THE PHILIPPINES · HISTORICAL TOURS IN MANILA
Good historical tours in Manila sell out in the dry season and the best go first. Here are 13 to weigh up, what each includes and where they part company.
Review of Intramuros’ bamboo bike tour, with historic sights, guide quality, route details, costs, practical tips, and who should book.
“This is a great tour! the bikes are beautiful and easy to use, the route is safe and not too arduous, the sites are super interesting and our guides Josh and Jenjie were super informed and helpful! highly recommend this tour.”
Explore Intramuros in three hours with church, museum, Casa Manila, Manila Cathedral, and Fort Santiago admissions included.
“Excellent overview of Philipinian history by a knowledgeable guide during a lovely sunny day in March.”
Explore Manila’s Intramuros, Paco Park, Casa Manila, and Manila Cathedral on a guided half-day tour with hotel pickup.
“Well a wonderful tour convenient hotel pick up great communication before the tour. Marco was a great guide very informative and always willing to answer questions. Tour was the right length of time.”
Explore Intramuros, Manila Cathedral, San Agustin Church, Baluarte de San Diego, and Paco Park on a guided four-hour heritage tour.
“Thanks Claude and Nona, for showing us the must-see sites in Manila. It was really enjoyable today, I had great fun! Cheers from The Netherlands, Geert”
Review of the Tagaytay, Taal Volcano, and Taal Heritage Town tour from Manila, covering views, transport, price, timing, and practical tips.
“Very poor experience. Late pick-up (45 minutes), tour guide asleep in the car, car ride extremely bumpy and nauseating. Spent 80% of the time in the car. Only stopped to take scenery photos or see a couple of churches. No lunch plans (even to pay for our own). Definitely do NOT recommend.”
Review of Manila’s private four-hour Intramuros tour, with Fort Santiago, historic churches, private transport, guide quality, costs, and practical tips.
“Condensed but excellent introduction into history of Manila. Our community guide, Arsen, was knowledgeable, engaging, and fun. We really enjoyed our morning visiting Fort Sebastian and the nearby neighborhoods.”
Explore Intramuros on a three-hour guided walk through Manila’s churches, museums, wartime memorials, and colonial past.
“Very informative, funny and engaging tour guide. We loved it.”
Review of a private Manila tour covering Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Rizal Park, war memorials, museums, guides, price, and practical tips.
“The tour guide Suzette was excellent, helpful, and very knowledgeable. Communication with the tour company was very easy and they responded quickly whenever we had any questions. I would highly recommend this tour.”
Explore Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, San Agustin Church, and Rizal Park on a private four-hour tour with a kalesa ride.
“I had booked a tour early in the morning to see Intramuros. Raymond brought me around by myself to all the different places in the city. He was informative going into details on the history. I would recommend this tour.”
Review of Manila’s full-day history and Taal Volcano tour, with Intramuros sights, Tagaytay views, boat cruise, price, timing, and tips.
“I was back in Manila for a college reunion and decided to go on an all-day tour of places that I have not visited in decades. Chose this tour for sentimental reasons. The last time I was at Taal volcano, we actually managed to ride horseRead more”
Explore Manila after dark with guided stops at Intramuros, Fort Santiago, Manila Cathedral, Casa Manila, San Agustin, and Chinatown.
Ride a traditional kalesa through Intramuros, visiting Fort Santiago, old churches, Casa Manila, and historic plazas in four hours.
“Riding in the kalesa was a great way to get around Intramuros. Our guide was very patient with me and my elderly mother. He was also knowledgeable about the history of the area. One opportunity for improvement is the addition of a microphone and speaker as it was difficult to hear him as he faced forward and the traffic buzzed around us. But overall, loved the experience and would do it again and recommend it to anyone considering it.”
Review of Manila’s Intramuros Heritage Tour, with Fort Santiago, Casa Manila, San Agustin Church, practical tips, value, and guide insight.
“I had to re-arrange my tour and this was no problem at all for the tour guide. Salve was so knowledge about the history of Manila and the Philippines- I learned so much. She was so friendly and didn’t leave me until I was in my taxi back to my hotel. I recommend this tour.”
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