Places to visit in Ilocos, Philippines
6 places to visit in Ilocos, Philippines, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Paoay Church, Santa Maria Church, Bangui Windmills and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Ilocos volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 4 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Ilocos (2)
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Paoay Church
Saint Augustine Parish Church in Ilocos Norte, finished in 1710 and built of coral stone and brick. Huge buttresses along its sides, partly Gothic and partly Asian in style, helped it withstand earthquakes. It is one of the four churches in the Baroque Churches UNESCO listing.
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Santa Maria Church
A hilltop church in Ilocos Sur, completed in 1810 and reached by a wide stone staircase of 85 steps. Thick brick walls and massive buttresses give it the look of a fortress, and it was used as a lookout in times of attack. It is part of the Baroque Churches UNESCO listing.
Hidden gems in Ilocos (4)
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Bangui Windmills
A wind farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, with 20 Vestas turbines standing 70 metres tall. They are arranged in a single row along 9 kilometres of shoreline on Bangui Bay, facing the West Philippine Sea.
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Bantay Church
The Parish of Saint Augustine of Hippo in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, also called the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Charity. A Roman Catholic church of the Spanish period, it has a separate bell tower on a hill that served as a watchtower.
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Cape Bojeador Lighthouse
A lighthouse of the Spanish colonial period in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, first lit on 30 March 1892. It stands high on a hill above the northwest tip of Luzon and is also known as Burgos Lighthouse.
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Kapurpurawan Rock Formation
A natural formation of pale, wind carved limestone on the coast at Burgos, Ilocos Norte. Its smooth white cliffs and arches face the open sea, and the name comes from the Ilocano word for white.
Collecting in Ilocos
What are the best places to visit in Ilocos?
LOQAH lists 6 places in Ilocos. The best known include Paoay Church, Santa Maria Church, Bangui Windmills, Bantay Church and Cape Bojeador Lighthouse. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Ilocos?
6, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Ilocos?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Ilocos before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Ilocos and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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