Intramuros & Chinatown Manila Tour – Walking, Food & Culture
Description
Who are the Filipinos? Learn and understand the locals while walking, eating, and exploring Manila, the Philippines' metropolis. Once known as the "Pearl of the Orient", this city is rapidly changing. Visit Quiapo Market and Binondo’s Chinatown and see how the new emerges between the old, in all areas of life. As it’s architecture, Manila's street food is a showcase of the city’s different visitors throughout history. That history is best visible at the old city of Intramuros. Strolling through the small streets might feel like traveling back in time. This area suffered heavy damage during World War Two, but the Filipinos' hospitality and smile remains one that cannot be destroyed.
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Old and New, East and West, Common and Scarce - wandering around Quiapo Market will activate all of your senses. Taste some of the unique dishes this special place has to offer.
Binondo,the Central Business District of Manila, neighboring Catholic, Chinese, and Muslim Communities. Walk through the city’s chinatown while tasting delectable Filipino cuisines.
Explore around through Manila's old, fortified city of Intramuros. Discover part of this country's history, from the 9th century to 1946. Although damaged during WW2, the city's beauty is visible even today – this is one of the tour's best inclusions.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(32)
Mike (tour guide) was great! Very informative and showed us some amazing spots, ate delicious food and orated interesting history around Intramuros. This is a must do when visiting Manila.
Our guide Fred was very knowledgable and created a fun experience! He also recommended things to do that we tried afterwards such as the Barbara’s Heritage Dinner/Show and drinks at the penthouse bar at Bayleaf Hotel- both were excellent!
George and his coworkers were just amazing. Very interesting to learn about Philippine occupation over the last 500 years and experience some real Philippine cuisine. A real personal experience. Highly recommended.
Great experience using the jeepnee to get around town, the food tasting in Chinatown will definitely be something I will remember. It started to rain, so no bike tour instead visits Ft. Santiago and some cathedrals, overall, it was fun.
Erick and Carmen were great! I used to live in Manila and this tour took us to places I have never even been! We got to try out the river ferry, the tricycle, and the jeepney. Highly recommend this tour!
Eric - our guide was amazing! He was explaining different food and fruits and also culture and history of Philippines. We experienced different ways of transport in Manila including- boats, tuk tuk , buses and circling. I feel this tour is the best to get to know the city If you have a little time in Manila. Definitely, I recommend this tour to anyone coming to Manila. Enjoy!
Bike ride in the old town and food tasting in China town were my favorite moments. Jen was a great guide telling us lots of stories and history.
Hi, Max_P! We highly appreciated your 5-star rating and sharing your positive feedback to us. We are delighted to know that you enjoyed and had a great experience with this tour. Also, we appreciated that you had a memorable experience with our tour guide. Hope to see you in one our tours again soon!
This is a fantastic tour to do. If you have Miguelita and Dana as your guides, it’s even better! Unfortunately I couldn’t ride on the ferry as it was closed for the national holiday so we ended up getting a taxi to Quiapo. That was the only downside (if you can even call it that). You will learn a lot on the city tour (fun fact: Binondo is the oldest Chinatown in the world) and see a few beautiful churches. After the city tour, we rode a jeepney to Intramuros which was another great part of the tour and it sparked great discussion amongst the group. I have to praise Miguelita and Dana again because they were so attentive and patient with the group.
Hello AliObz! We're delighted to know that you enjoyed the tour. Thank you so much for giving us the honor to guide you around. Hope to see you again in our future tours. Thank you so much!
What a great fun day! Stella and her team are fantastic guides and made the day really enjoyable. Lots of food to try, lots of history to learn and a really lovely group to meet on the tour. Thank you 😊
Hi Pauline! We're really grateful and glad to hear that we managed to give you a wonderful experience :) Thank you for choosing Abraham Tours Philippines.
The experience overall was amazing, I’ve missed the ferry in the morning because of traffic but they have organised it so I could rejoin them after the ferry ride. Food and cultural tour, Grace and Janill were very knowledgeable, friendly and always available. Overall a great experience.
Hi 668gab, It's awesome to hear how much you enjoyed the tour. We're really grateful and glad to hear that we managed to give you a wonderful experience. We hope that you'll visit the Philippines again because we still have a lot of things to offer :)
