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Photo: Sinait Municipal Government, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Sinait's main Roman Catholic church, built during the Spanish period in the 17th century in the Baroque style and housing the venerated image of the Santo Cristo Milagroso.
The Minor Basilica of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino and Archdiocesan Shrine of Señor Santo Cristo Milagroso, also known as Sinait Basilica or Sinait Church, is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, in northern Philippines. The church is known for housing the El Santo Cristo Milagroso, a life-sized dark-skinned image of crucified Christ. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino and is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia. In May 2021, it was granted the title of minor basilica, the 19th in the Philippines and the first in its archdiocese.
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Imelda Cove
An underdeveloped white-sand cove.
A chapel built by the cove where the Santo Cristo Milagroso was said to have washed up in 1620 from Japan, where it had been hidden away by Christians being persecuted by the Tokugawa Shogunate. At the same time, a twin image of the Virgin Mary, known as the Virgen Milagrosa, washed up in the neighboring village of Paguetpet, part of Badoc, and is also venerated in that town’s basilica. The cove was subsequently named in the Virgin's honor.
A series of rolling foothills of the Cordillera Mountains that have become a popular hiking destination.