This EPIC La Union itinerary will show you all of the best things to do while you are in La Union - no matter your travel style!
Explore the top tourist spots of the laidback surfing town of La Union in North of Manila. Visit attractions such as waterfalls, lighthouses, churches, and more.
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
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Promised to a friend that I would tour her to Baguio and La Union. Instead of Marcos high way that is usually the road to Baguio, we passed Naguilian Road. One of the stop over is Ben Cab Museum. Not just art but saw a great nature scenery too. And I had to show her the pine trees and fog of Camp John Hay, Baguio! The next day, we went to warm place, Urbiztondo and Pebble Beach of La Union! Bahay na Bato for more arts and nature. I had to show her the famous grapes farm that is easy to spot from the highway. My Nanay's beautiful garden and succulent plants. Let her experienced the Ilocos food from Halo Halo de Iloko. And go back home..
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38 Best La Union Tourist spots and things to do in La Union. From surfing in the beaches, nightlife to restaurants to watch beautiful sunsets
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Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
La Union is now one of the top tourist destinations in the Philippines. During summer, La Union is filled with tons of people; most of whom are excited to go surfing. But aside from surfing, this province has much more to offer than what most people think. The places are beautiful enough to even entice tourists – both local and international visitors. Additionally, another reason to visit La Union is because of their grape farms. La Union grapes are only known by few people, until in 2014 when the photos of one of its grape farms have gone viral on the internet. If you are one of those people who got curious and want to experience it by yourself, then going to this North Luzon destination is the best thing to do. PERSONAL NOTES Five days before my scheduled flight to Jakarta, me and wifey took a, more or less, 5-hour travel to the so-called "Grapes Capital of the Philippines". Yep, that's Bauang in La Union! At Partas Terminal in Cubao, we were able to catch the 8:00AM bus trip going to Laoag. It's our first time in La Union so we asked the driver and conductor to drop us at Caba-Bauang boundary or the "welcome arch" as described on the FB page of one of the farms. After the 3 stopovers, we reached the welcome (or boundary) arch. Friendly locals helped us to find our first stop, the Gapuz Grapes farm – one of the pioneers in grapevine farming in the province. WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE AMAZING FARMS IN LA UNION? Gapuz Grapes Farm This is the most famous grapes farm located in Bauang, La Union. Joe Gapuz is the founder of this farm. He started to market the vineyard in 2010 after coming back home from California. They named the Gapuz Grape Farm as “The Porch Life.” People who visit Gapuz Grape farm always have tons of fun, most especially for those who enjoy a good, heart and stomach filling boodle fight. The farm offers a boodle fight for their guests worth P1, 500.00 good for 10 people. One more thing people like about going to this grape farm is that it does not have an entrance fee. But if you do want to take pictures around the farm, they would need you to pay a very cheap price of P20 – with complimentary bottled water. And if looking at the grapes makes your mouth water, you can actually get yourself a bag of them. One kilogram only costs P250. You can choose whether you want to pick it by yourself or you’ll just buy it directly. Here are some few details in case you are planning to visit Gapuz Grape Farm: The best season to pick grapes in Gapuz Grapes Farm is during March to May. Location: Bauang, La Union Open Hours: 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Entrance Fee: Free Photography: P20 (with complimentary bottled water) Grape picking or buying: P250 Contact Numbers: 09227701520/09997147616 FB Page: Gapuz Grapes Farm Lomboy Farms This is said to be the pioneer of all the grape vineyards of the Philippines. Known as the “Philippines King of Grapes”, Avelino Lomboy founded this farm in the 1970's. He only started planting few grapes cutting but decided to plant in the vineyard seriously. This place is located at 68 Urayong Bauang, La Union. You only need to budget P100 for entrance fee and additional fee for grapes picking. During weekdays and Saturday, they are open from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. They are also open during Sundays, but their closing time is 1 hour earlier. You may contact the landline number, 072 7052 105; their FB page, Lomboy Farms. Manguerra Grapes Farm This is located at Bauang, La Union near Gapuz Grape Farm at Barangay Urayong. They are open daily during 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Contact 0907 858 6784 / 09996764564 Look for Jane Manguerra or Mark Anthony Manguerra if you have inquiries. You can also check their FB Page here: Manguerra Grapes Farm. Calica Grapes Farm At the Bauang-Caba boundary arch, this is the first farm you will see in the way. This farm is also open daily and their open hour is 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. If you want to ask inquiries, contact their number: Smart 0907 905 0303, 0917 949 8273 and the Globe number 0905 550 5046. Check their FB Page here: Calica Grapes Farm. TRAVEL NOTES Traveling to La