Quezon City

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University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

La Mesa Ecopark, Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

About Quezon City

The most populous city in Metro Manila, Quezon City was founded in 1939, named after President Manuel L. Quezon and served as the national capital from 1948 to 1976. It is a sprawling, green and busy place, home to the main campus of the University of the Philippines, the big television networks and a restless food scene that keeps reinventing itself.

Start at the Quezon Memorial Circle, the city's great park and shrine, then wander the acacia-lined Academic Oval at UP Diliman. La Mesa Ecopark offers forest trails and boating on the edge of the watershed that supplies much of the metro's water, and the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center is a shaded refuge nearby.

Cubao is the old commercial hub, with the Big Dome arena, the vintage shops of Cubao Expo and a 3D art museum. Food lovers head to Maginhawa Street and Tomas Morato Avenue, while Santo Domingo Church and the EDSA Shrine are two of the most important churches in the capital region.

Best seasonDecember to April is driest; June to October brings monsoon rains and occasional typhoons.

Ideal stayTwo days for the parks, UP Diliman, Cubao and the food streets.

ArrivingNinoy Aquino International Airport is about an hour away depending on traffic; MRT-3 runs along EDSA and LRT-2 serves Cubao.

12 Ways to Experience Quezon City

Parks 1

Quezon Memorial Circle

This large oval park is the green heart of the city, built around a tall white memorial tower crowned by three winged figures, whe...

Landmarks 1

University of the Philippines Diliman

The flagship campus of the national university is a sprawling, tree-shaded district of its own. Walk or cycle the Academic Oval un...

Nature 1

La Mesa Ecopark

Set inside the protected La Mesa Watershed, which guards the reservoir that supplies much of Metro Manila's drinking water, this p...

Wildlife 1

Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center

Just across from Quezon Memorial Circle, this leafy park doubles as a rescue and rehabilitation centre for animals, many of them c...

Entertainment 1

Smart Araneta Coliseum

Known to everyone as the Big Dome, this arena in Araneta City opened in 1960 and hosted the 1975 Thrilla in Manila, the third figh...

Shopping 1

Cubao Expo

Once a hub for shoe sellers from nearby Marikina, this horseshoe-shaped courtyard in Cubao has become a haunt for vintage hunters...

Family 1

Art in Island

This interactive 3D art museum in Cubao covers walls and floors with huge trompe l'oeil paintings designed for playful photos, so...

Food and Drink 2

Maginhawa Street

Running through the Teachers Village and Sikatuna Village area near UP Diliman, Maginhawa has grown into one of Metro Manila's bes...

Tomas Morato Avenue

Lined with restaurants, bars, karaoke places and late-night cafes, Tomas Morato Avenue and the side streets of the Scout area form...

Churches 2

Santo Domingo Church

This large Dominican church on Quezon Avenue was built in the 1950s to replace the old Santo Domingo in Intramuros, destroyed duri...

EDSA Shrine

At the busy corner of EDSA and Ortigas Avenue, this church dedicated to Our Lady of Peace marks the place where crowds gathered pe...

Neighborhoods 1

Eastwood City

Built on former industrial land in Libis, Eastwood City mixes office towers and condominiums with malls, pedestrian streets and a...

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