F.Y.I. (Fire Your Imagination): Hotel and Inn Feature: Ilocos Rosewell Hotel and Restaurant (San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte)

Sunday 6 March 2011

Hotel and Inn Feature: Ilocos Rosewell Hotel and Restaurant (San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte)

The grand, Y-shaped stairway

One of the hotel's suites

The Ilocos Rosewell Hotel and Restaurant, in San Nicolas, has a cool ambiance, with an atrium-style lobby and a grand Y-shaped staircase leading up to the rooms. The 9 elegant airconditioned rooms (standard double or twin, family rooms, PhP1,200-2,800) all have LCD flat screen cable TV, en suite bathrooms with hot and cold shower, NDD/IDD phone and 24-hr. free wi-fi. Some rooms come equipped with a minibar.

All rooms showcase the work of art and culture of a true Ilocano, with furnishings made from recycled, century-old houses. Paintings were everywhere; from the rooms, corridors and down to the lobby.

The hotel, a convenient 5-min. drive from Laoag City center, a 5-min. walk from Robinson’s Mall and a 10-min. ride from Laoag International Airport, also has a 24-hr. front desk, tour desk, business center, 14-pax conference room, 24-hr. convenience store and offers safety deposit boxes, massage, dry cleaning, pressing, currency exchange, car rental, laundry and room service. Gerry's Diner, its a la carte restaurant, offers a variety of Filipino, Chinese and Ilocano dishes. Guests also can avail of a free one-way arrival transfer to the hotel.

Ilocos Rosewell Hotel and Restaurant: Brgy 1, San Francisco National Highway, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Tel: (077) 670-6528 and 781-2122. Fax: (077) 781-3700. Website: www.ilocosrosewellhotel.com.

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BENJAMIN "BENJIE" LAYUG, an architect by profession (he finished his B. S. Architecture degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1982), is a history buff, traveler and free-lance travel writer in his spare time, contributing articles to Travel Update, Philippine Daily Inquirer, COLORS, TODAY, 7107 Islands Magazine, Business Day, Bluprint and the Business Mirror.

He is also the author of the following travel books:

· A Philippine Odyssey: A Collection of Featured Travel Articles (New Day Publishers, 2005)

· Pathfinder’s Travel Guide: Boracay (Great Books Trading, 2006)

· A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Churches(New Day Publishers, 2007)

· A Tourist to Notable Philippine Historical Landmarks, Monuments and Shrines (New Day Publishers, 2010)

· A Tourist Guide to Notable Philippine Museums (New Day Publishers, 2012)

Some of his books now appear in the local library shelves of the National Library of the Philippines, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila University, University of Sto. Tomas, U.P. Diliman, Centro Escolar University, San Sebastian College, Miriam College, Silliman University, to name a few, as well as internationally at the National Library of Australia and the University of California Berkeley Library.

Now a senior citizen, he is probably one of the oldest, if not the oldest, active travel blogger in the country today.

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