MANILA, Philippines - Vigan has another festival! In addition to the fiesta of their patron St. Paul, a commemoration as a city reborn, the Viva Vigan Festival of the Arts, and even a Longganisa ...

One of these days, my friends and I are going to Vigan to see for ourselves how it landed among the Top 14 official finalists in the last round of the search for the “New7Wonders Cities.” I’ve only ...

VIGAN, Philippines—Residents and netizens in this Ilocos Sur capital woke up to the news that the country’s only heritage city made it to the list of 21 finalists in the new Seven Wonder Cities of the ...

The last time Vigan in Ilocos Sur province pulsated collectively as a city was before 1999 when it was inscribed in the World Heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

What has happened in Vigan since inscription on the Unesco World Heritage list has evolved into a heritage success story. Vigan shows how heritage, when conserved properly, is a strong driver for ...

PERCHED at the crossroads of its well-preserved cultural heritage and the vestiges of thriving 21st-century modernity, Vigan was enshrined recently as one of the world’s seven wonder cities (N7W).

Out of 1,200 cities around the world, Vigan in Ilocos Sur has recently been named one of the top 21 finalists in the ‘New7Wonders Cities of the World.’ ‘Pop Talk’ aims to help the lone Philippine city ...

Culture-rich but budget-friendly, Ilocos is a great place take both friends and family. Ilocos is a place where old meets new: heritage cities with cobblestone streets, zip lines across new bridges, ...