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Component city in Isabela Province, Philippines
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Cauayan is a city in Isabela. It is the center of the tobacco industry in Cagayan Valley, and is also an important economic hub, mostly concentrated on agriculture, services and industry.
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Cauayan Church
A Baroque Roman Catholic church, established in 1740. The original church included a belfry that was destroyed during a devastating earthquake, while the rest of the building except the façade was destroyed by American bombing raids in World War II. The reconstructed interior has been painted with frescoes and murals.
The park is spacious and has a lot of different things to offer. The plants looks beautiful and the park is well taken care for.
Bonsai garden.
The resto offers a wide array of typical Filipino food from Pinakbet to Inihaw to Beef Bulalo.
Asian restaurant.
By far the best place to get steak around Cauayan City. Their steak is excellently flavored.
Affordable and tasty Filipino food. Though, its self service. Worth to try.
They serve the best ramen in Cauayan City.
Filipino/Asian Restaurant.
Filipino comfort food.
Milk Tea, frappe, coffee.
Cauayan City Public Market
An amalgamation of the town's main market and a department store chain.
Two-story SM mall, with a supermarket, cinema, department store, the first Uniqlo outlet in Cagayan Valley, and branches of national restaurant chains. Parking available at ₱15 for the first 3 hours (₱100 beyond that).
By plane
By bus
Major bus companies serving Cauayan include Dalin Bus Lines, Victory Liner, and G.V. Florida Transport. There are also smaller individually-owned companies that have buses coming from nearby towns.
By jeepney
Modern jeepneys connect Cauayan with the city of Ilagan to the north, Roxas to the northwest, and San Mariano to the northeast.
By car
Cauayan is along Asian Highway 26 (also Route 1, locally, the Maharlika Highway or the Cagayan Valley Road/CVR). It is (375 km away from Manila, 48 km from Santiago City and 35 km from Ilagan.
Tricycles are widely available, especially within downtown and at the commercial district.
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