Walking Tours of Manila
Guide Carlos Celdran again offers regular historical walking tours of Manila this year
Regular Tour rates are Php300.00 per person for adults, Php100.00 for students.
Public school students and government employees go free. Museum fees not
included. Special Private Tour rates are Php2500.00 for a group of five minimum,
Php350.00 per additional person. For all reservations, directions, or inquiries, call
Tel. No. 671-7726, or text Mobile 0916 783-1383 to reserve, or email
celdrantours@hotmail.com
Tour 1 - "If These Walls Could Talk!" Walking Tour of Historic Intramuros. On its
third year, it's the most popular tour in the selection and a definite must for beginners
in Philippine History. Take a leisurely afternoon walk along this city's 400 year old
walls and take in a humorous analysis of Philippine art, culture, and society during
the Spanish period. Ironically irreverent yet informative. Meet in front of Manila
Cathedral at 4:00 p.m. Please prepare entrance fees to the Casa Manila Museum.
Php 40.00 for adults, Php 15.00 for students. Dates are January 17, 2004 Saturday
3:00 p.m. and February 7, 2004 Saturday 3:00 p.m. Starting point is the Manila
Cathedral, end point is the San Agustin Church.
Tour 2 - "American Idol!" Walking Tour of the Historic Escolta District. Take a
Sunday afternoon trip back to the swinging twenties and thirties; back to an era
when the Philippines' art, society, culture, and economy were defined by the norms
and ideals of our reluctant colonizer, The United States of America. It's a chance to
marvel at Manila's last surviving bits of Beaux Arts and Art Deco architecture as
we analyze the past and present ways we've managed this corporation we call
Philippines Inc. Meet in front of Santa Cruz Church at 4:00 p.m. Please prepare
entrance fees for the Escolta Museum. Php 50.00 for adults, Php 25.00 for students.
Dates are January 18 , 2004 Sunday and February 8, 2004 Sunday. 3:00 p.m. Starting
point is the Santa Cruz Church, ending point is Plaza Lawton fronting the Manila
Post Office Building.
Tour 3 - "Martial Arts!" Walking Tour of the Historic Cultural Center of the Philippines
Complex. It's a tour all about the Philippines in the 1970's and the tumultous era of
Martial Law, 18 inch bell-bottoms, and Miss Universe. Its a little bit disco, a little bit
New Society, and completely Imeldific. So come take a trippy trip through National
Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin's finest buildings as we analyze one of the most
exciting periods in Philippine history. No museum fees. Dates are January 24, 2004
Saturday and February 21, 2004 Saturday. 3:00 p.m. Starting point is the Figaro Coffee
Shop beside the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Roxas Boulevard, ending point is
the Philippine International Convention Center.
Tour 4 - "Rocking Avenida Rizal." Walking Tour of Rizal Avenue to Quiapo. Rizal
Avenue was Manila's main middle class shopping district until the construction of the
LRT (the elevated train system) killed off its businesses. It is now part of Manila
Mayor Atienza's Urban Renewal Program and has been rehabilitated as a pedestrian
promenade. Some of its historic charm remains and its still the cheapest place in
Manila to buy shoes, hardware, and electronics. It will be coupled with a side tour of
Quiapo Church, the Bahay Nakpil, and the San Sebastian Church - a hundred year old
all steel church completely imported from Belgium - among others. It's a walking tour
heavy on the walking part. Dress lightly and wear practical shoes. Dates are January
25, 2004 Sunday and February 22, 2004 Sunday. 3:00 p.m. Starting point is Santa Cruz
Church, end point is San Sebastian Church.
(Contributed by Valeri Horne, 2004 January 9)
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