Calle Crisologo at Dusk
We arrived at Grandpa’s Inn in the afternoon. We took our time to get acquainted with our rooms and also to ease up from that long drive. I let our driver who also happens to be a friend of mine and fellow mountain climber before take his much deserved rest. He just came from a climbing stint from Bicol and drove all the way to our house to continue up here in Vigan. In the mean time, the family rounded up to prepare for a late afternoon walk at the famed Calle Crisologo.
At the street corner
Nothing much has changed since last I went here, which is a good thing. Calle Crisologo is still closed from vehicular traffic except for calesas. The ancestral houses there are still well preserved save for additional tourist shops on some of the houses. I’ve written extensively about Vigan and Calle Crisologo being a UNESCO World Heritage site before so I won’t write too much about it. (Check out A Walk Down History Lane).
Lighting up for the night
I’d let the images speak for itself this time. I love the details here and how Calle Crisologo Lights up at dusk. I played around with the Grainy Black and White Art Filters while shooting and though some works well in monotone and some in colour. I’ve been to other UNESCO Heritage Cities like Vietnam’s Hoi An or Malaysia’s Jonker Walk but I still like Vigan a lot even having seen these places
Doors and Capiz Windows
A Parked Calesa
Facades and Perspective
Evening Glow at Calle Crisologo
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i like going here a lot esp when there are no tourists! haha.
sana lang when they use the building, they use proper conservation methods. have you noticed one of the buildings there? pinalitadahan na ng new cement ung buong facade! and another removed the entire roof and created a rooftop. sayang.
Awesome captures! I’m an old world enthusiast that’s why this place appeals to me
Missin’ Vigan!
Ito talaga ang gusto kong puntahan.
Is there no other accommodations in the area that everyone who goes there seem to be billeted in Grandpa Inn?
Awesome! Hopefully, I could visit Vigan someday. By the way Ferdz, thanks a lot for adding me as a friend in FB!
Awesome photos as always, but I LOVE the b/w ones, so dramatic! I wish I could go back to Vigan; I was too young to appreciate all the beauty and history.
I was about 8 the last time I went there.
Buti na lang when we went, there isn’t as much tourist there Reena, buti napansin mo yung improper conservation methods nila
Thanks Pizzalicious
Hi Photo Cache! There are a lot more accommodations there to choose from
Hi Earl! It’s always nice to meet a fellow traveler
wow! Is that a long time ago? You should try to revisit you have the chance Claire
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Thank you very much Lei! Really appreciate those kind of feedback. Good luck with your picture taking. Hope you can join us on one of our backpack photography workshops
for those who want to mingle with the crowds best time to go there is holy week, when there’s a festival (viva vigan, i think).
vigan is at it’s most peaceful around january-feb, and aug-sept. basta hindi pa umaani ng palay at gulay.