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tala


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Share a romantic evening walking atop its walls under a string of lamplights that trace the outlines of the Walled City like a string of pearls in the night. Savor the historic cobblestone streets of Intramuros riding on faithful recreations of the horse-drawn street railway of the Compania de los Tranvias de Filipinas. Taste authentic Spanish period cuisine and travel to a lost era on an epicurean adventure with your palate. Cherish the fine commemorative china and baroque bookends patterned after genuine relics of Intramuros. Marvel at an astounding collection ecclesiastical artworks at the reconstructed San Ignacio Church and Convent.

Other ambitions for Intramuros include an immersive music and lights shows on the intrigues, the murderous conspiracies, the scandalous lives and ghost stories of the Walled City; museums shops, cafes and bookstores integrated into historical sites where one can buy merchandise, informative cultural coffee table books and eat authentic cuisine.



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Intramuros is so important to us. It was so beautiful and full of history. It's a goldmine for tourism, too. The government really should speed up its restoration. It's long overdue.

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There are few things that could restore the pride of the Filipino in his heritage and of being Filipino than the restoration of Old Manila. And I agree with Tala. It will pay for itself via tourism.

Lost and Longing

BEHOLD AND WEEP- at the totally different face of Manila a hundred years ago, with its esteros flowing as a network of transportation and trade. In that era, the American master architect Daniel Burnham believed that with proper planning he could turn Manila into a city equal to the greatest of the Western World, with a bay like Napless, a winding river like Pariss and canals like those of Venice, writes Rose Beatrix Angeles.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Manila was becoming known as the Venice of the Far East.

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