View of Manila from Intramuros

View of Manila Hotel

View of Manila Hotel

The Puerta Real Gardens has stairs that lets visitors to access the top of the walls of Intramuros. This part of the wall has views of the adjacent golf course and other important landmarks. Most significantly, you can get a good view of the historic Manila Hotel here. In my opinion that Manila Hotel has lost a lot of its grandeur over the years. The building itself has become more and more unsightly. Most especially with that huge “Manila Hotel” on its roof. You’d think that managers of a hotel would have more aesthetics than that.

Manila Skyline from Intramuros

Manila Skyline from Intramuros

To the other side you can see a nice view of the rising skyline of what can be considered Manila’s central business district. This place has a lot of condominiums and office buildings that are home of some of the largest corporations in the country. I really like this place most especially since you can just climb up the wall and even sit on it. In fact there is nothing that will stop you from plunging several meters down into the the golf course below.

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