Region 1

• Laoag Sinking Bell Tower

  It is believed that the tower is sinking at a rate of an inch every year. One accepted theory is that the tower being built on sandy land and its heavy and massive structure is causing it to slowly bury itself into the ground.
• Paoay Church The most notable feature of it is the 24 giant buttresses flanking in its sides. The Saint Augustine Church commonly known as the Paoay Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Paoay, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines.
• The Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac, Ilocos Norte showcases memorabilia of the late Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos and a large stately and gloomy tomb housing his embalmed remains which are contained in a vacuum-sealed glass coffin.
• Cape Bojeador Lighthouse also known as Burgos Lighthouse, is a cultural heritage structure in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, that was established during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.
• Pagudpud beach is also known as boracay of the north
• La Paz Sand Dunes The area is popular for recreational activities such as sandboarding and 4x4 vehicle riding. an 85- square-kilometer (33 sq mi) protected sandy coastal desert and beach located in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, in the Philippines.
• Capurpuraoan Rock Formation is located in a town called Burgos, and is located right next to the popular Bangui Wind Farm.
• Bangui Windmills is The wind farm uses 20 units of 70-meter high Vestas V82 1.65 MW wind turbines, arranged in a single row stretching along a 9-kilometer shoreline off Bangui Bay, facing the South China Sea
• Malacañang of The North is a presidential museum in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines . It was the residence of the family of Ferdinand Marcos when he was the President of the Philippines
• Patapat Viaduct is a viaduct at the municipality of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, a coastal resort town on the northernmost tip of Luzon Island in the Philippines.
• Calle Crisologo is a conblestoned lined with Spanish era houses.
• Bantay Bell Tower it Gives tourist a glimpse of Ilocos Sur's colorful history
• Syquia Mansion is Wonderful example of bahay na bato architecture.
• The dancing fountain starts at 7:30 pm and what is so nice about it was that the show is painted against St. Paul Metropolitan Cathedral.
• Baluarte Zoo had various wild animals under captivity. This includes ostriches, Bengal tigers and lions. The zoo also has a butterfly sanctuary
• Pamulinawen Festival celebrated every February 10 in honor of St. William, the celebration featuring floral and street dance parade.
• Guling Guling Festival is celebrated a day before Ash Wednesday featuring the Residents of Paoay dress in their Ilocano traditional costume while singing and dancing while being given the sign of the cross using pounded rice instead of gray ash.
• talip Festival is celebrated every May 19-20 to commemorates the ancient peace pact that has brought peace among ethnic tribes in Ilocos Norte.
• Ani Festival is celebrated every March 23-30 for a thanksgiving celebration for the bountiful harvest of rice in the town of Dingras.
• Longganisa is made only with premium pork cuts and authentic ingredients from Ilocos.
• Bagnet locally also known as "chicharon" or tsitsaron in Ilocano,[1] is a Filipino dish consisting of pork belly (liempo) boiled and deep fried until it is crispy.
• Lumpianada deep fried spring roll filled with a cooked mixture made by minced chicken, onion, garlic
• Pakbet popular vegetable dish that originated from one of the northern provinces of the Philippines, Ilocos.
• Empanada galapong wrapper stuffed with shredded green papaya. Other fillings such as longganisa and egg are more recent innovations to showcase the flavours of the region.
• Vigan Miki this noodle soup dish is one of the popular street food at Vigan City, Ilocos Sur up North Luzon. It is associated as street food because its one of the food attraction in Vigan Plaza, together with the famous empanada and barbecue.
• Baluarte Watch Tower A 400-year-old watchtower facing the West Philippine Sea built during the Spanish period, a 5.6-meter high made by reddish bricks structure located at Barangay Victoria, Municipality of Luna.
• Basilica of Our Lady of Charity Better known as Agoo Basilica, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Agoo, La Union, the Philippines dedicated to Our Lady of Charity. It is the seat of the Santa Monica Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de La Union under the Vicariate of St. Francis Xavier
• Tangadan Falls is 40ft high and has a strong current flowing to the pool below. Seeing it is calming but it will also pump your adrenaline. Tangadan Falls came from the Tagalog word “Tangad” which means “looking up”.
• Tuddingan Falls is a simple place for nature lovers. This 70-feet waterfalls is made picturesque because of the beautifully layered rock strata from which it flows down to a catch-basin that is ideal for swimming.
• Halo-Halo de Iloko is a local dessert in the Philippines which is made out of different Filipino ingredients (such as beans, sago, Nata de Coco, Kaong, etc.) mixed at the bottom of the cup and topped with crushed ice and leche flan, Ice Cream, or Ube. Milk and sugar are also added in the mix.
• Dinakdakan is an appetizer dish that originated from the Ilocos Region, in the Philippines. ➢ This interesting dish is made-up of boiled and grilled pig parts, in which ears, liver, and face or mascara are the most commonly used.

  ➢ Stomach and intestines can be utilized. It looks like sisig except that the ingredients in this recipe are not finely chopped.
• Chuletas pork ribs cooked in a marinating sauce of soy sauce and calamansi juice then coated with flour, dipped in egg and fried"; chuleta in Spanish simply means meat chop
• Ilokano Express The Ilocano Express is another unique variation on the Ilocano bagnet (deep- fried crispy pork).

  ➢ The salty bagnet chops go nicely with the red sauce, which is sour but also kind of sweet when served with it.
• The Cape Bolinao Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It was built in 1905 by a trio of American, British and Filipino engineers.
• The Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag, commonly known as Manaoag Church, is a minor basilica located in Manaoag, Pangasinan in the Philippines.

  ➢ Dubbed as the "Pilgrim Center of Northern Philippines", it is one of the most- visited pilgrimage sites in the country.
• Redeemer’s Cross Pilgrimage Site is a version of Calvary Hill of Bani Pangasinan. It has 15-foot high Redeemer’s Cross.

  ➢ The cross is perched on a plateau overlooking the West Philippine Sea. There are 1,000 steps to finish along the many Stations of the Cross before

  reaching the Redeemer’s Cross.
• Hundred Islands National Parks is the first Philippine national park and a protected area located in Alaminos, Pangasinan.
• Patar Beach is a creamy white sand beach that slopes gradually from shore making it good for swimming.
• Enchanted Cave is natural cave formation that harbors a unique underground pool filled with turquoise water.
• Puto Calasiao is a type of Puto (rice cake) shaped in small bite- sized portions and it is made out of semi-glutinous rice that is fermented in earthen jars