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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikivoyage or other free sources online. The chief island of the Philippines, from cobblestone streets of the colonial town of Vigan to the bustling metropolis of Manila to the rice terraces of Banaue, where the seat of the government is located and where the financial and commercial capitals as well as the national capital of the Philippines is located, this is Luzon. The central mountain range known as the Cordillera is the region´s trophy piece, with lush green forests blanketing vast areas of gloriously crooked earth. Isolated sandy beaches ring almost the entire coastline. In the rice terraces of Banaue and elsewhere, humans and nature have collaborated on one of the world´s truly sublime displays of beauty and ingenuity. Off Luzon´s northern tip, the grassy hills of the Batanes islands possess their own austere beauty. This book offers information on Luzon island and its most notable places.

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