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San Nicolas

What is there

Worth seeing in and around San Nicolas

3 places 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. 01
    Laoag Cathedral

    Saint William's Cathedral, commonly known as Laoag Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It serves as the seat or central church of the Diocese of Laoag.

    2.4 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Ilocos Norte, Philippines · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    SM City Laoag

    SM City Laoag is a shopping mall located in Airport Road, Laoag, Philippines. It is the fourth SM Supermall and the largest in the Ilocos Region, the first in the province of Ilocos Norte, and the 88th in the Philippines.

    2 km · shopping mall in Laoag · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church

    The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Nicolás de Tolentino, formerly known as San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the municipality of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Laoag.

    200 m · church in Ilocos Norte, Philippines · Wikipedia

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Getting to San Nicolas

Airports
Laoag (LAO), 7 km
  • Mabalacat → San Nicolas
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · ₱115–150
  • Olongapo → San Nicolas
    26 km · quickest by road, 56 min · ₱80–110
  • Manila (Pasay) → San Nicolas
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · ₱170–230
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for San Nicolas

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 San Nicolas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundCalesa - Horse-drawn carriage Jeepney Tricycle Rent-a-car

From Wikivoyage: 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. 01
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    442 km
  2. 02
    Sabang and Puerto GaleraPH

    9 ways of moving, 46 sources

    519 km
  3. 03
    CoronPH

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    688 km
  4. 04
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    735 km
  5. 05
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    774 km

If you know how people move in San Nicolas – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to San Nicolas

  • Laoagcity of the Philippines and capital of the province of Ilocos Norte2.8 km
  • Northwestern Universityprivate non-sectarian educational institution in Laoag CIty, Ilocos Norte, Philippines3.3 km