Marikina Riverbanks

March 25th, 2010 @ admin

Marikina Riverbanks

Located mid-way to Araneta Center in Quezon City and to the countryside charm of Rizal, Riverbanks Center or Marikina Riverbanks takes pride of having the so-called first interactive science center in the country as well as to what Guinness Book of Records has certified as “the biggest shoes in the world.” This commercial complex may [...]

Category : Entertainment / Marikina City

Makati Cinema Square

March 24th, 2010 @ admin

Makati Cinema Square

Despite the fact that Makati Cinema Square (MCS) is just a stone’s throw away from bigger and more modern malls Greenbelt, Glorietta, SM Makati, and SM Mall of Asia, people—young and old, rich and poor, local and tourist—still flock here for good finds, cheap eats, and great value.
The cinema square with no cinema (Photo by [...]

Category : Entertainment / Makati City

Market! Market!

March 23rd, 2010 @ admin

Market! Market!

Sitting on the location of a former army museum, Market! Market! is a shopping mall and entertainment complex found at the end of the chain formed by the famous dining, shopping, and entertainment enclaves of The Fort, Bonifacio High Street, and Serendra. Found next to Serendra in Bonifacio Global City, Market! Market! offers low-end to [...]

Category : Entertainment / Taguig City

Festival Supermall and Alabang Town Center

March 22nd, 2010 @ admin

Festival Supermall and Alabang Town Center

Although far off from the rest of Manila, Festival Supermall and its adjoining Alabang Town Center are being visited by locals and some tourists for its attractions and entertainment facilities found nowhere else in the Metro. Among these attractions is the so-called biggest and longest indoor rollercoaster in the Philippines.
Alabang Town Center (Photo by MrLofi)
Highlights
Located [...]

Category : Entertainment / Muntinlupa City

Manila Baywalk

March 19th, 2010 @ admin

Manila Baywalk

From a bastion of pickpockets and hooligans, Manila Baywalk is now a haven of leisure, where you can indulge in seaside jogging or dining as you watch people and yachts come and go. It is a cobblestone-paved lane, with benches and sculptures to stop by while sampling traditional Filipino street food like balut (premature [...]

Category : Entertainment / Manila City

Divisoria

March 18th, 2010 @ admin

Divisoria

If Bangkok has Chaktuchak and Kuala Lumpur has Jalan Petaling, Manila has Divisoria, the city’s bargain district dubbed as the “mother of all markets” in Manila for its wide array of marked-down and wholesale items, mainly pirated or smuggled goods from China.
(Photo by Frisno)
Divisoria is actually a Pandora’s Box full of garbage, crowds, chaos, pickpockets [...]

Category : Entertainment

Harbor Square

March 18th, 2010 @ admin

Harbor Square

At the side of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, bordering the Manila Yacht Club, is a walkway and restaurant row lined with coconut trees, swept by the sea breeze, and providing a picturesque view of the sunset and the yachts moored at Manila Bay. This enclave is called Harbor Square, considered by some as [...]

Category : Entertainment / Manila City

Ermita

March 18th, 2010 @ admin

Ermita

A district in Manila city, Ermita is located halfway between Malate and the old walled city of Intramuros. Before it became known for its motels, lodging houses, rooms for rent, prostitution dens and red light district, Ermita was a 16th century hermitage and a stage of war during the 1945 Battle of Manila. Ermita’s M.H. [...]

Category : Entertainment / Manila City

Tiendesitas

March 18th, 2010 @ admin

Tiendesitas

Tiendesitas, which means “a collection of little stores,” is created by the same group behind Greenhills Shopping Center to rival Chaktuchak market in Bangkok, Thailand. Straddling along C-5 road, Tiendesitas is a one-stop-shop for native food, traditional clothes, handicrafts, furniture, pets, novelty items, and other products that are made in the Philippines. It also showcases [...]

Category : Entertainment / Pasig City

Bonifacio High Street

March 17th, 2010 @ admin

Bonifacio High Street

Taguig city’s answer to New York’s Fifth Avenue is Bonifacio High Street, a 400-meter-long esplanade full of designer retail shops, diverse cuisine, and live street performances. Found at the heart of Bonifacio Global City, Bonifacio High Street aims to redefine the mall experience as “a walk in the park.”
(Photo by MrLoFi)
High life on the High [...]

Category : Entertainment / Taguig City