Ilocos sur

HOW TO GET THERE?

PARTAS has one of the best super deluxe buses to Ilocos Sur. I'm not sure with the frequency though, and the last time my aunt took the super de luxe she was able to take one departing from their Pasay terminal. You can check the frequency of these deluxe buses by calling their Cubao terminal (7257303) or Pasay (8514025).

Of course if you have second thoughts on the whole buse ride and attempt to cut your bus trip, Cebu Pacific offers low fares to Laoag, much much lower compared to the PAL fares before. Check out www.cebupacificair.com.

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For  Participants   coming   from the  NAIA & Centennial  Airport:

1. From  NAIA,  get  the airport  taxi,  proceed  to  PARTAS  Bus  Terminal  (Blue white)   nearby  Pasay  City (P200  fare).  Vigan Direct. Get  the  Vigan trip . Terminal   is  very  near  to  UNP .   You  can get also  the   Laoag trip   (Ilocos Norte ),   it  will  pass  thru   Vigan.     Pasay-Vigan is   7 hours   at  night.    (Note:  Do not  get   Bangued, Abra. This  bus  enters  Narvacan, Ilocos  Sur  in going to Abra ).
2. For    a  more   frequent   24-hour   trip to  Vigan,   from  airport , get  the  airport  taxi  and  proceed   to  PARTAS  Bus (Blue white)    Terminal   Cubao (Aurora Blvd,   near EDSA).  The taxi   fare  is  P400.00.   Manila -  Vigan fare  is bus  is  P600.
3. At    NAIA,  you  can  get  also  airport taxi  and  proceed  to   :
1. Viron  Transit  (Cream Orange Maroon)-  Vigan Direct       Terminal  at   EDSA  Cubao.
2. Dominion Bus  Lines  (Green blue)-  Vigan Direct     Terminal  at EDSA  Cubao

       When  you  are  in Sampaloc , Manila,   take  the  different  buses:          

3. Florida Liner   (Pink)-  Cubao  or  Sampaloc  (drop at  Caltex, Bantay, Ilocos  Sur where  the   Vigan Grand Arch  is  placed  then    get  a   tricycle  for a  1    km  ride to Vigan .  (This bus does not  enter  Vigan proper)
4. Farinas  Trans (Green)  -   from   Sampaloc  drop at   Caltex , Bantay, Ilocos Sur  then     
   get  a    tricycle   for  a  1 km  ride to Vigan.  (This bus does not  enter  Vigan proper)
5. Aniceto Lines  ( Yellow) -    Vigan  Direct.     Manila   to   Vigan (near  UNP)
6. Auto bus  ( black) -  from Sampaloc  drop  at Caltex,   Bantay,  Ilocos  Sur.
7. RCJ    (blue) -   from  Sampaloc  drop  at the   Vigan Grand  Arch ,  Caltex, Bantay,
   Ilocos  Sur.  
8. Maria  de  Leon  - from  Sampaloc  drop  at the   Vigan Grand  Arch ,  Caltex, Bantay,    
   Ilocos   Sur.  

DO  NOT  GET  VICTORY  LINER  and  PHIL. RABBIT.  THEY HAVE  NO FRANCHISE  IN  ILOCOS SUR AND  ILOCOS NORTE .            

4. For  those  taking  the  domestic flight from Manila  to  Vigan,     the   Manila-Laoag  ( 1 hr)   then  by  bus   Laoag  to  Vigan (Mini Buses,  Partas,  Farinas Trans, RCJ, Maria de Leon, or  any  bus  with  placard  going to San Fernando,  Baguio , Carmen,  Pasay, Manila, Cubao  or  that  pass thru   Vigan)   for  1.5  hours.  Fare  is  P110.00.

We board the Partas bus at Dau, Malacabat near Angeles City  the direct bus to Vigan. The bus bound for Laoag will also stop at Vigan. The journey to Vigan will take 7 hours (fare : 469pesos) and to Laoag, stopping at Batac, another 2hours ride (an additional fare:98pesos). 
When we reached Vigan the next morning at 8.00am, we decided not to get off the bus at Vigan but instead continued our journey to Laoag, stopping at Batac, for half a day visit and then move to Laoag via Gilbert Bridge from Batac/Paoay using the tricycle.
From Laoag we then took another Partas bus back to Vigan - journey two hours and fare is 121pesos

The City of Vigan (Ilokano: Ciudad ti Bigan; Tagalog: Vīgân; is a 5th class city in the province of Ilocos Sur,Philippines. It is the capital of the Province of Ilocos Sur. The city is located on the western coast of the large island of Luzon, facing the South China Sea.

It is a World Heritage Site in that it is one of the few Hispanic towns left in the Philippines, and is well known for its cobblestone streets, and a unique architecture that fuses Philippine and Oriental building designs and construction, with colonial European architecture.

According to the latest Philippines census, it has a population of 47,246 people in 9,193 households.

Former Philippine president Elpidio Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines, was born in Vigan, at the current location of the Provincial Jail (his father was a warden); and resided in the Syquia Mansion.