Travel to Isabela

I hailed in Ilagan City, Isabela. I want to be letting you know my living place.

Santa Victoria Cave

The Santa Victoria Caves are more than 12 Philippine limestone caves that are found in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountain Ranges. The caves are known for their beautiful and unusual rock formations, sparkling rocks, and subterranean waterfalls. It is believed to have been occupied by the nomadic Agta or Dumagat people in the past.

ILAGAN PLAZA

Rizal's monument erected in this plaza dates back to 1925 when a resolution filed by all Isabela municipal mayors then calling for the erection of a monument in honor of the national hero was approved, and consequently implemented. The plaza, located in Barangay Bagumbayan (the old Ilagan proper), is well-maintained.

Queen Isabela Park

It is the newest and the biggest park/monument found within the city that features a world class ambience and one of a kind architectural design of a great monument in honor of Queen Isabela II of Spain. The Queen Isabela Park is a culture and arts open air amphitheatre which is the biggest LGU-built arena in the country. Located in front of the Isabela Provincial Capitol in Barangay Alibagu along the National Highway.

BUTAKA

Butaka means a chair with long arm rest or we know it as the rocking chair of our grandparents. In Ilagan City, Isabela can be find the biggest "Butaka" and it is the largest arm chair in the world. It measures 11.6 feet high, 20.8 feet long, and 9.8 feet wide.

Our Lady of Atocha Parish Church

The Our Lady of Atocha Church in Alicia is known for having an old Spanish church architecture. It is one of the best churches to visit for a pilgrimage in the Philippines during the Holy Week.

San Pablo Parish Church

The Church of San Pablo in Isabela Province is said to be one of the oldest in Cagayan Valley. Unique in construction with a towering belfry beside it, this lonely church is magnificent despite its "semi-ruined" state.

The church was said to have been built in the 17th century, under the Dominican friars. It was built using adobe instead of red bricks, which sets it apart from most of the Spanish-colonial era churches of the Valley.

Our Lady of Pillar Parish Church

It was September 8, 1739 when a group of Dominican missionaries landed in Turayong, a barangay of this town which was later named Cauayan. From the very start of their mission work, the missionaries managed to convert to the Christian Faith some 140 Gaddangs, the pioneer inhabitants of this city.

It was in the year 1741 when the Dominican authorities, meeting in a general chapter in Manila, declared this mission of Cauayan a full-fledged parish. It was dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar commonly known as the NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILLAR in the old days. The first vicar of this parish was Fray Antonio Del Ocampo who was at the same time Superior of all the missions from Cauayan to Bayombong.