[2025 Manila Attraction] Travel Guide for Chinese Garden (Updated Mar)

The landmark Rizal Park in Manila is grand in scale, with beautiful scenery, shaded by green trees, and fragrant. At dusk, the golden shimmering sea reflects the swaying coconut shadows on the shore, like a picture full of poetic and picturesque charm. There are three major gardens in Rizal Park, namely the Chinese Garden, the Spanish Garden, and the Japanese Garden. The Chinese Garden, true to its name, displays an authentic Chinese flavor. The park's uniquely shaped rockeries, beautiful fountains and waterfalls, and Chinese-style galleries, along with the almost daily open-air concerts, make Rizal Park even more charming.

#manilatrip The Chinese Garden is located in the Northwest of Rizal Park, between the Martyrom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal and the Open Air Auditorium. A large, white, Chinese gate leads to the garden. The garden covers quite a large area, most of which is an irregular pond around which a shaded path leads. There is a long pavilion on the southern shore of the pond. On some of its pillars there are black plates with Chinese sentences (translated into English and Tagalog). When we visited the garden on Sunday in the morning, martial arts classes were conducted under the roof of the pavilion, which added extra color to this place. I assume these classes are held here on a regular basis. Near the pavilion there is an impressive statue of Confucius. Admission is free. A beautiful place, definitely worth a visit.