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Ayala Center
You can buy authentic brand-name clothes in Manila for a fraction of the prices charged in Europe, Australia, Japan or the USA. Locals happily note that the designer stores stock this year's collections, so you won't have to worry about looking like last year's sensation. Look for them at Ayala Center, a vast complex of interlinked buildings, shops, hotels and enclosed malls, which at times seems to have taken over the entire town.
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Duty Free Fiesta Mall
South of NAIA is the Duty Free Fiesta Mall where newly arrived passengers can pick up cigarettes, chocolates, liquor, cosmetics, electronic goods, household appliances etc at duty-free prices. Grab a taxi, private car, bus, or jeepney to get there.
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Gateway Mall
In Cubao, the Gateway Mall has a large and glitzy collection of shops. Its real value is as an elevated transfer point between the LRT 1 and 2 lines.
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Glorietta Mall
The main focus of the Ayala Center is Glorietta Mall is actually four malls (Glorietta 1 to Glorietta 4) under one cross-shaped roof. There are hundreds of mostly midrange shops and stores here. Certain areas are devoted to electronics, art and other specialities. There are dozens of restaurants at all prices.
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Greenbelt 1
Fast food and simple restaurants, a supermarket and theatres.
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Greenbelt 3
Upscale restaurants, cafés, bars, theatres and designer boutiques.
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Greenhills Shopping Center
Greenhills Shopping Center, not far from Robinsons Galleria, is somewhat like a flea market, with stall after stall selling everything from dubious CDs to antiques.
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Marikina Shoe Expo
Easily the oddest collection of stores in Manila is at the Marikina Shoe Expo, a once open-air collection of discount shoe vendors. Some of the shops in this old single-level complex remain (with inventory unchanged since Imelda was in her prime), but now some of the storefronts have been taken over by an uber-hip assortment of kitschy shops and galleries who have discovered the cheap rent. There's a gallery, Blacksoup Project Artspace, a bookshop, Datelines Bookstore and a funky Italian café, Bellini's.
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Ortigas Center
Mall fans with Brobdingnagian fantasies should head east to Ortigas Center, which sits on the border of Quezon City, Mandaluyong and Pasig. With its dense concentration of shopping malls and high-rises, Ortigas Center has become Manila's second-biggest business and commercial hub. However, it's still got a lot of work to do to find its soul.
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Power Plant Mall
North towards the river, the ritzy new development Rockwell Center is anchored by a large mall called the Power Plant Mall. It has over 100 high-end shops, restaurants, theatres, offices and condos.
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Robinsons Place
Shopping malls at times seem to have eaten Manila. Many are thronged on weekends as residents escape their jammed and steamy abodes for a walk through the air-con comfort. You can find a range of department stores such as Shoe Mart at most, and, depending on the neighbourhood, the selection of stores can be startlingly upscale. Most include a supermarket and food court.
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Shangri-La Plaza Mall
One of four malls in the the Ortigas Center.
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SM Megamall
Stretching over a kilometre, SM Megamall sprawls between two other malls in the Ortigas Center, Shangri-La Plaza Mall and Robinsons Galleria.
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The Podium
Just behind SM Megamall in the Ortigas Center is The Podium. Virtually every chain store and restaurant and fast-food joint can be found in this retail blight, which is as suburban as you can get in Manila.
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Tutuban Center Mall
The Tutuban Center Mall is a former train station converted into a shopping arcade.
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