Recently while staying at our home in Macaleeng Anda in the province of Pangasinan we were honored to be invited by Governor Espino of Pangasinan  to visit for a day at the Provincial Capital of Lingayen. Lingayen was one of the great historical points during World War II and the birth place of President Fidel V. Ramos. And I learned that Lingayen is also considered as the “most romantic place in the Philippines”.

Our first stop was at the Sison Auditorium which was under construction at that time. The Sison Auditorium formerly known as the “Grand Provincial Auditorium” was built in 1927. It was later renamed in honor of the late Pangasinan Governor Teofilo Sison, the first Pangasinense to become secretary of National Defense. It is very beautiful there and I loved the chandelier that was imported from Italy.

I’ve included a video I took while we were inside below:

Next we visited the capital building. We got to visit many of the offices and meet some of the people working inside. Everyone was so nice and welcomed us and they represented the Philippines and Lingayen very well. I’ve included another short video of our time on the outside of the capital building due to a problem with my video inside. We also had lunch at the Capital Resort Hotel and ate very well while being entertained by our tour guide. She was a very good tour guide as well as singer. Sorry forgot her name but if someone knows her I would like to mention her on this site and in the video.

On the way back home we stopped in Manaoag and visited a beautiful church and did a little shopping. We got some very good deals. We took one more side trip to a resort in Bolinao which I plan on visiting the next time we are in Pangasinan. I’m sure to have more pictures of it to share with you all. In the next couple of days I’ll be setting up a photo sharing album of our day trip to Lingayen and will include the link to it. Until next time Thanks for reading my blog!