Intramuros
The walled Spanish city of 1571, with Fort Santiago, San Agustin Church and a walk along the ramparts. The district covers 0.67 square kilometres and is enclosed on every side by its fortifications. It was the seat of the Spanish …
Rizal Park
The park around the monument to José Rizal, where he was executed in 1896. It covers 58 hectares in Ermita, next to Intramuros and facing the eastern shore of Manila Bay. Rizal's remains lie in the stone base of the …
Binondo
The oldest Chinatown in the world, best walked at lunchtime for dumplings, noodles and hopia. The Spaniards laid it out in 1594 across the Pasig River from Intramuros, as a settlement for Catholic Chinese that the colonial government could keep …
National Museum of Fine Arts
Free to enter, built as the old legislature, and home to Juan Luna's Spoliarium. The neoclassical building was finished in 1921 and held the Congress of the Philippines from 1926 to 1972 and the Senate from 1987 to 1997. It …
San Agustin Church
The oldest stone church in the country, finished in 1607 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a trompe l'oeil ceiling. It stands inside Intramuros and is in the care of the Order of Saint Augustine. UNESCO listed it in …
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- Bring cash: many gates and boats do not take cards.
- Take your trash with you.