--- title: "Bacarra – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bacarra, Philippines: Bacarra, officially the Municipality of Bacarra is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Nearby: Bacarra…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacarra" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacarra.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Municipal_Hall_Bacarra_Ilocos_Norte.JPG/3840px-Municipal_Hall_Bacarra_Ilocos_Norte.JPG" --- Municipality in Ilocos Norte, Philippines # Bacarra Bacarra, officially the Municipality of Bacarra is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. ![Bacarra](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Municipal_Hall_Bacarra_Ilocos_Norte.JPG/3840px-Municipal_Hall_Bacarra_Ilocos_Norte.JPG) Bacarra · Wikimedia Commons The place Bacarra, officially the Municipality of Bacarra is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 32,734 people. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacarra), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bacarra One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Bacarra Church Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish, commonly known as Bacarra Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It falls under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Diocese of Laoag. 200 m · church in Ilocos Norte, Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacarra_Church) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Most sights in Bacarra are gathered in the vicinity of the town plaza. 1. Bacarra Church 2. Bacarra Belltower 3. Vijia Watchtower The ruins of a Spanish-era coastal fortification meant to look out for pirates and foreign invaders. 4. Bacarra Municipal Hall Despite multiple renovations it has retained its original neo-classic façade. 5. Lazo Ancestral Home 6. Peralta Ancestral Home Paredes Street, Santa Rita (beside Bacarra Church). From [Wikivoyage: Bacarra](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bacarra), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Natba Beach Bacarra's main beach, named after its silver sand. From [Wikivoyage: Bacarra](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bacarra), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Bacarra **Airports:** Laoag (LAO), 12 km\ - Mabalacat → Bacarra 337 km · quickest by road, 8h 48m · ₱930–1,230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mabalacat-to-bacarra) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mabalacat&to=Bacarra) - Olongapo → Bacarra 382 km · quickest by road, 9h 58m · ₱1,090–1,450 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/olongapo-to-bacarra) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Olongapo&to=Bacarra) - Manila (Pasay) → Bacarra 414 km · quickest by air, 3h 54m · ₱3,040–4,710 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manila-pasay-to-bacarra) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=Bacarra) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bacarra) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bacarra Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bacarra. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Calesa - Horse-drawn carriage Jeepney Tricycle Rent-a-car From [Wikivoyage: Laoag](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Laoag), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Orchid Island (Lanyu)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orchid-island) TW 10 ways of moving, 31 sources 433 km 2. [Sabang and Puerto Galera](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sabang) PH 9 ways of moving, 46 sources 528 km 3. [Coron](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/coron) PH 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 697 km 4. [Kinmen (Quemoy)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kinmen) TW 10 ways of moving, 12 sources 727 km 5. [Taketomi and the Yaeyama islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/taketomi) JP 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 766 km If you know how people move in Bacarra – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbacarra&title=Bacarra&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbacarra), and the note gets an entry. [The place page for Bacarra](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bacarra) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Philippines](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-PH) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacarra, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt