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Santa Capas#\ Tarlac (12km) #\ #\ Gapan 050km Juliana Bamban D e# 025miles #\ #\Cabiao Mabalacat #\ Magalang Umiray #\ Clark Airport #– #\ #\ San Miguel Clark#\ #\ R Dau #\ Arayat Mt Pinatubo #\ Mt #\ y Angeles San Ildefonso a (1450m) Arayat r r (1026m) #1 mi North U Rive Subic-Clark Tarlac Santa Rita Expressway (NLEX) Expressway (SCTEX) #\ #\ Baliuag 4 Floridablanca #\ (Baliwag) #\ Subic Norzagaray #\ R Mt Sumao #\ #\Pulilan Barrio#\ Dinalupihan #\ Catabaza (1369m) Barretto #\ #\ Olongapo #\ Santa Maria RMt Irid Hermosa Malolos #\ 4 #5 R (1468m) #\Orani #\ San José Subic Bay Mt Natib (1253m) Bocaue #\ Del Monte Infanta #\ #\ Balanga Subic Bay #\ Rodriguez Freeport #\ #\ Pilar Valenzuela #\ City Morong Mt Samat #\ Zone (553m) Manila MANILA#_ #\ Marikina Bagac#\ R Bay Makati #\ Antipolo Around Manila #\ Pasay City #\ R Limay #\ Bataan Baclaran#\ Morong Peninsula Mt Mariveles Parañaque#\ #\ #\Tanay (1388m) #\ Lamon #\ #\ #\ #\ Cabcaben #\ Las Piñas Binangonan Bay #\  Mariveles erry Kawit Zapote Includes Why Go? #3 F #\ South Luzon #\ Siniloan Corregidor...... 94 S O U T H Alabang After the urban joys of Manila have exhausted you, you’ll Corregidor Dasmariñas#\ Expressway (SLEX) C H I N A #\Biñan Talim Lake South of Manila...... 94 probably be ready for some fresh air. Believe it or not, it’s in Naic#\ #\ Carmona#\ Lumban#\ S E A Trece Island Caliraya Ternate #\ de #\ Taal...... 98 ample supply in the hilly regions surrounding Manila. Martirez #4 Pagsanjan Mt Sungay Bay Santa #Y The area south of Manila is home to a clutch of interest- #\ Magdapio Falls ...... 99 Silang (750m) #\Calamba Cruz Punta Fuego #\ R #\ ing military history sights and some of the most dramatic Maya-Maya #\ Los Baños Sampaloc Magallanes Majayjay #\ ...... 100 Mt Makiling (1144m)R #\ Mauban landscapes you’ll find anywhere. Volcanoes are the special- Calauan #\ #\ Lucban Tagaytay #2 Tanauan Lucena...... 102 ity, with some impressive sea- and townscapes thrown in. #\ #\ Mt CristobalR RMt Banahaw de Fortune #\ #\ Wreck of the #\ Talisay #\ Lucban North of Manila...... 102 Head north and you’ll run square into the most notorious # Island San Pablo R Mt Malicbay San Diego #\ Alaminos #\ #\ #÷ Lian Taal VolcanoR #\ Banahaw volcano of them all, Mt Pinatubo, in the underrated Zam- Dolores Tayabas Olongapo & Balayan #\San Benito (2177m) Lake #\ Quezon Subic Bay...... 104 bales Mountains. It overlooks the twin ex-military bases of #\ R #\Lipa Kinabuhayan San Nicolas#\ Taal Tiaong #\ National Subic and Clark, now struggling to become tourism hubs. #\ Mt Magulot Lucena Park San Fernando #\ Lemery #7 Taal(957m) Though it’s possible to visit these places as day trips, get- #\Rosario Pagbilao (Pampanga)...... 107 Islands ting out of Manila can take the bulk of the morning, so it’s Ambil Calatagan #\ Ligpo Point Bauan STAR #\San Juán Clark & Angeles...... 107 Lubang Island #\ better to do overnight stays. Island Anilao #6 #\ Expressway #\ Batangas Tayabas #\ Mabini Bay Sombrero Island Bagalangit #\ Golo #\ Laiya Pisa #\Lobo Best Places to Eat Island Maricaban ¨¨Antonio’s (p98) Passage Island Verde Island ¨¨ Kinabuhayan Cafe Bed & #\ Puerto Wawa Galera Breakfast (p102) When to Go #\ Abra de Ilog#\ Calapan ¨¨Josephine (p98) Manila #\ ¨¨Feliza Café y Taverna (p99) °C/°F Temp/Humidity Rainfall inches/mm Mindoro Island ¨¨The Castle (p106) 40/104 20/500 16/400 30/86 12/300 20/68 Best Places 8/200

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