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Quezon City

Travel Guide Asia Philippines Luzon Metro Manila Quezon City

Introduction

Quezon Monument

Philippines' most populous city and home to most television networks, Quezon City (popularly initialed as QC) has become known for being the City of Stars. Once became the nation's capital for about 28 years, it has become the city address of a number of government institutions including the House of Representatives, the lower House of Congress.

The city is the biggest city within Metro Manila. It was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the Father of Filipino Language and was the former president during the Commonwealth period.

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Neighbourhoods

Balara is situated on the eastern hilly part of the city, the site of a huge water filtration plant that provides Metro-Manila's drinking water.
Cubao is a commercial and entertainment district where the Araneta Coliseum, once the world's largest enclosed dome, is located.
Diliman - The largest campus of the University of the Philippines is located here.
Galas
Libis is fast becoming a commercial and entertainment district since the relocation of most businesses here in the late 1990s.
Loyola Heights is an upsacale residential area.
Novaliches is at the far north of the city and the largest district in terms of land area and population.
San Francisco Del Monte.
Santa Mesa.
Tandang Sora.

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Sights and Activities

Quezon Memorial - An obelisk that stands within the Quezon Memorial Circle and is the burial site of President Quezon.
People Power Monument - A monument that commemorates the peaceful revolution known as the EDSA People Power that ousted the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife.
La Mesa Dam Eco Park.
Walk of Stars - A local version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame featuring local entertainment personalities.

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Getting There

By Plane

Quezon City, just like much within Metro Manila is serviced by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for all international flights to major cities around the world while the Manila Domestic Airport connects the metro to most airports in the country.

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
The Fernandina 88 Suites Hotel	222 P. Tuazon Blvd. Araneta Shopping Center Metro Centro (Cubao)	Hostel	86
Robbinsdale Hotel	14 Araneta Avenue corner Palanza Street	Hotel	-
Tri Place Hotel Quezon City	#2 Alabama Street Corner E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue New Manila	Hotel	-
Casatina Apartment	No.21 Timog Avenue	Apartment	-
Newgrange Condotel	32 Timog Avenue	Apartment	-
Agustina Serviced Apartment	No. 9, 18th Street Brgy Kalusugan (New Manila)	Apartment	-
Broadway Court Apartelle	#16 Broadway Ave. New Manila	Hotel	-
One Mackinson Place Dormtel	82 Road 3 (beside Llamas School) Project 6	HOSTEL	-

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Learn

Quezon City is home to some of the major universities in the country among which are the following:

University of the Philippines - the country's main state university located in Diliman and ranks as the best in the country.
Ateneo de Manila University - located in Loyola Heights and is among the top 4 universities locally and are run by Jesuit priests.

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Keep Connected

Phone

Post

The Philippine Postal Corporation, or PhilPost, is the provides the postal service throughout the Philippines. PhilPost is pretty reliable, but one can hardly call it fast services. It is fine for sending postcards and letters though, both domestically as well as internationally. Prices for sending postcards or letters within the country start at around P7, while most international post costs at least P20. For sending parcels to and from the Philippines it might be wise to use companies like FedEx or UPS. The opening hours of post offices in the Philippines differ from one place to another. Usually, post offices are open from 8:00am to 12 noon and from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on weekdays. And for those that operate on Saturdays, the business hours are from 8:00am to 1:00pm.