Don't Skip Manila

02/06/2026

Heeeey! The Manila Baseball Cap is back with fresh color combinations!

Our best-selling Wear Manila merch keeps selling out, and we can see why. Comfortable, easy to wear, and proudly Manila.

Whether you're exploring the city, traveling abroad, or just looking for your next favorite cap, this one's for you.

New color combinations now available
Order today, delivered as early as tomorrow
Send us a message to reserve yours before they're gone again!

Wear Manila. Bring Manila with you wherever you go.

31/05/2026

Seee you on June 21st!!!!

DÍA DE MANILA 2026

Manila is being embalmed in real time. Ancestral houses flattened for commercial buildings masquerading as progress, century old trees butchered so another ribbon of concrete can crawl across the sky, and history itself politely escorted out of classrooms like an inconvenient drunk at a diplomatic dinner. A heritage law so gloriously toothless it can watch a century old house collapse and still congratulate itself for existing. It is remarkable how quickly a city can be taught to forget itself once every trace of memory is bulldozed, fenced off, or reduced into a sanitized paragraph fit for bureaucrats and developers.

So come to Día de Manila 2026, while there is still something left to defend. Join the talks, wander the art market, and spend a day among people still stubborn enough to believe a city is more than a real estate brochure with traffic. Bring your grief, your outrage for the Manila they are so eager to murder quietly.

✻ 21 June 2026 (Sunday)
✻ Centro de Turismo, Intramuros
✻ 09:00 - 17:00

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• Visual Direction & Online Updates by Kenny Tai (Manila Girls)
• Art Merchants & Exhibitions by Benjamin Canapi (WanderManila)
• Speaking Engagements & Kids Activities by Anne and Andrei Julian (Don't Skip Manila) and Diego Torres (Renacimiento Manila)
• Heritage Mapping & Marker Restoration by Stephen Pamorada (The Heritage Collective / Manileños For Heritage)

29/05/2026

Beating the Manila heat with some sorbetes along the way 🍦☀️

Our Friday public tour was filled with stories, laughs, good walks, and sweet little cool down stops under the sun. Nothing feels more Manila than exploring the city with a sorbetes in hand.

Missed today’s tour? Join us tomorrow and let’s walk Manila together 🇵🇭

28/05/2026

Still looking for things to do in Manila this weekend? Don’t skip Manila!!?

Join our fun and interactive Intramuros Walking Tour this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with us.

Perfect for:
✨ first time visitors
✨ locals re/discovering Manila
✨ dates, barkadas, solo travelers
✨ history lovers and curious wanderers

Expect lots of stories, walking, photos, laughs, and a deeper appreciation for Manila.

Public tours available this Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Book your slot now at: https://www.dontskipmanila.com

28/05/2026

This National Flag Day reminds us to look up. 🇵🇭

To pause. To salute. To remember.

The Philippine flag was carried by our heroes into battle. Raised during revolutions, protected during war, and held tightly by Filipinos who believed this country was worth dying for.

It was first unfurled by Emilio Aguinaldo and created by a nation fighting for freedom. But freedom was never something simply inherited. Every generation is asked to defend it, protect it, and live for it.

Today, our battles may look different, but the call remains the same.

To love this country despite its frustrations.
To serve despite disappointments.
To continue believing that the Philippines is still worth fighting for.

Don't Skip Manila participated at the Stop and Salute Flag Raising Ceremony in celebration of National Flag Day.

Mabuhay ang Bandilang Pilipinas! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

27/05/2026

Beep beep beep! Don’t Skip Manila! ✨

Public tours are happening this weekend and we’d love to walk the city with you. From stories and streets to good conversations and unexpected details around Manila, come explore with us!

Whether it’s your first time joining or you’ve walked with us before, there’s always something new to notice in the city.

See you this weekend? Tara, let’s not skip Manila.

Book here: www.dontskipmanila.com

26/05/2026

A little glimpse of our Binondo Food Tour 🍜🥟

Every stop has a story waiting to be shared. One minute we’re talking about migration and trade, the next we’re standing in front of steaming dumplings and freshly cooked dishes!!

Good food, long walks, full stomachs, and even fuller conversations. That’s how we explore Binondo.

Come hungry and curious. See you on the next crawl with Don't Skip Manila

26/05/2026

Spent the day walking through Quezon City with Xiao Chua for QC’s Lakad Saysay!

We roamed around what used to be the country’s capital city, revisiting familiar places while uncovering stories we never appreciated before. From old landmarks to new museums in plain sight, QC really has layers waiting to be rediscovered.

What made it even more fun? The explorer’s passport! Nothing beats getting stamps while walking through history like you’re on a field mission around the city!!!

Thank you to everyone we walked with.

Mabuhay kayo QC Tourism & Promotions and Prof .chua ,

More city stories, more walks, more dahilan para hindi i-skip ang sariling atin. 💛

25/05/2026

In the middle of Manila’s daily rush stands one of its most misappreciated landmarks.

The Carriedo Fountain in Plaza Santa Cruz was built in 1882 to honor Francisco Carriedo y Peredo, whose donation helped fund Manila’s first modern water system during the Spanish colonial period.

Long before faucets and water lines became common, many Manileños depended on the Pasig River and nearby esteros for water. The fountain became part of Manila’s effort toward cleaner water and better public health.

What many people overlook are the details. The carved figures, weathered textures, and worn surfaces quietly carry stories from different generations of the city.

The fountain has moved locations several times through the years before finding its place in front of Santa Cruz Church.

Today, thousands pass by it every day on their way to work, school, markets, and the LRT. Some barely look at it. But once you stop and notice the details, you realize you’re standing in front of a surviving piece of old Manila still living within the modern city.

Next time you pass Carriedo, look closer. Don't Skip Manila!