Baguio travel guides

Baguio sits about 1,500 metres up in the mountains of Benguet, and that altitude explains most of what draws people here: pine forests, cool air all year and properly cold mornings from December to February. It is the most visited city in the Cordillera and a long-standing weekend escape from the lowland heat, which also means traffic, full hotels and long queues on holidays.

The guides on this page cover the city through the year. The cold season brings fog, sweaters and the coldest weeks in January. October to early January belongs to the Christmas Village and the city's holiday events, and February is Panagbenga, the flower festival, with its street dance and float parade. Our Panagbenga history explains how it started.

Day to day, the city is easiest on foot around Session Road and Burnham Park, with taxis for anything farther. Evenings mean the night market on Harrison Road, and quieter mornings suit the parks, from the Botanical Garden to the new Arboretum next door. Families can start with the five-day itinerary with a toddler.

The stories below are newest first, with good starting points at the top. Entrance fees, festival dates and traffic schemes change every season, so check current details with the city tourism office before you travel. For the rest of northern Luzon, from Sagada to Banaue and Mount Pulag, see the Luzon guides.