Hi! I just want to share some of our photos and itinerary during our Baguio weekend getaway last February 8-10, 2014.
Feb 8 (Friday): 9pm
– left home to catch Victory Liner hourly trip to Baguio in Cubao: Fare is P456/pax, P 375/kid.
Feb 9:( Saturday)
– we arrived in Baguio at around 5am, grabbed a cab going to Hotel Veniz located at lower Session Road few meters from Burnham park.
5:30am; left our things at the hotel and started our Baguio tour with a full breakfast at Zola Cafe in Session Road, on top of Jollibee.
1. Baguio Cathedral Church.It has a beautiful twin spires structure and one of the most photographed buildings in the city. From Session Road it is accessible by pedestrians, only a few meter from Zola Cafe.
2. Lourdese Grotto: We walked down session road to the market to catch a jeep trip costing P8/pax. Climbed 252 steps to the top or you way also used the winding asphalt road going up. We love seeing the sun rise from the top but Aaron prefers the rainbow house which could be clearly seen from the top.
3. Burnham park and Rizal Park;
4. Cafe by the Ruins: had our quick break here. Near Rizal Park. We ordered coffee and bread.
Aaron and I were quite tired walking but since Pat is playing Ingress, putol paa talaga ang peg niya 😦 After our disappointing meal, we grab a cab going to
5. Mines View Park then walked to the 6. Good Shepherd to buy Ube Jam.Although it’s still early we decided to skip the 7. Botanical Garden, and 9. The mansion and headed back to the hotel to grab some sleep.
But since there were still no rooms, we waited in the lobby area and had our lunch at CAfe Veniz. Located on the 2nd floor. After almost 2 hours, we got our room and sleep. Winner!!
We woke up around 2pm. Our original plan was to visit 7. Camp John Hay ut decided to skipped it. we ended up in Burnham Park again to check out the floral arrangement for the Panagbenga Festival. We rented a paddle boat for P100/45 mins and check out the food booths inside. We bought Ilocos empanada. Yum Yum!
We were so disappointed with the food taste from our earlier resto experiences and was already craving for a yummy meal. We ended buying bread at bread talk and having dinner at Bonchon as Aarons request.
FEBRUARY 10. (Monday)
We went to Veniz Grill for the buffet breakfast. Limited choices but food options were better compared to other hotels that we tried.Around 10am, we checked out and left our things in the front desk. We walked a few meters to catch a jeep going to La Trinidad Benguet so that Aaron could try strawberry picking which he enjoyed.
On our way back, we stopped by the Bell Tower temple and went to Casa Vallejo for lunch. We’re supposed to skip trying the food at the Hillstation. Good thing we didn’t because the food taste good. It was a nice treat to end our Baguio getaway. after our meal, we went back to Hotel Veniz to pick our things and grabbed a taxi going to Victory Liner’s Terminal to catch the next available seat.
Overall, it was a nice quick getaway despite the long travel. Next time, I’ll try to look for some promo fare to avoid the long travel boredom. ll try to post some review of the places that we ‘ve been through.
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