Where To Go in Baguio City

Baguio is regarded as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", with its cold weather all throughout the year. The city is also home to tropical pine forests, lending the city the nickname "City of Pines". I was lucky to visit Baguio City this year before Christmas 2019. One of my favorite destinations here is Burnham Park a historic urban park located in downtown Baguio, Philippines.

Another list on my bucket when visiting the this City of Pines is the Mines View Park, an overlook park on the northeastern outskirts of Baguio. It is five kilometers away from the Heart of Baguio, passing through the Botanical Garden, the Strawberry Farm in La Trinidad Benguet is also a good place to go where you can see the cultivation of strawberry and you can buy fresh vegetables such as Broccoli, cauliflower. There are also many souvenirs and other products of Baguio that you can take home for “pasalubong” like Ube Jam, Strawberry Jam, the Mansion House, Wright Park, and many more.

We visited also the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic shrine with 252 steps stairs and a place of prayer and meditation located on Mirador Hill in the western part of Baguio. Inside the grotto is a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. Lourdes Grotto is basically many visitors and crowded on weekends and during Holy Week when pilgrims and devotees come to seek the blessing of the Virgin Mary.

You can also visit the Baguio’s Haunted Diplomat Hotel, it was the Dominican Hill Retreat House, an abandoned structure atop Dominican Hill, Baguio, Philippines. It is now undergoing rehabilitation through the efforts of the city government.

And of course, the Baguio Country Club Christmas Village is much awaited every Christmas season in the celebration of the holidays where you can enjoy artificial snow rains down as you enjoy carolers’ song.

We visited also the Colorful Stobosa Hillside Houses, a community artwork designed by the Tam-Awan Village group, and is a locally recognized tourist attraction in the town of La Trinidad, Benguet. The paintwork of multiple houses composes a single artwork.

There are so many things you can do and experience in Baguio like the Panagbenga Festival which will be held annually every February, the Ifugao Woodcarvers’ Village, shopping at Ukay-Ukay and the Markets, grabbing a drink or two or more at the Baguio Craft Brewery, visiting the Bencab Museum, dropping by at Camp John Hay and the Baguio mansion and many more.

There are also plenty of restaurants in Baguio like the Good Taste Restaurant, and there are also cheap accommodations for a comfortable stay. Baguio also serves as a tourist hub in the Cordilleras, serving as a jumping point to other tourist spots like Mount Pulag, Sagada and Banaue. Watch my Baguio Christmas Village vlog:

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