Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Pasig (Philippines). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Tiendesitas, Pasig City Museum, and Santo Rosario de Pasig Church. Also, be sure to include Pasig Revolving Tower in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Pasig (Metropolitan Manila).
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Tiendesitas
Shopping complex in Pasig, Philippines. Tiendesitas is a shopping complex located along E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue in, Ugong, Pasig.[1]
Address: Ortigas Avenue cor. E. Rodriguez Ave., 1110 Quezon City (Pasig City District 1)
Pasig City Museum
Museum in Pasig, Philippines. The Pasig City Museum is a historic house museum in Pasig, Metro Manila in the Philippines. The museum is housed in the old Concepcion Mansion, owned by the former mayor of Pasig, Don Fortunato Cabrera Concepcion who served from 1918 to 1921. This magnificent structure was built as a gift to his wife, Victoria Concepcion. A native of Pasig, architect Felizardo M. Dimanlig, designed this Spanish-Baroque mansion and completed it in 1937. Today, the museum showcases the timeline of the history of Pasig, as well as collections of objects corresponding to periods of historical development of Pasig. It is in the poblacion area, at one end of Plaza Rizal, in Barangay San Jose.[2]
Santo Rosario de Pasig Church
The Santo Rosario de Pasig Church, formerly Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish, is a Roman Catholic church in Pasig, Philippines. The jurisdiction of the parish is as follows: Santolan, Marikina River, Maybunga San Miguel, Cainta, Rizal. The church enshrines the 19th century Virgin Mary, said to be different among others, for she has a moon underneath her feet.
The parish is one of the three other parishes in the Diocese of Pasig that has been granted the special papal blessing to mark its Jubilee Year in connection with its 50th anniversary.[3]
Address: Ortigas Ave. Extension, Pasig (Pasig City District 2)
Pasig Revolving Tower
Building in Pasig, Philippines. The Pasig Revolving Tower is a 12-storey building in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines.[4]
Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church
Catholic church in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. The Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church is the fourth oldest parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig, following in the senior status of the churches of the Pasig Cathedral in Pasig, Santa Ana Shrine in Taguig and San Roque Parish in Pateros, Philippines. Santolan's 200-year-old patron is Sto. Tomas de Villanueva or Thomas of Villanova. The saint was a great Augustinian bishop and man of charity but unknown in the Manila area.
The jurisdiction of the parish is as follows: Santolan (North), Marikina River (West), Maybunga San Miguel (South), Cainta, Rizal (East). The church enshrines the 19th century Virgin Mary, said to be different among others, for she has a moon underneath her feet.
The parish is one of the three other parishes in the Diocese of Pasig that has been granted the special papal blessing to mark its Diamond Jubilee Year in connection with its 60th anniversary.[5]
Pasig Rainforest Park
Park in Pasig, Philippines. Pasig Rainforest Park, also known as Pasig City Rainforest Adventure Experience and Pasig Central Park, is a public park in Pasig, eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It spans 8 hectares, and is a mixed recreational and natural park with a mini-zoo. The rainforest park was opened to the public in 1977 with an initial area of 4.8 hectares. It had an Olympic-sized swimming pool, jogging oval, children's playground, tennis courts and a fitness center. In 1996, the park was enlarged with the acquisition of an additional 2.1 hectares. The park was relaunched as the Rainforest Adventure Experience in 2013 with the completion of the boating lagoon, zip line, obstacle course and a skatepark.[6]
Address: F. Legaspi St. Pasig City, 1600 Pasig (Pasig City District 2)
López Museum and Library
Museum. The López Museum and Library, also known as simply the Lopez Museum, is a Philippine art and history museum and library located in Pasig, Philippines at the ground floor of the Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Center.[7]
Address: Ground Floor, Benpres Building Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig (Pasig City District 1)
Pasig Cathedral
Catholic cathedral in Pasig, Philippines. Pasig Cathedral, canonically recognized as the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish, is the Catholic church located in Plaza Rizal, Barangay Malinao, Pasig in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the mother church, and the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Pasig and one of the oldest structures in the city.
It was founded as a parish by the Augustinian missionaries on July 2, 1573, coinciding with the foundation of the town of Pasig. Initially, the parish was consecrated to the Visitation of Our Lady, but on April 25, 1587, was changed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the patroness of the Augustinian priests during that time.
The parish was administered by the CICM Fathers from 1910 to 1979, after which the Filipino clergy took over the pastoral leadership of the parish. Until 2003, the parish was a part of the Archdiocese of Manila. During the time of Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin, the parish belonged to the Ecclesiastical District of Makati until October 2001, when it became part of the newly created Ecclesiastical District of Pasig. On August 21, 2003, the district was elevated as a separate and independent diocese, with the elevation of the parish into the status of a cathedral. The present parish priest and rector of the cathedral is Joselito I. Jopson.[8]
Meralco Theater
Theater in Pasig, Philippines. Meralco Theater is a theater located at the compound of Meralco, Ortigas Avenue in Pasig, Philippines. It used to be known as the Meralco Auditorium.
It seats over 1,000 people and is a popular venue for various concerts, plays, musicals and events.[9]
Address: Ortigas Ave., Pasig (Pasig City District 1)
Arcovia City
Arcovia City is a mixed-use development under construction in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is a 12.3-hectare riverside township located by the Marikina River east of Ortigas Center being developed by Megaworld Corporation. The centerpiece of the development is a triumphal arch surmounted by a bronze sculpture of a charioteer emperor accompanied by three horses called the Arco de Emperador. When completed, the township will have residential condominiums, a retail hub, LEED-registered office towers and over a thousand trees dotting the mixed-use community making it the greenest urban development by Megaworld to date.[10]
Capitol Commons
Mixed-use development in Pasig, Philippines. Capitol Commons is a mixed-use development under construction in Oranbo, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a redevelopment of the former Rizal Provincial Capitol complex located in the village of Oranbo adjacent to the Ortigas Center financial district. The 10-hectare site being developed by Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership, the same developer behind Ortigas Center, features Pasig's first high-end shopping center called Estancia at Capitol Commons. When completed, the P25-billion mixed-use commercial, residential and office development will have 35,000 square meters of retail space, 20,000 square metres of office space for knowledge process outsourcing companies, and 280,000 square meters of residential units. A Capitol Commons Park and open spaces are also planned within the property which would take up more than fifty percent of the development.[11]
Address: Capitol Commons, Pasig (Pasig City District 1)