Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Manila, Philippines

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 10.7 km
Ascend 141 m
Descend 142 m

Explore Manila in Philippines with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in ManilaIndividual Sights in Manila

Sight 1: Benavides Monument

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Benavides Monument

Miguel de Benavides y Añoza, O.P. was a Spanish clergyman and sinologist who was the third Archbishop of Manila. He previously served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Segovia, and was the founder of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

Wikipedia: Miguel de Benavides (EN)

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Arch of the Centuries

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Arch of the Centuries patrickroque01 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Arch of the Centuries is a triumphal arch at the Plaza Intramuros of the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. Half of the current structure, the side facing the UST Main Building is the ruins of the 17th-century arch door of the first UST campus in Intramuros, while the side that faces España Boulevard is a replica inaugurated in 1954.

Wikipedia: Arch of the Centuries (EN)

700 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto

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Sampaloc Church or the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto is a Roman Catholic Church located along Figueras Street in the district of Sampaloc in the City of Manila. The church is named after and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and her pilgrimage site in Loreto, Italy where tradition states as the site where the Mary's house was relocated.

Wikipedia: Sampaloc Church (EN)

781 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat

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The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, or Manila Abbey, is a Benedictine men's monastery located on Mendiola Street in Manila, the Philippines. The monastery was founded by monks from Spain in 1895, in the final years of Spanish colonial era in the Philippines and is dedicated to Our Lady of Montserrat.

Wikipedia: Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey (EN)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: St. Jude Parish Church

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The National Shrine of Saint Jude Thaddeus or Saint Jude Parish is one of three Chinese parishes established by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Wikipedia: National Shrine of Saint Jude (Philippines) (EN)

797 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: San Sebastian Church

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The Minor Basilica of San Sebastian and Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, better known as San Sebastian Church or San Sebastian Basilica, is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, Philippines.

Wikipedia: San Sebastian Church (Manila) (EN)

163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Paterno Ancestral House

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The Paterno Ancestral House is a historic house located in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. The house dates back to the 1870s based on its materials and architectural style. It used to be the next-door neighbor of the Enriquez House which was then located on Hidalgo corner Cancer Streets.

Wikipedia: Paterno Ancestral House (EN)

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Bahay Nakpil-Bautista

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The Nakpil-Bautista House is a bahay na bato ancestral home found in the district of Quiapo, Manila, the Philippines. It was built in 1914 by Arcadio Arellano. The house originally sat on two lots, having a total area of 500 square metres (5,400 sq ft).

Wikipedia: Bahay Nakpil-Bautista (EN), Website

1611 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 9: UST Museum

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The University of Santo Tomas Museum is the oldest existing museum in the Philippines. It started as a Gabinete de Fisica, or observation room, of mineral, botanical and biological collections in the 17th century. Under the old Spanish educational law the collections were used as classroom materials, especially in Medicine and Pharmacy.

Wikipedia: UST Museum of Arts and Sciences (EN), Website

973 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: Knox United Methodist Church

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Knox United Methodist Church

Knox United Methodist Church is known to be the first Filipino United Methodist Church in the Philippines located along Rizal Avenue in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Wikipedia: Knox United Methodist Church (EN)

945 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 11: Carriedo Fountain

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Carriedo Fountain is a fountain in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It was built in honor of the 18th-century Capitán General of Manila, Don Francisco Carriedo y Peredo, benefactor of Manila's pipe water system. It was moved three times before its current location at Plaza Santa Cruz, right in front of the Santa Cruz Church.

Wikipedia: Carriedo Fountain (EN)

702 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Quiapo Church

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The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Black Nazarene), popularly known as Quiapo Church and canonically as the Saint John the Baptist Parish, is a prominent basilica in the district of Quiapo in the city of Manila, Philippines. It is the home of the Black Nazarene, a dark statue of Jesus Christ said to be miraculous. The basilica is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Manila under the Vicariate of José de Trozo and its current rector is Rufino C. Sescon, Jr.

Wikipedia: Quiapo Church (EN)

487 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Santa Cruz Church

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The Our Lady of the Pillar Parish Church, commonly known as the Santa Cruz Parish Church and also designated as the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament, is a Mission Revival Roman Catholic parish church in the district of Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It was built when the arrabal (suburb) of Santa Cruz was established by the Jesuits in the early 17th century. The church had undergone many repairs and reconstruction, with the last reconstruction done in the 1950s.

Wikipedia: Santa Cruz Church (Manila) (EN)

785 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 14: Binondo Church

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Binondo Church Patrickroque01 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Binondo Church, formally known as the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and also as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, is located in the district of Binondo, Manila fronting Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, in the Philippines. This church was founded by Dominican priests in 1596 to serve their Chinese converts to Christianity. The original building was destroyed in 1762 by British bombardment. A new granite church was completed on the same site in 1852 however it was greatly damaged during the Second World War, with only the western façade and the octagonal belfry surviving.

Wikipedia: Binondo Church (EN)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz

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Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz Patrick Roque / CC BY-SA 3.0

Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz or Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz is a major public square in Binondo, Manila, bounded by Quintin Paredes Street to the east and Juan Luna Street to the west, parallel to the Estero de Binondo. It is the plaza that fronts the Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz, one of the main churches of the City of Manila, and is considered the center of Binondo as a whole.

Wikipedia: Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz (EN)

42 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Tomas Pinpin

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Tomás Pinpin was a printer, writer and publisher from Abucay, a municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines, who was the first Philippine printer and is sometimes referred as the "Prince of the Filipino Printers."

Wikipedia: Tomás Pinpin (EN)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: San Lorenzo Ruiz

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San Lorenzo Ruiz

Lorenzo Ruiz, also called Saint Lorenzo of Manila, is a Filipino saint venerated in the Catholic Church. A Chinese Filipino, he became his country's protomartyr after his execution in Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate during its persecution of Japanese Christians in the 17th century.

Wikipedia: Lorenzo Ruiz (EN)

1731 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 18: Fort Santiago

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Fort Santiago, built in 1571, is a citadel built by Spanish navigator and governor Miguel López de Legazpi for the newly established city of Manila in the Philippines. The defense fortress is located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila.

Wikipedia: Fort Santiago (EN)

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