Baguio City Travel Guide: Baguio and Benguet Discoveries and Hot Spots

Baguio City is known as the summer capital of the Philippines.  It attracts a lot of tourist because of its cool weather.  Baguio City is also the most urbanized city in North Luzon.  There a lot of malls, restaurants,schools, banks and hotels in  Baguio City.  It is also equipped with electricity and connectivity.  Baguio City is filled with both private and public transportation which attributes to its frequent traffic....

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Good Shepherd Convent Baguio: Best Baguio Pasalubong

Good Shepherd Convent is a must stop in Baguio City for pasalubongs.    Good Shepherd Convent offers a good scenic view with all the flowery plants and religious monuments. We, Travel Tripsters, always make it to a point to visit Good Shepherd Convent just for its pasalubong center where pasalubong products by the Mountain Maid Training Center are sold. Mountain Maid Training Center is famous for its Ube Jam, Strawberry Jelly and...

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Baguio City Market and the Rattan Fruit

A must stop in Baguio City is the Baguio City Market.  Every fresh produce of the North Luzon can be found in the Baguio City Market.  Products range from brooms to pasalubongs. The Baguio City Market occupies a large area.  The market vendors are scattered on both indoor and outdoor parts.  It's best to go to Baguio City Market early in the morning between 5 to 6 am so you can bargain for a cheaper price.  The vendors...

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Quirante's Fun Rides & Recreation at Burnham Park

During our Travel Tripsters stroll at Burnham Park (see previous entry), we found an amusement park called Quirante's Fun Rides & Recreation. RecreationQuirante's Fun Rides & Recreation has a huge circular skating rink.  There also offer roller skates rentals at 30 php per 30 minutes, roller blades rentals at 100 per 30 minutes and scooter rentals at 75 php per 30 minutes.  I suddenly missed roller blading.  If I...

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Balatoc Mines Tour in Itogon Benguet

One of our Travel Tripsters favorite adventures is our trip to Balatoc Mines in Itogon Benguet.  The Balatoc Mines Tour was supposed to be only until 2 p.m. but we arrived around 2:20 p.m.  Luckily, the guides allowed us to take the Balatoc Mines Tour still.  We were given a visitor pass by the guards at the gate and were told to proceed to the Visitor Center.   Our guide Evelyn met us outside the Visitor Center...

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