This is about our short stay in Vigan Ilocus Sur when we went to visit the place for the first time. We stayed for one night at the Vigan Heritage Mansion. It is located at the corner of Liberation Boulevard and Crisologo Street. The end of the cobble stone pavement of Crisologo Street is just a few steps across from the mansion. My DH made a real good job in making our itinerary for this trip which is why we did not waste too much time figuring out where to go when we got there. We arrived at the mansion late in the evening and most of the shops along the streets were just getting ready to close for the night. We had a corner bedroom with air conditioning and a television. What really surprised us is the modern hot and cold shower in the bathroom. This is a 118-year old house built in 1885 and was home to the late three-term governor of Ilocus Sur, Governor Pedro Singson. His daughter Julie Singson Manahan restored the place to its full grandeur and and at the same time, installed modern amenities for travellers. So, we got to experience living in a 19th century old house with all the modern amenities in it which was one of our goals in this trip anyway. We liked our bedroom but the only drawback was that we could not open the windows as they seem to have been nailed together. We thought that maybe it's for security purposes that they had the capiz windows tightly closed because the bedrooms are facing the street below. We liked listening to the clip-clopping sounds of the horses drawing the kalesas whenever they would pass by the mansion but other than that, the place was very quiet. We talked about the people that lived in this place during the Spanish era and what life must have been like then for them because of cultural differences. Nothing beats the imagination of course and these heritage places are living testimony of the past. The mansion by the way has a view deck at the rooftop with a bar on the side and one could get a good view of the whole heritage city. We liked the sitting area inside the nipa huts. It's a fantastic place to hang out and just enjoy the scenery. Below are some of the pictures we've taken of the place, hope you enjoy the pics.
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Frontage of Vigan Heritage Mansion  Wide capiz windows in the living room of Vigan Heritage Mansion  Dark wood furnitures in the living room of Vigan Heritage Mansion.  Beautiful capiz shell windows in the bedroom but the windows were nailed together so we could not open them.   The view deck at the rooftop of Vigan Heritage Mansion overlooking the Heritage City. |
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