Shopping in Baguio
Philippines - Cebu - Boracay - Baguio - Manila
If there's anything that captures the essence of Baguio, it is the Public Market. The Baguio Public Market is considered to be a popular tourist attraction simply because of the Four C's: Clean, Cool, Cheap and Complete. Like Baguio, it is a melting pot of Cordillera and lowland products. Like Baguio it provides a wide variety of items and services. Like Baguio it can be busy but not hectic.
So, if you need to have a shoe re-soled or have your dollars changed, if you need to buy zucchini or "sayote", romaine lettuce or "kangkong", the market has it all. You are rich or poor, it is hardly a matter of fact everybody in Baguio goes to the same market. Now, this is something exceptional, isn't it?
If there is something that will tempt the Baguio visitors to cook their own meals and eat-in, it is the novelty and the assortment of highland vegetables, harvested in the Cordillera Mountain Range and brought directly to the city. Besides vegetables you'll find fresh seafood and fish from nearby Panganisan,"Longganisa" (sausage) from up northern Ilocos.
All of Baguio's specialties are housed in this confusing maze of stalls. Every
section unfolds its own variety, from peanut brittle, coffee beans, knitwear,
silver jewelry, and the most recent addition to Baguio's local commodity, vintage
clothing and shoes.