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Walking Tour of Intramuros

By Michael Aquino, About.com

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Next and Final Stop: Casa Manila

Casa Manila gateAnlex Basilio

Directions

Go back the way you came, through the parking lot - cross the street to get to Casa Manila.

Casa Manila

Casa Manila was a pet project of Imelda Marcos (she of the 7,000 shoes): a reconstruction of a Spanish colonial home of the 19th century. (The whole structure itself dates back to 1981.)

Each room is decorated in period style, complete with antique furniture, fixtures, and artwork. Visitors are led from the central courtyard up to a receiving area (where the master held office), and up again to the top floor where the master's family lived, all the way out to the kitchen (complete with authentic cooking utensils of the time), exiting a side door out back to the courtyard again. Admission costs PHP40 for adults, and PHP15 for students and children.

Contact Details:
Calle Real del Palacio (Gen. Luna Street)
Plaza San Luis, Intramuros
Manila, Philippines
Telephone: +63 2 527 4084

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