![]() To get to Luna from Manila or Baguio, take a bus to Laoag, Vigan or Abra. Don’t forget to subscribe (It’s free!) to my blog for more posts like this and interesting travel tips.ġ/ From San Fernando La Union, take jeepney to Luna or jump on one of the passing buses coming from Manila as below. What do you think of Luna’s Bahay na Bato? What has been the best showcasing of local artists that you have seen? Please comment below. Luna’s Bahay na Bato could just be one of my favourite places I have visited in the Philippines. The house can open for private occasions as well as overnight stays where you can sit under the stars around a fire pit listening to the crashing waves. With over 10,000 visitors in the first year, Bahay na Bato really has put Luna on the tourist trail. Following interest from the town’s Mayor, they decided to open their doors to tourists in 2014. ![]() The stone house was built in 2000 as a rest home for Dr. Within this building you can also buy snacks and drinks to escape the heat as, even with the sea breeze, after exposure to the sun the rocks radiate heat. The top balcony of the main house gives you a beautiful bird’s eye view of the strangely soft, but rugged coastline. Luna’s Bahay na Bato compound contains two houses, sculptures and a beautiful garden to stand in whilst looking down the endless pebbles to the crashing waves, bringing even more pebbles to the shore. ![]() However, Luna’s Bahay na Bato uses this amazing backdrop to surround and built a gallery to showcase local artists whilst causing minimal impact to the surrounding beach. Many locals line the beach with piles of pebbles graded in size and colour which are transported all over the Philippines. The major attraction to Luna’s Bahay na Bato is the scenic pebbled beach which has sadly turned into an industry. It inspires you however unartistic you are. Even down to the paving slabs, you are surrounded by quirky art. The grounds at Luna’s Bahay na Bato consist of large stone carvings such as hearts, flowers, animals and funny characters. However, wait until you visit Luna’s Bahay na Bato, which in translation means ‘stone house’.īuilt in Luna in La Union in the Philippines this really is a house and grounds, made of stone. May this list inspire you to learn more about them, their unique architectural details, and the Filipinos who call them home.A house made of stone doesn’t sound like that much of a spectacular place, I have to admit. The parts listed here belong to just six of the many traditional houses found all over the Philippines. Here are six unique details in traditional Filipino houses we should know more about. If culture is a way of life, then learning about our intimate spaces is a window to how we shape our lives. Learning about Filipino houses gives you deeper insight into Filipino culture. ![]() They are closely tied to the land they stand on and to the air that flows into them. While creating “Bahay,” I discovered what scale models at the mall can’t show - that traditional Filipino houses are rich with details adapted to our country’s volatile terrain and climate. They had ingenious architectural details like walls that converted into windows, wooden discs that warded off rats, or carved serpents that captured the sun’s energy. They stood in harmony with their immediate environment, adapting to the local terrain, climate, and culture. Most houses were elevated from the ground and had open, multi-purpose areas instead of separate rooms. In my research for the book, I learned that traditional Filipino houses didn’t always have bedrooms or living rooms. In November 2022, I released my second cut-and-build book called “BAHAY: A Tour of Traditional Filipino Homes.” The book allows you to build models of traditional Filipino houses like the bahay kubo or bahay na bato. But I assumed that more or less, they had the same parts as the scale models I loved as a child. For me, they were anchors to the past that told us how we Filipinos lived. I was intrigued that so little of the Walled City of Intramuros survived to this day, so I made paper models to recreate the sites that were lost in World War II. This led me to create my first cut-and-build book about Intramuros. I enjoyed learning about different places and how they came to be. When I was younger, I thought a typical “Filipino house” was whatever was depicted at the scale models at the mall: two-story homes with a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, and multiple bedrooms.Īs an adult, I became interested in history and heritage.
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