By Bus
There is no single unifying bus station for Manila. Instead, a number of competing bus companies have terminals either in the Pasay area of EDSA, in the south, or at the northern end of EDSA in Cubao . Buses from Pasay terminals usually go south, and from Cubao they usually go north. Baliwag Transit (tel 02/364 0778) at 199 Rizal Avenue Extension, Caloocona, operates buses north to Bulacan province, Baliwag, San Jose and Tuguegarao. BLTB (tel 02/833 5501) has two terminals on EDSA, one at the southern end in Pasay and another at the northern end in Cubao. BLTB buses go south to Nasugbu, Calamba, Batangas, Santa Cruz, Lucena, Naga and Legaspi. BLTB also does epic 28-hour journeys to towns in the Visayas and to Sorsogon in southern Luzon. Dagupan (tel 02/929 6123) on New York Street, Quezon City, serves the northern destinations of Baguio, Dagupan and Lingayen. JAM Transit (tel 02/932 2914) is on Taft Avenue in Pasay and serves various destinations in Batangas and Laguna. Philippine Rabbit has a nice new terminal at 1240 EDSA, Quezon City, and is popular for destinations in the north such as Angeles, Balanga, Baguio, Vigan, Laoag, San Fernando and Tarlac. Philtranco (tel 02/833 5061) is on EDSA at the corner of Apelo Cruz Street, Pasay, and does daily runs as far afield as Quezon, Bicol, Masbate, Camarines, Leyte, Samar and even Davao. Victory Liner has terminals at each end of EDSA in Pasay (tel 02/833 0293) and Cubao (tel 02/727 4534). Buses go north to various destinations, including Dau (for Clark), Alaminos, Dagupan, Olongapo, Baguio and Mariveles. If you are staying in the Malate area you can take the LRT from Taft Avenue north to the terminal at Caloocan, where Victory has a third terminal. Buses from here go north.
intramuros...fort santiago & san agustinandrea nicu says "a must appreciate place. just ride a quiapo pier jeep and tell the driver youre heading to fort santiago. an entrance fee of 40 pesos,less than a dollar, you can stroll the historical place. outside fort santiago, you can ride a pedicab (bicycle with side car) up to san agustin church for 40 pesos also. an entarnce fee of 75 pesos ($1.50) is needed to see the old church. its creepy inside. maybe because its so old, i can feel how strange it is. but its nice to be in history. go and see it, especially with your loved ones." manila tigersmastijack says "manila is a place for wonderful night life with music, drinks, food etc..." where to eatsupremebea says "Manila has been influenced by Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and American Culture. You can see it clearly in our food. We can never be accused of bland taste :)
Some suggestions for casual dining places:
Teriyaki Grill - They serve japanese food with filipino taste. I always always order their chizu maki (chicken roll with cheese $3), tofu steak (with wonderful sauce $3) and california maki ($2).
Chef D'Angelo - Pasta, Pizza and Chicken. Best seller is their White Pizza (seafood with lots of cheese $3) pasta paella (a different take on pasta $3) and spicy chicken (kind of like buffalo wings 3 pcs for $4). Their German chocolate cheesecake is also my favorite (and I don't even like cheesecake).
Figaro Coffee Shop - Competitor of Starbucks. I love their little "Oscar" (sansrival $1.5), Bread pudding with warm vanilla sauce ($1) and their Chorizo pasta (pasta with sausage $3). However, their hot chocolate was very disappointing since I caught a server using the regular SwissMiss.
Dencio's - If you want Filipino food, this is the place to be. Try the sizzling bangus belly (milkfish $3), nilaga (boiled beef with vegtables $4) and gambas (shrimp with sauce $3). The bottomless ice tea is the cheapest I had ($1).
UCC Vienna Coffee - It's a Vienna themed coffee restaurant home based in Japan but located in the Philippines! This cafe is pretty expensive. But their salads are pretty good ($4) with wonderful wonderful Asian dressing and my absolute favorite Samba Cake ($3). A brownie like cake with molten chocolate inside so that when you cut into it, the liquid chocolate comes puring out. Can't beat that.
Ref Crab - Value for money, this is the place. Their buffet cost around $10 and it's all you can eat crab. Not only steamed but with different sauces. Other seafood as well. My favorite is the thermidor prawns.
All of the restaurants above are usually situated inside the malls. So, it's pretty safe.
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