Coconut Palace Manila

Roxas Blvd, Cultural Center complex Manila , National Capital Region, Luzon, Philippines - Phone: 2 832 0223
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    Attraction Type:

    Historic home

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    El guatazo de Manila

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    Luego de estar en la modernidad misma en Malasia y de disfrutar el último día rodeado de cámaras fotográficas, notebooks de última generación y muchos otros adelantos, nos fuimos a Filipinas. Era el destino que habíamos elegido por sobre la India, pensando en que cuando fuera la fecha de ir para allá, estarían en monzón…y ríos de mierda con …

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    Manila, not a big thrilla'

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    ... next minute out on the street a homeless child is tugging on your legs begging for money. Which makes sites like the "Coconut Palace" all the more ridiculous. Imelda Marcos spent more than $30 million having the Coconut Palace built to impress the ...

  • 2

    El guatazo de Manila

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    ... LP…y estaban todos cerrados y algunos tomados por ocupas…(como en la calle Suecia de Santiago)…fuimos al coconut palace (esta excentricidad lo hizo construir Imelda Marcos en la dictadura) y estaba cerrada…ya pensando en que ...

  • 3

    At large in Manila

    ... Manila Bay is busy with large container and tanker ships ready to release their cargoes on the shore. South of the Bay is the Coconut Palace. Of all of Imelda's wacky schemes, this one may be the wackiest! Hearing that Pope John Paul II was planning a ...

  • 4

    Farewell Philippines

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    ... wait to get out of Manila. we arrived at 6am and after sitting on a few cups of coffee we made our way to the Coconut Palace. This was built by Imelda Marcos for a visit from Pope John Paul, a lavish palace showcasing the Filopino crafts and matierals ...

  • 5

    Week 47 - Darwin to Manila (Philippines)

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    ... as planned but still cool. The only one I could get that was slightly on my itinerary was to Singapore and then on to Manila (Philippines). From there I'll head slowly towards Indonesia. Typical, on my last day here I've come down with a kind of flu ...

  • 6

    Manila mania

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    ... who knows what they thought was going to happen! Filpino oppulence encorpoating various European twists we couldn't wait to see the Coconut Palace. Taking a walk home through Rizal park, complete with open air relief map of the Philippines in a pond, ...

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    Halo-Halo; it's the Coconut Palace.

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    ... region where time-honoured native crafts are proudly displayed. As part of the larger ‘Cultural Center of the Philippines’ the Coconut Palace is definitely the most quirky and; by default, the most interesting. The rest of the buildings in ...

  • 8

    Last few days in the Philipines

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    We are spending our last few days in PI trying to see the rest of the sights. We visited the Coconut Palace. The Coconut Palace was a large home built by Imelda Marcos in anticipation of Pope John Paul's visit to Manila in 1978. Apparently when JP II ...

  • 9

    Manila Day #1

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    ... Instead I had to walk south along Roxas Boulevard past the embassy. I was attempting to walk south to see the Coconut Palace, home of the Philippines’ vice president. But I realized the distance was a lot greater than it appeared on my map. ...