San Fernando (Pampanga)
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Understand
The city gains its name after King Ferdinand III of Spain
Get in
By bus
Victory Liner, Genesis Transport, Bataan Transit and Philtranco have buses from Manila westward towards Bataan, Olongapo, and Zambales. There are no buses to Ilocos that stop here.-
address: Jose Abad Santos AvenueTravels from their terminal in Caloocan to Iba, Santa Cruz, and Olongapo. Buses arrive every 5-15 minutes from both directions.
By car
San Fernando lies at a major highway crossroads; the toll North Luzon Expressway, and national highways MacArthur Highway and Jose Abad Santos Avenue meet here.By train
Rail service ceased on the late 1980s. While the tracks have long been dismantled, San Fernando's heritage station remained, and is preserved as it is the endpoint of the Death March (find at #See). The Manila-Clark Railway (under construction since 2018, though still in the clearing process) is planned to open by 2022 or 2024 (from Malolos to Clark Airport), and the new San Fernando station will be somewhere near the heritage station.Get around
By jeepney
You can hop onto a colorful jeepney which takes you most corners of the city, but most run only at major roadsBy tricycle
See
Paskuhan VillageChristmas-themed park, open all year round
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Sky Ranch Pampanga
phone: +63 45 963-7681Part of SM City Pampanga, it houses Pampanga Eye, a large Ferris wheel providing a 360-degree view of Pampanga, including San Fernando itself, Mount Arayat and Mount Pinatubo -
Pampanga Provincial Capitol
address: Capitol BoulevardAmerican-era Neoclassical building housing the offices of the provincial government of Pampanga
Historic sites
San Fernando StationA restored railway station along the abandoned Philippines National Railways northern main line, noted as the end of the Bataan Death March. The restored station houses a well-preserved wooden boxcar used on the "death trains" that carried surrendered soldiers to Capas, Tarlac.
Do
Festivals
- Giant Parol Festival (December)
Religiously observances
- Crucifixions at San Pedro Cutud (Good Friday) - realistic reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus, where penitents, usually men, are crucified on the hill in the barangay of San Pedro Cutud.
Sports
Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex and Convention CenterA giant arena with a seating capacity of 30,000 people, used for conventions, concerts, sports, beauty pageants
Buy
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SM City Pampanga
address: Jose Abad Santos Avenue, LagundiGiant SM mall opened in 2000, with hundreds of shops and restaurants, and the Sky Ranch Pampanga theme park (see #See)