Philippines - North Luzon (Chapter) Lonely Planet

North Luzon has machete-toting hill tribes who are quick to smile and quicker to share their rice wine; surfers racing waves onto sunny beaches; Spanish colonial cities; and the lonely, fortress-flecked edge of the archipelago.

Philippines - North Luzon (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Feast your eyes on the awesome rice terraces around Banaue, Batad and Bontoc
Step back in time in the lovely Mestizo District of Vigan
Chill out for days – or weeks – in Sagada, aka backpacker HQ

Coverage includes: Zambales Coast, Pundaquit & Capones Island, Lake Mapanuepe, Iba & Botolan, Lingayen Gulf, Bolinao & Patar Beach, Hundred Islands National Park, Lingayen, San Fernando (La Union), Ilocos, Vigan, Laoag, Pagudpud, the Cordillera, Baguio, Kabayan, Sagada, Bontoc, Kalinga Province, Banaue, Kiangan, Baler, Santiago City, Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park and Tuguegarao.