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Best of Baguio!


Fluffy view -shot by yours truly

It has the temperature rising to just 25˚C on a typical summer day. If you want to enjoy outdoor activities in the Philippines during the summer season without the sweltering heat, then Baguio is the place for you.

Baguio is known as the "City of Pines" and is famous for its green park spaces, and of course, hillsides teeming with gigantic pine trees. Even back in the day, the city has always been filled with greeneries. 

Ethnic Group Ifugao

Tourist spots in Baguio grew in number over the years, and several of its parks started offering other activities. Nowadays, you can chill out in one of these parks and spend a whole day just trying out everything that it has to offer. 

We tend not to bring a car because they said that cab is cheaper in Baguio compare to Manila. Moreover, you can appreciate the view with a wonderful  landscape flourishing  with roses, orchids and different flowers, vast spaces around in a most romantic flora. 

Giant Pines at the Manor
On our first night we stroll in the Night market and since it was a six hours land travel and we arrived at 8:00PM in Baguio Bus Terminal. We just dropped off our belongings in our rooms the we went out for a walk. The food we ate in Manila can no longer sustain that Friyay’ night. Along the way there were lots of food bazaar. We tried their sausage, burger, fries, veggie dip, and fruit shakes and these made me wide awake until 1:00am. Anyways, we thought to burn those when get back to our lodge. After few hours of site seeing and picture taking. We decided to go back because it was freezing that night for about 17'C. But when we’re almost half on our way to our apartment we end up booking a Grab because we really cannot stand the cold outside. 

On the next day, we tried different specialty, first is my all-time favorite Taho (Bean curd) normally I topped it with caramel syrup with sago, but here in Baguio the twist is more appetizing because they made it in Strawberry Flavor. 

God.. This is soooooo Y-U-M-M-Y!

Then  we had our brunch in the famous Tsokolate de Batirol - of course I never missed to get their best seller hot chocolate and “Champorado” to-die-for or so-called as Chocolate porridge. In the Philippines we normally match it with “tuyo” or dried fish to balance the sweetness of the champorado. 


Tsokolate de Batirol

Since we went to try all the best of the place while roaming all around. We resolved to have our lunch on the next day at the “Good Taste Restaurant” - Gosh! there were so many people when we arrived, therefore we have to wait in line in order for us to try their best Beef Noodles and Buttered Chicken.



Apart from the food, we've been to several tourist attractions in Baguio. Every day was a long day, but worth all-the pain in our legs and feet! Promise. 

We supposed to go at the Ben Cab Museum but unknowingly it was close on Mondays - the day we planned to visit. My heart broke in few minutes after I heard it because that should be our last on the list. Anyway, below is the list of places we'd never missed; 


That was an amazing trip! A fun four days and three nights sweet escape, take note our last day in Baguio was the day before Christmas, but thank God that we made it last and still we had our Noche Buena in our home sweet home!



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Location: Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

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