Pila: Visit

A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Pila guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …

Pila Historic Town Center

One of the few surviving colonial-era town centers in the Philippines, clustered around the town plaza and Saint Anthony parish church and declared a National Historical Landmark in 2001. Contrary to popular belief, only the church was built in the …

National Shrine and Parish of San Antonio de Padua

Pila's Roman Catholic church was built in 1849. Its gray brick exterior contrasts with the red brick belltower. Its interior features an ornate altar, multiple gravestones on the walls containing the remains of Pila's high society, and an exquisite statue …

Pinagbayanan Crematorium

The remains of a precolonial burial site where many of Pila's antiquities were discovered. As the site stands on a private lot, access is erratic and on a case-by-case basis with the owners and caretakers.

IFI Saint Anthony Parish

One of the oldest Aglipayan churches in the Philippines, built in 1932.

Clinica Napil

A 1930s residence owned by the same family that runs the clinic.

Pila Elementary School

The administrative building of the town's main primary school is an American-era bungalow (commonly known as the Gabaldon) that is among the recognized national treasures in Pila.