Union Grape Farm is pretty cheap! If you want to save more, you can invite your fried to join you. From Metro Manila, the fare is P420-P500 for one way. You should have at least Php1500.00 budget for your fare and food as well. HOW TO GET THERE From Metro Manila, Ride a bus bound for La Union worth Php401.00 - Php450.00 – travel time is ranging from 4 - 6 hours. Tell the driver to drop you off Bauang - Caba Boundary arch. Lomboy Farm is located along the highway while going to the other farms like Gapuz, you can take a walk or ride in a tricycle or motorcycle. From San Juan, La Union, ride a jeepney to get to San Fernando. Ask the driver to drop you at the jeepney terminal bound to Bauang - a more or less 30-minute travel. Once you ride in the jeep from San Fernando, tell the driver that you are planning to go to La Union Grape Farms. They will drop you off at the Bauang Church. From there, you can a hire tricycle going to the grape farms in Barangay Urayong. Aside from Grapes Farms of La Union, there are lots of fantastic places that could be found there. Put La Union in your itinerary list this summer! If you want to visit beautiful places in La Union, you can read more details about their tourist spots and have a tour in the grape farms for your last day. *** _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow TRAVELING MORION's Journeys and Travels Twitter| @travelingmorion Facebook Page| Traveling Morion Instagram | @travelingmorion
The adventurous mind will always be partnered by an adventurous feet. One murky afternoon we were like chatting on facebook with my friends, bullying and tormenting each other lol. Out of nowhere, we dared to plan an adventure and to everyones' surprise, it was set that day! WE WENT TO PUGO LA UNION 11pm that day!!! No budget prepared, we still went for it! GO GO GO! PUSH PUSH PUSH! From Olongapo city we took a 5 hour bus ride to PUGO, we arrived like 4:30am and since it was still dark, we decided to look for a church and attend the "SIMBANG GABI" ( a devotional 9-day mass at dawn for the celebration of CHRISTMAS). "PARA PO!" Set off the bus on a dark spot in Pugo, it was raining so we went to a shaded place, the road was lined by wood carving business stores, imagine life size statues made of wood in a dim place...CREEPY! We rode a tricycle to the church only to find out that the mass is already finished and the serving ladies were already cleaning the church... So we just prayed a bit and then took some pictures. The church is located at the center of the town next to the public market, we roamed and looked for a place to have breakfast and we found this "KARINDERYA" (an eatery sort of local restaurant), the servers were so pleasing and they offered us their specialty- THE PULPOG. It is a char-grilled pork with onions chillies and soy sauce. It tastes like barbecue without the stick REALLY GOOD! We also ordered the DINAKDAKAN also a pork dish consisting of grilled pork face parts like ears, cheeks, and tounge mixed with spices and pork brain. YUMMY! At around 7am, we were serviced to the PUGAD ADVENTURE, we waited for an hour for they open the place at 8am. We paid for the entrance fee and the cottage fee. We were ushered to our "KUBO" (cottage). The cottages were ver authentic filipino style looking some with stairs to a second floor relaxing area! They also offer a room for two or family suits so you can stay longer. The day tour is only open up to 6pm. The only downside that I first noticed is that THERE IS NO DATA SIGNAL (no internet signal). BOOO! Lol Anyways we went there to enjoy nature not the internet ;). The area is wide covering a spot that has natural terrains, rafting rivers in between and mountain tops. That indeed the Pugad is a very tiring fat burning adventure as you will have to walk hundreds of meters, cross hanging bridges and climb like 50 feet height just to reach different attractions. The attractions were: Here are some pictures of our adventure. It was really fun in PUGAD but I have to leave my friends before lunch to attend the INTERVIEW THAT DAY at PAMPANGA. I had a short but fun experience at PUGO, what I did was the moment we entered the resort's gate, my ever supportive friends let me enjoy all the activities first, they were there as my photographers and assistants lol. From ZIPLINES, WALL CLIMBING, ZORB BALL RIDING ETC, I managed to complete the attraction packages that I availed for like 2 hours! It was very tiring! Plus the stress that the upcoming interview is giving me, I chose PLEASURE first but see to it that the commitment that I have to attend is well given attention too! I was able to attend the interview in time! THANK GOD! My friends left PUGO at 4pm and we met at OLONGAPO CITY VICTORY LINER TERMINAL they congratulated me for being able to attend the interview but bullied me as we went home for the reason that I ALREADY STINK! (You can't blame me, Ive been through a lot that day! Hahaha!) GETTING THERE? HERE'S THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE OR YOU MAY CALL 09175066931/09276672619 XD ENJOY!!!
38 Best La Union Tourist spots and things to do in La Union. From surfing in the beaches, nightlife to restaurants to watch beautiful sunsets
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
Where to go in La Union? Achieve your travel goals with this list of beautiful destinations, top things to do, must-see places & more
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Things to do and places to visit in La Union, Philippines. Elyu travel, beach and surfing destination in the Philippines.
