San Esteban is a town in Ilocos Sur with extensive beaches and a Spanish-era watchtower.
Map of San Esteban
Understand
[edit]San Esteban is one of the oldest settlements in Ilocos Sur, having been founded by the Spanish in 1576.
Get in
[edit]San Esteban is along Route 2 (Manila North Road). Buses also ply this highway. However, most beachgoers usually enter from junctions in Barangay Apatot or in the neighboring town of Santiago.
Get around
[edit]Tricycles are the main form of transportation in town, particularly as downtown San Esteban is further inland from the coast.
See
[edit]- 1 Saint Stephen Protomartyr Parish Church, Manila North Road, Poblacion. San Esteban's main Roman Catholic church, built in a Baroque style during the Spanish era.
- 2 Bateria Watchtower (Baluarte), Villa Quirino-Bateria-Apatot Road, Bateria. A stout, Spanish-era watchtower meant to guard against pirates and foreign invaders from the South China Sea. The site was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 2015.
- 3 Apatot Beach, Apatot. An extensive stretch of cream-colored sand running to Biak na Bato (Mapisi Rock), a rock formation marking the boundary with the town of Santiago. There is a marker commemorating a clandestine US submarine shipment of weapons to anti-Japanese guerrillas in 1944.
- 4 Mapisi Rock, Apatot. A rocky promontory with a walkway and viewdeck at the top.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]- 1 San Esteban Farmers' Public Market, Manila North Road, San Rafael.
Eat
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[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through San Esteban |
| Vigan ← Santa Maria ← | N  S
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→ Santiago → Candon |