Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MANILA
ORTIGAS
Bonifacio Global City (Fort Bonifacio)
Bonifacio Global City
(or
Fort Bonifacio
, after the army camp around which it is located)
sits on the eastern fringes of Makati but is rapidly developing a separate identity of its
own, with skyscrapers, posh condos and shopping malls developed by Ayala Corp.
Other than the
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
, there's little in the way of
traditional sights, though the shops, bars and restaurants of Market! Market! (see box,
p.90) show off Manila's ambitious, a
uent side.
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Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Global City, Taguig, McKinley Rd • Daily 9am-5pm • Free •
T
02 844 0212,
W
www.abmc.gov • MRT to Ayala; walk across EDSA near its
junction with Ayala Ave and then along McKinley Rd, passing Manila Polo Club on your right; cemetery entrance is at the roundabout 1km
beyond the polo club; taxi from central Makati around P100
On the southeastern edge of Makati, 3km away from Glorietta mall, lies the serene
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
, containing 17,201 graves of American
military personnel killed in World War II, most of whom lost their lives in operations
in New Guinea and the Philippines. The headstones are aligned in eleven plots forming
a generally circular pattern, and set among a wide variety of tropical trees and
shrubbery. There is also a chapel and two curved granite walkways whose walls contain
mosaic maps depicting the battles fought in the Pacific, along with the names of the
36,285 American servicemen whose bodies were not recovered (rosettes mark the
names of those since found and identified).
Ortigas
MRT to Shaw Blvd or Ortigas
A dense huddle of malls and of
ces,
Ortigas
lies 5km north of Makati on EDSA. The
district began to come to life in the early 1980s, when a number of corporations left
the bustle of Makati for its relatively open spaces; the Asian Development Bank moved
here in 1991 and the Manila Stock Exchange followed one year later. Today its biggest
draw for Manileños is the
SM Megamall
,
one of Asia's largest shopping malls.
Quezon City
ORTIGAS
Greenhills & Quezon City
Meralco
Center
Robinsons
Mall
MRT-3 Yellow Line
Meralco
Theatre
Lopez Memorial Museum
G/F Benpres Bldg, Exchange Rd at Meralco Ave • Mon-Sat
8am-5pm • P100 •
T
02 635 9545,
W
lopezseum.blogspot.com •
MRT to Ortigas (15min walk)
The one genuine cultural attraction in
Ortigas is the
Lopez Memorial Museum
,
founded in 1960 by tycoon Eugenio
Lopez to provide scholars and students
with access to his personal collection of
rare topics and since expanded to contain
other treasures. The oldest is a priceless
1524 copy of the account of Magellan's
circumnavigation of the world by one
Maximilianus Transylvanus. The
museum's art collection includes
important paintings by nineteenth-
century Filipino masters Juan Luna and
Félix Hidalgo, as well as selected works
by Fernando Amorsolo, who gained
prominence during the early 1930s and
Ortigas
Asian
Development
Bank
The
Podium
St Francis
Square Mall &
3/F Food Court
7-Eleven
Starbucks
Standard
Chartered
Bank
ST FRANCIS
SQUARE
British
Council
Banco
de Oro
Food
Stalls
SM
Megamall
El Pueblo
D O ÑA JULI A V ARGA S AVENUE
Benpres
Building
& Lopez
Memorial
Museum
SM
Megamall
J AD
E D R I V E
UV Express
Minivan Terminal
N
EXCHANG E RO A D
Stock Exchange
San Miguel
Corporation
0
250
metres
EATING
St Francis Square
Mall Tiangge
Shangri-La
Plaza Mall
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