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Advantages: Located within ancient busy street and free to visit or take pictures
Disadvantages: few vendors outside the church

The Catholic church is located in Intramuros, Manila where one has to pass by the Spanish-built bricked road before entering its parking area. Inside the church, one can see and feel the antiquity of its artistic designs and paintings. Sitting in its solemnity, one could easily notice an antiquely made terrace-like mezzanine which is round and built just beside a post facing the audience or churchgoers. This was where the priest or "friar" stood ...
...one of popular choices of many Filipina brides due to its long aisle, where brides walks down donning their signatured gowns. Lightings were in chandeliers accompanied by sun's rays coming in from translucent side window panes. More so, other tourists ride in 'Calesa', a horse-driven cart to go around intramuros before ending up in this church. So, if you are a Catholic and like antiquity and history, this church is a must-see. ... Read review

Advantages: Cooled with airconditioned breeze and getting glimpse of some of the rich and famous
Disadvantages: Just an ordinary church when there is no occasion or aircon.

Manila Cathedral Church is like any other churches in Manila with a plus factor that it is airconditioned. It is much nearer the busy street in Intramuros but with more vendors outside its church and its front. It has five or more steps up to its front entrance that's why people could easily notice if there is someone about to get married because of its traditional wedding entourage lining up at the entrance and parkings of luxury cars of the rich ...
...of the elite to get married because of its location and its airconditioned facility. Like all other churches, it's free for rich or poor churchgoers but charges a fee, higher than others only for special occasions like weddings and baptismal. This is also where the former Cardinal Sin usually officiate masses during special church calendars like Easter Sunday mass, Christmas Eve mass and the likes. So,If you're already around Intramuros, try visit ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to locate,educational and free
Disadvantages: Open field and far parking place

...ago, it was renamed as Rizal Park; at of the present time, this park is now called the Luneta Park. This is where the Philippine's National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal"s monument was. This monument is being guarded by 2 cadets in shifting day and night, who marches and checks around the monument intervally and alternately. Rain or shine, rest assured the guards are there standing, guarding, and checking until the next shifting guards or cadets come to replace ... Read review