The Philippines has celebrated “Todos Los Santos” quite differently from other parts of the world. While it is only recent when candled pumpkins, trick or treats and cute-monstrosity items adorn some houses. But behind those masked commercialism, many Filipinos still observe the traditional practice of visiting departed loved ones during All Saint’s Day. I remember our usual visits to clean up the graves of our relative and also the talks of supernatural, the regular horror segments at Magandang Gabi Bayan and even a time when Mananangal (half-bodied flying female creatures with bat wings) flew over Manila. Those were interesting times, but traveling brought me to discover places which somehow exude the feel and connection to the otherworld. Here are some places from my archive which I think would be nice places to visit during the Halloween Season.

Tags All Saints Day, Baguio, Corregidor, Halloween, Sagada

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Benguet: A Taoist Bell Church in Baguio

Post author By Ferdz
Post date April 14, 2011
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So what’s new in Baguio? Aside from what I’ve written about Baguio lately, there isn’t much really aside from new eateries, events and activities. Most of the new stuff are extending far out of Baguio’s corners. We had time to kill for the afternoon after lunch so we decided to go to this one lesser known landmark that I haven’t been to which they call the Bell Church, found up north of Baguio at the border of La Trinidad.

Tags Baguio, Beliefs, Church, Culture, Structures, Temples