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 …
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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 …
The main park of the city, laid out inside the large roundabout of Elliptical Road. At its centre is a mausoleum 66 metres tall that holds the remains of Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines, and of …
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 …
The Traslacion carried the Black Nazarene from Intramuros to Quiapo Church. 9.6 million people joined, and the procession took 30 hours and 50 minutes, the longest on record.
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 …
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 …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's San Juan (Metro Manila) guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. …
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 …
A 13.7-metre memorial to Andres Bonifacio, who founded the Katipunan and led the revolt against Spain. It stands on the roundabout where EDSA, MacArthur Highway, Samson Road and Rizal Avenue Extension meet, and the whole area around it is called …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Makati guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Taguig guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
The year of the horse opened on 17 February. Binondo, the oldest Chinatown anywhere, fills with dragon and lion dances, firecrackers and tikoy.
A lakefront park on the shore of Laguna de Bay, with a boardwalk and a pier that run out over the water. The 0.7-hectare park has pavilions, a central fountain, a covered court, cycling and running tracks, food and drink …
The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalookan, dedicated to Saint Roch, who is known here as San Roque. It stands near the corner of 10th Avenue and A. Mabini Street in Poblacion, a short walk from the old …
The seat of the bishop of Pasig and one of the oldest structures in the city, on Plaza Rizal in Barangay Malinao. Augustinian missionaries founded the parish on July 2, 1573, the day the town itself was founded. It was …
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the country, set up by the Spanish Augustinians on May 11, 1580. It is the seat of the Diocese of Parañaque, which covers Parañaque, Las Piñas and Muntinlupa, and it is also the …
The oldest church in Quezon City, built in 1590, and one of the oldest in the country. It stands in the San Francisco del Monte district and carries the name of Pedro Bautista, the Spanish missionary from Ávila who founded …
A 2-hectare garden in the middle of the Makati business district, planted with palms, acacia trees and tropical greenery. Ayala Land opened it to the public in November 2009, and it is one of the largest green areas in the …
A park beside the Valenzuela City Town Center and City Hall of Valenzuela in McArthur Highway.
A sight at #1403 8th Street, Grace Park East, Caloocan City. Hours: 6AM–9PM.
A 400-year-old church in Barangay San Agustin, lately renovated and one of eight heritage stops on the city tricycle tour. Its patron is Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, who is also the patron saint of Malabon, with a feast day on …
The museum was created to house the art collection of Secretary Alfonso T. Yuchengco, and highlight his distinguished career as a businessman, diplomat, collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and advocate for education in the Philippines. The museum’s primary goal …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Valenzuela guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Pasig guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Pasay guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Malabon guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A national shrine to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, one of the largest Marian churches in the country, open 24 hours a day through the year since 1958. Devotees fill it on Wednesdays for Mass and the novena, so many …
A nature-themed Roman Catholic parish church built by Filipino architect Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa. The current church is rebuilt in the original style from the original church destroyed by fire during a New Year's Day fire caused by a misfired firework.