At the Madrazo Fruit centre, wide variety of fruits can be found from the prickly and odoriferous Durian to the perennial Davao sweet pomelo. Baguio City Market, produce and handicraft from all over the Cordilleras converge at the market, a mecca of good bargains in basketware, pottery, woodcarvings, furniture, antiques, beaded jewelry and knitted stuff, all wrought by the city s artisans and tribespeople from neighbouring mountain villages. Bring home a jug of honey, a jar of fruit perserve, ube jam, a bottle of the sweet fruity strawberry wine. Here are also sold the freshest vegetables from the farms of nearby La Ttinidad and Benguet, as well as baskets of fruit, including the ever-popular strawberry. St Louis University Silver Shop, here youths are trained in the delicate art of silvercraft.
Visitors can watch the youth smiths craft fine filigree samples out of sterling metal.
Visitors can pick out silver accessories and other decorative items at the shop where finished products, in the form of miniature musical instruments, furniture, flowers, and butterfiles are sold. Easter Weaving School, visitors can appreciate the skill of weavers at work on conventional looms or on the backstrap looms favored by the highlanders. Colorful threads are converted into blankets, table linen, bags, clothing and other woven items which are then sold in the shop. Good Shepherd Convent, a sisterhood which provides a home for unwed mothers and adoption services for many of their babies. All rights reserved.