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RECOMMENDED RESORT HOTEL IN LAOAG |
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| Fort Ilocandia Resort Hotel |
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| Location : Barangay 37, Calayab, Laoag City
Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
| Rates start from : USD 62 nett per room per night |
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The only paradise and superior first class property in the north, sprawling on 77 hectares of land amidst gentle sand dunes and 9 kilometers of fine sandy beach, FORT ILOCANDIA RESORT HOTEL is situated in Barrio Calayab, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. It is 10 minutes from Laoag International Airport and 9 kilometers from Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.......more hotel info |
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| Location : 46 Nalbo, Airport Avenue, Laoag City
Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
| Rates start from : PHP 952 nett per room per night |
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Eight years ago, a businessman and a real estate developer, Mr. Shermin Santiago foresaw one of the important needs of Laoag City as a growing metropolis and tourist destination an outgrowth of increased demand by business travelers for places to stay in the city, thus one of the projects made by Mr. Santiago is the erection of Northview Hotel & Restaurant. The hotel is intended to provide travelers and visitors a place to relax and unwind for business or for pleasure.......more hotel info |
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ABOUT LAOAG
Laoag City is a 2nd class city in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is the capital city of Ilocos Norte, and the province's political, commercial, and industrial hub. The municipalities of San Nicolas, Paoay, Sarrat, Vintar, and Bacarra form its boundaries. The foothills of the Cordillera Central mountain range to the east, and the South China Sea to the west are its physical boundaries.
The town experiences the prevailing monsoon climate of Northern Luzon, characterized by a dry season from November to April and a wet season from May to October, occasionally visited by powerful typhoons. On July 13, 2006, the whole city of Laoag is in state of calamity due to the typhoon Florita.
HISTORY
Juan De Salcedo afetr occupying the town settlement of Vigan, pressed further north to Laoag which at that time was also a center of population. Located at "Ermita Hill" at the northern bank of the Padsan River, Laoag was already a flourishing center of trade with the Japanese and Chinese. The Augustinian missionaries established the Laoag parish in 1580 with St. William, the Hermit as its Patron Saint. Laoag eventually became the capital of Ilocos Norte.
Ilocos Norte was created by virtue of the Spanish Royal Decree on February 2,1818. At that time, the province occupied the coastal plain bordering the China Sea and guarded by the Cordilleras in the northwestern corner of Luzon.
CLIMATE
The province experience's dry season from November to April and wet season from May to October. Annual rainfall is 2,067.2 mm while average temperature is 26.8 degree celcius. The province is occasionally visited tropical cyclones and storms during the southwest monsoon season.
PEOPLE
Its ethnic population is overwhelmingly Ilocano. Unlike the rest of the region, however, the Roman Catholic Church does not predominate. The Aglipayan Church, Iglesia ni Cristo, and other Protestant groups have strong followings, as well as, animism and non-religiosity.
Paoay Church
Built of coral blocks and stucco-plastered bricks, the architecture is a unique combination of Gothic, Baroque and Oriental. Construction of the church was started in 1704 and completed in 1894. A few meters away is the coralstone belltower which served as observation post of the "Katipuneros" during the Philippine Revolution. Paoay Church is included in the UNESCO's World Heritage List. |
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