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Centrally located amidst Quezon City's commercial and entertainment area, providing easy access to various points of interest in the metropolis |
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Located along P. Tuazon Boulevard across the Ali Mall in Cubao, Fernandina 88 Suites is also near major thoroughfares making it very accessible to all points of the metropolis |
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he newest addition to the ASB condotel collection, the garden heights dominates the skyline of E. Rodriguez avenue and offers a panoramic view of Metro Manila |
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Welcome to the epitome of subtle elegance, a soothing atmosphere and service to make you feel not too far away from home |
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Robbinsdale Hotel offers the ultimate in comfort. It is what you would expect it to be...pleasant and comfortable accommodations at reasonable and affordable prices |
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The Sulo Hotel is conveniently located in the heart of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, amidst principal business, commercial and national government landmarks |
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Quezon City P (Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the former president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines who founded the city and developed it to replace Manila as the country's capital. Quezon City is not located in and should not be confused with Quezon province, which was also named after the president.
Being the former capital, many government offices are located in the city, including the Batasang Pambansa, the seat of the House of Representatives, which is the lower chamber in the Philippine Congress. The main campuses of noteworthy Philippine universities such as the Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines are also located here.
Quezon City is the richest local government unit in the country in terms of current assets, cash in banks, share of internal revenue allotment (IRA), gross income, and gross net income. It remains the only Philippine city without any debt to banks as it operates on a surplus fund of over 2 billion pesos. The city features many spacious parks, tree-lined boulevards, and lots of commercial areas, popular with shoppers all over the metropolis. Most of the city is composed of residential areas.
Quezon City is also the major entertainment capital of the Philippines, as many Filipino TV Shows, music, and movies are produced here. The major TV networks in the Philippines have their main stations in Quezon City.
In 1984, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built the scenic Manila Philippines Temple here because of the large number of members in the region. The Iglesia ni Cristo installed in Quezon City their headquarters on Commonwealth Avenue, New Era barangay: center of operations as well as a large temple and the New Era University
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Quezon City is the largest city in Metro Manila. At approximately 160 square kilometers, it covers almost one-fourth of the area of Metro Manila. The city lies on a relatively high plateau on the northeast corner of the metropolis between the lowlands of Manila to the southwest and the Marikina River valley to the east. The southern portion is drained by the very narrow San Juan River and its tributaries to Pasig River, while running in the northern portions of the city is the equally narrow Tullahan River.
Quezon City is bordered by Manila to the southwest, by Caloocan City and Valenzuela City to the west and northwest. To the south lies San Juan and Mandaluyong City while Marikina City and Pasig City borders Quezon City to the southeast. To the north across Marilao River lies San Jose del Monte City in the province of Bulacan and to the east lies Rodriguez and San Mateo, both in the province of Rizal.
The city can be divided into a number of areas. The southern portion of the city, where most of the interesting places are, is divided into a number of places including Diliman, Commonwealth, the Project areas, Cubao, Kamias-Kamuning, New Manila, San Francisco del Monte and Sta. Mesa Heights. The northern half of the city is often called Novaliches and contains the areas of Fairview and Lagro. Most of these areas have no defined boundaries and are primarily residential in nature
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Quezon City, already recognized as the richest in the country for the past three years, may soon be recognized also as the food and entertainment capital of the Philippines. This is if the newly-organized QC Tourism Council would have its wat.
Former Tourism Secretary Narzalina Lim chairs the QCTC, which is composed of volunteers from the hospitality, travel, entertainment and education/training sectors in the city. She announced that a Q-linary Food Festival will launched next month at the Araneta Center (October 7-9) and Eastwood City (October 21-23).
The food festival will serve as the opening salvo of the QCTC’s campaign to attract non-residents and visitors to the city and make it into the destination of choice for dining, sighseeing, shopping and family leisure.
Dubbed “Must See QC,” the campaign will promote the city’s historical and cultural sites, its diverse offerings in shopping, arts and sports, its educational institutions, including UP’s Asian Institute of Tourism, the nation’s pioneer tourism school, and the Center for Culinary Arts, the foremost culinary school in the country today.
Other “must see” historical destinations in QC are: the Quezon Memorial Shrine Museum, Bantayog ng mga Bayani, People Power Monument, EDSA Shrine and Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin Shrine.
For nature reserves and educational institutions, there are the Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife Santuary, Balara Park, La Mesa Ecopark, San Pedro Bautista Church (the second oldest church in the country), Philippine Science High School, University of the Philippines, and UP-AIT.
For shopping , dining and entertainment, the city boasts of Eastwood City, Araneta Center, the Timog-Morato Strip, ABS-CBN, GMA-7, ABC-5, PTV-4, RPN-9, IBC-13, and various SM malls
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