Victorias Sugar Mill Zone
Description
Victorias Milling Company — one of the largest sugar mills in the Philippines, defining the daily rhythm of the surrounding barangays. In Victorias, a northern mill town whose rhythm is set by Victorias Milling Company. Muscovado is whole-cane sugar boiled down and dried with the molasses left in — brown, damp, faintly smoky, nothing like refined white. Producers here work in open pans at small scale. Buy it in blocks or loose by the kilo where it’s made; it costs more than white sugar and is worth the difference.
Tips
The mill isn"t a visitor attraction; the interest is in reading the landscape it organises. The chapel with the Angry Christ mural is the actual stop. Cane trucks make the roads slow during milling season.
Stops
Northern Sugar & Seafood Corridor
How to get there
On the main highway route through this part of the island; Ceres buses and jeepneys serving the corridor pass through.
Best Times
Early morning — markets, landings and roadside stalls all run hardest before 8am.
