Things to Do in Baguio

Sunrise over the BenCab farm and galleries

Mist lifts off the adjacent mini-rice terraces while you sip arabica roasted three buildings away. Inside, the national artist's bold sabel portraits glow under skylights, and you can step onto a deck that smells of wet earth and fresh-cut bamboo.

Row a boat then bike around Burnham Park

The lake water glows emerald from reflected pine needles, and you'll hear oars knocking rental boats while kids shriek chasing pigeons. After thirty minutes on the water, wheel a bicycle along the outer loop; grilled-corn scent drifts over from the south gate stalls.

Strawberry picking in La Trinidad valley

Red berries glow under plastic greenhouse roofs and your fingertips come away sticky with sweet juice. Farmers hand you scissors and a tiny basket. Bee hum and Ibaloi banter float above the furrows.

Evening craft-beer crawl along Session Road

Neon tubing flickers over chalkboard menus listing passion-fruit ale and cloud-forest IPA. Between sips you'll catch bass thumps from the ukulele shop next door and smell peanut brittles hissing in butter on the sidewalk grill.

Mines View horse-back and silver-shop haggle

From the sandstone ledge the old copper works snake into the distance, while ponies wearing crocheted hats clop on packed earth. The air carries a faint sulphur tang and, further back, elderly Igorot smiths hammer tiny cowrie-shell beads into tribal pendants.

Session Road proper - old-American facades, steps from ukulele shops and midnight peanut brittle

South Drive / Military Cut-off - quiet pines, cooler air, mid-range family inns with fireplace lounges

Camp John Hay - former R&R cottages, foggy golf mornings, splurge-level log cabins

Engineers' Hill - budget guesthouses, jeepney hub below, easy dawn walk to the market

Legarda Road / University belt - student cafés, cheap laundry, lively at 2 a.m.

Loakan area - near the airport (though no flights), wide gardens, you'll hear roosters not traffic