Shopping

Visitors can choose from and exciting selection of great buys in a country known for export-quality items at reasonable prices: South  Sea pearls, hand-woven cloths, embroidered fineries, fashionable ready-to-wear and haute couture clothes, terracotta, and porcelain, coral and mother-of-pearl home accessories. Artifacts, pineapple fiber shirts, prehistoric jars, native handicrafts, and footwear are interesting items, too. The Philippines also produces furniture, basketry, fresh and processed fruits, exquisitely crafted jewelry, and gift items made of shell, wood and stone.

Big malls are located in major cities of Metro Manila, while handicraft, antique, and curio shops abound the Ermita District in manila and in other nearby towns in the metro’s environs.