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off-limits to Filipinos, except for the privileged few who could get entry passes from
its former American administrators.
Baguio Botanical Garden it is in this garden that you will find the indigenous
people of Baguio city, the Igorots. This place displays the native houses of cordillera
tribes. It is also in this place that you will see a lot of flora and fauna of the city.
Mines View Park is an overlook park on the northeastern outskirts of Baguio in the
Philippines.Located on a land promontory 4 km from downtown Baguio, the park
overlooks the mining town of Itogon, particularly the abandoned gold[1] and copper
mines of the Benguet Corporation, and offers a glimpse of the Amburayan
Valley.The observation deck is situated below a winding stone-covered stairway
close to the parking area
Session Road is the main thoroughfare of Baguio in the Philippines and is the main
hub of what is called the Baguio Central Business District. Located at the city
center, it is actually divided into two parts:
Lower Session Road, extending eastward from Magsaysay Avenue (opposite the
Plaza or Kilometer 0 and Malcolm Square) running through the BCBD until the
intersections of Father Carlu Street (towards the Baguio Cathedral and Upper
Bonifacio Street) and Governor Pack Road. This is the area where businesses are
located, among others banks, shops, restaurants, bakeries, hotels, newsstands,
boutiques, and studios.
Upper Session Road, extending from Post Office Loop, Leonard Wood Road, and the
foot of Luneta Hill (where SM City Baguio is located) to the rotunda cutting toward
South Drive (towards Baguio Country Club), Loakan Road (towards Camp John Hay,
Loakan Airport, Philippine Military Academy, Baguio City Economic Zone, and the
mine areas of Itogon, Benguet), and Military Cut-Off (towards Kennon Road)
Session Road derives its name from the fact that it used to lead up to the old BadenPowell Hall, where the Philippine Commission held its sessions from April 22 to June
11, 1904 and officially initiated the use of Baguio as the Philippine Summer Capital.
The Commission was composed of Governor General Luke E. Wright, president, and
Commissioners Henry Ide, Dean Conant Worcester, T. Padre Tavera, Benito Legarda,
Jose de Luzuriaga, James Francis Smith and William Cameron Forbes. A marker by
what is now Baden-Powell Inn, right beside the enormous bus terminals on Governor
Pack Road, stand as the only visible evidence that anything of historical significance
ever took place on Session Road.
Wright Park, which is located at the eastern part of the city and fronting the main
gate of the Mansion, is one of the many scenic parks in Baguio City. Its main
features are a shallow elongated rectangular body of water known as the "Pool of
Pines" and the park circle which is on one end of the park. Postcard-type
photographs are usually taken at both ends of Wright Park and when going there it
is best to bring along a camera.
Tall pine trees and decorative street lights line both sides of the access road beside
the pool. There are times that you will find at the park some Igorots dressed in their
native attire and regalia who are willing to pose for a photograph ... of course, for a
fee. Native handicrafts are also sold at the Mansion end of the park by a few Igorot
peddlers. From the park circle is a walkway which leads to a wide stairway made of
stones that descend to an area where ponies are rented out.