Visit Manila

Manila has good food. Try halo-halo to help you with the hot weather here For transport I would recommend booking through ride hailing apps for safer and smoother transactions. Avoid those white regular taxis. You can book Grab for convenient car ride around the Metro, motorcycle option (Move It, Angkas, Joyride) is also common in Manila bec of the traffic. Food delivery is also available in the Grab app with lots of options. For clothing, the usual H&M, Zara, Nike, etc. is everywhere, for local brands you can try taking home from Bench or Penshoppe which is cheaper and good quality Airport, make sure to be there earlier since immigration and check in counters can be very long and slow. Can be very traffic going there as well Avoid walking around sketchy places and neighborhoods especially at night. BGC, Ortigas and Makati are pretty safe places Card payment available almost everywhere, except of course on street food and jeepneys/buses/train Tipping, not mandatory unlike other countries but staff/crew would be glad to accept anything

francisco Philippines

Metropolitan Manila is a very interesting Asian City. The US Dollar to Philippine Peso exchange rate was favorable to US travelers, so meals, taxis/Grab ride-shares and hotel prices were made more affordable. Tons and tons of restaurants and entertainment options available just about everywhere you go. Spas and massages are very reasonably priced, and so are beauty and nail salons. There are at least 4 major casinos: Okada, City of Dreams, Solaire and Newport (?). Dampas are a must for first time travelers-this is a place where you buy your seafood from a fresh market and take your purchase to a nearby restaurant to have them cooked to your specifications (for a separate fee, of course). Shopping malls are numerous and a great draw for crowds, especially on weekends. Post-COVID major name entertainment is coming back, but still a little on the slow side at this point.

Vincent Guam

Manila is good for those that wanted to see the city and who loves to shop as it is where you will find the biggest shopping mall in Asia (Mall of Asia). There are also places where you can see and experience the history and culture of the Philippines (Visiting Intramuros and Luneta for example).

Jo Ann Switzerland

I like the room size. It was good for 4. What I did not like is the sockets int room are not working. The H2O Hotel is not PWD friendly, They do not have spaces for people for wheelchair. I am furious.

Olivia Philippines

Manila has some places to visit and see. However three weeks for me was too long. Take a tour that helped and was fun. Plenty of nice rooftop bars and eateries. Do stay at a 5-star hotel, my recommendation is City Garden Grand with a rooftop bar called Fire- top any thing less was a huge disappointment. The WI-FI and internet is terrible. I was not able to use my cell phone until I was back at the hotel using WI-FI, Verizon sent me a bill for 823.00 dealing with that now. I played golf and the pubic golf courses along with a set of 20 year old golf clubs rentals was terrible, but a great experience was had learning about some history of the surrounding areas. I travel to a couple of places to meet a friend and it was okay, too far to Travel for what you get.

Terry United States

Manila is a condo located on the 57th floor of SMDC Air Residence, hence very difficult to locate and you simply can't enter freely. You have to call the owner to register you at the front desk and hand in to you the keys. Breakfast was not provided but the place is complete with amenities ie: refrigerator, microwave oven, induction stove, rice cooker, kettle and dinnerware. You can prepare your food while watching TV. If you are not keen on cooking there are various restaurants at the ground floor for you to choose. Other things like a flat-iron, hair dryer, game sets, aromatherapy lamp and extension cords were provided and for other things you might need you simply have to ask, I was delayed in checking out so they put my things in one big bag to clean up the room for the next occupant which was okay with me because I was also in rush to catch my flight.

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