Valenzuela

Orientation

MacArthur Highway, a four to six-lane highway, is the main street of Valenzuela, with the city hall and most shopping being around here. Polo forms Valenzuela's historic center, and has the Spanish-era San Diego de Alcala Church ("Polo Church") and the town plaza. Barangay Paso de Blas (or formerly Malinta) has the main exit from the North Luzon Expressway and the Gateway Complex.

By bus

There are buses plying from Ninoy Aquino International Airport up to Malanday, Valenzuela (Northern part of Valenzuela) via EDSA.

• Valenzuela Gateway Complex

  address: Maysan Road, Paso de Blas
  Expected to receive all northbound provincial buses presently terminating at Manila, Caloocan, Cubao, or Pasay. Buses by operators headed for the Malinta (Paso de Blas) area terminate here since 2018.

By jeepney

If you are from the south, there are Jeepneys around Manila have their destination until Malanday, Valenzuela. But if you are from the north, Jeepneys ply from Malolos up to Malinta, Valenzuela.

By taxi

Taxis can be found everywhere in the Manila or Bulacan. You can take taxi and plot your destination. Fares depends on your destination.
Other public vehicles bound for Valenzuela like pedicabs, and tricycles are available in any nearby city of Valenzuela.

By jeepney

Jeepneys can be found in major and minor roads of the city. They have a fixed fare and route like buses. Fare .

By pedicab/tricycle

Pedicabs (also called trike or side-car) can be found anywhere (except in major highways) in the city. Pedicabs and tricycles can travel streets which is not covered by jeepneys and buses. Fare .

• Arkong Bato

  address: M.H. Del Pilar Street
  A stone arch built by the Americans in 1910. It served as a boundary marker for Bulacan (where Valenzuela, then Polo, belonged), and Rizal

• Libingan ng mga Haponcemetery for the thousands of Japanese soldiers killed during the final years of World War II.

• Pio Valenzuela ResidenceThe ancestral home of Pio Valenzuela, one of the leaders of the Katipunan and the namesake of the city, then the town of Polo.

• San Diego de Alcala Parish

  address: M.H. Del Pilar Street
  This parish church, part of Valenzuela's old downtown, was built by locals in 1632 using the polo y servicio system of forced labor. The Spanish-era church was destroyed during World War II, but its old belfry survived.

• Valenzuela City People's ParkA park beside the Valenzuela City Town Center and City Hall of Valenzuela in McArthur Highway

• Maricopa Restaurant

  phone: +63 2 292-0406
  address: 3 Maysan Road, Maysan
  Filipino cuisine, salads, and mini sandwiches.

• Little Beijing Chinese Cuisine

  phone: +63 2 432-1352
  address: 186 MacArthur Highway, Karuhatan
  Now a local chain, with a branch in Marilao. Dim sum, congee, soups, noodles, and rice, and some Filipino-Chinese dishes.

• MEACO Hotel Karuhatan

  phone: +63 2 443-9021
  address: MacArthur Highway, Karuhatan
  Air-conditioned rooms, free parking and WiFi, and bar. No free meals.