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Tunnel of the Manila Ocean Park's Oceanarium. The main attraction of Manila Ocean Park is the Oceanarium which houses 14,000 sea creatures from about 277 species all of which is indigenous in Southeast Asia. The Oceanarium has seven sections and contains 3,000 cubic meters (110,000 cu ft) of sea water. [5]
The park has also been nominated in the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. [9] Nagcarlan Underground Cemetery [10] Nagcarlan: Laguna: Calabarzon: It is dubbed as the only underground cemetery in the country. [11] Paco Park: Paco, Manila: Metro Manila (National Capital Region) It was once Manila's municipal cemetery built by the ...
Tourist attractions in the city of Manila — features of tourism in Manila, and part of the tourist attractions in the Metro Manila region of Luzon in the northern Philippines. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
San Agustin Church in Intramuros, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Intramuros. Intramuros is a historic fortified complex housing Manila's oldest colonial structures. Tourist attractions within the complex include Fort Santiago, a Spanish citadel located at the mouth of the Pasig River near Manila Cathedral — an ecclesiastical building dating back to the 19th century, serving as the seat of the ...
Rizal Park's history began in 1820 when the Paseo de Luneta was completed just south of the walls of Manila on a marshy patch of land next to the beach during the Spanish rule. Prior to the park, the marshy land was the location of a small town called Barrio Nuevo ("New Borough" or Bagumbayan in Tagalog) that dates back to 1601. The town and ...
Kalaw Avenue is the main access to some of Rizal Park's main attractions, such as the National Museum of Natural History (former Department of Tourism Building), Museo Pambata, the National Library of the Philippines, and Manila Ocean Park.
Lawton Park N Ride, the city's main public transport hub, is located in the district along Padre Burgos Street, as well as the Manila Multimodal Terminal near the Pasig River. The Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT-1) follows Taft Avenue and stops at three stations in Ermita, namely Central Terminal station , United Nations station and Pedro ...
Manila welcomes over one million tourists each year. [262] Major tourist destinations include the historic Walled City of Intramuros, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, [note 1] Manila Ocean Park, Binondo (Chinatown), Ermita, Malate, Manila Zoo, the National Museum Complex, and Rizal Park. [268]