Agoo is a town in La Union. It has extensive beaches, a nature reserve and a Roman Catholic pilgrimage site and is one of the main entryways to Baguio.
Understand
[edit]Agoo is one of the oldest settlements in La Union, having existed in the precolonial era as a coastal trading post for Chinese, Japanese, Ilocano and Cordilleran traders. It was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. Agoo further prospered with the construction of the Marcos Highway leading to Baguio in the 1970s.
Get in
[edit]Agoo is along Route 2 (Manila North Road). It is also the terminus of Marcos Highway (Aspiras–Palispis Highway, Route 208) which leads to Baguio. Buses ply both highways.
Get around
[edit]Tricycles are the main form of transportation in town, particularly as downtown Agoo is further inland from the coast.
See
[edit]- 1 Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Charity (Agoo Basilica), Manila North Road corner Grotto Road, Consolacion. Agoo's main Roman Catholic church, destroyed multiple times by earthquakes and rebuilt in its present state in 1975. Its main draw is the venerated Marian image of Our Lady of Charity. It also has an ecclesiastical museum.
- 2 Eagle of the North Park, Marcos Highway, San Agustin Sur. A park featuring a massive sculpture of an eagle, believed to symbolize the Marcos regime's influence in the Ilocos Region.
- 3 Museo Iloko (Agoo Presidencia), Manila North Road corner Cases Boulevard, Santa Barbara. A museum of local history and culture, set inside the old colonial-era municipal building. The first floor is partially leased out as commercial space.
- 4 Agoo–Damortis Protected Landscape and Seascape. An extensive protected area along the coast of Agoo featuring a mix of beaches, forest and estuarine wetlands.
- 5 Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Grotto Road, San Antonio. A Roman Catholic hillside shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Do
[edit]- 1 Splash Town Waterpark & Resort, San Juan. A resort with swimming pools and other waterpark-related activities and overnight accommodation.
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[edit]| Routes through Agoo |
| San Fernando ← Aringay ← | N  S
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→ Santo Tomas → Urdaneta |
| END ← | W  E
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→ Tubao → Baguio |