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Obando

Obando, officially the Municipality of Obando, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines.

Obando
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The place

Obando, officially the Municipality of Obando, is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 61,073 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Obando

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Obando Church

    The San Pascual Baylón Parish and National Shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Immaculada Concepción de Salambáo, commonly known as Obando Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in the municipality of Obando in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos.

    300 m · Roman Catholic church in Obando, Bulacan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Meycauayan Church

    Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church, commonly known as Meycauayan Church or locally as Simbahan sa Bayan, is a Roman Catholic church located in Meycauayan, Bulacan Philippines. It is one of the oldest parishes in Bulacan which even predates the Malolos Cathedral established in 1580 and the Barasoain Church established in 1859.

    3.6 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Polo Church

    San Diego de Alcala Parish Church, colloquially known as Polo Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Valenzuela, located about 15.5 kilometers north of Manila in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malolos.

    900 m · Roman Catholic parish church in Valenzuela, Philippines · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Colegio de San Pascual Baylon

    Colegio de San Pascual Baylon or the College of St. Paschal Baylon, formerly Escuela Catolica and St.

    200 m · College in Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela

    The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, commonly referred to by its acronym PLV, is a local government-funded public university located in Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Established in 2002, the university provides affordable, accessible, and quality higher education to eligible residents of Valenzuela.

    4 km · Public university · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Marilao Church

    Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church, commonly known as Marilao Church, is a 19th-century Roman Catholic church located at Brgy. Poblacion I in Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines.

    5.6 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    SM City Valenzuela

    SM City Valenzuela, formerly known as SM Supercenter Valenzuela and SM Center Valenzuela, is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest retail and mall operator in the Philippines. It is located along MacArthur Highway, Barangay Karuhatan, Valenzuela City.

    5 km · shopping mall in Valenzuela, Philippines · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Meycauayan Tree

    Meycauayan Tree is one of the three acacia trees located in the patio of the Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Meycauayan City, Bulacan, Philippines.

    3.6 km · historic tree in front of Meycauayan Church · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Robinsons Town Mall Malabon

    Robinsons Malabon, is a shopping mall located in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the first full service mall in Malabon owned and managed by Robinsons Land Corporation, the second largest mall operator in the Philippines.

    5.3 km · shopping centre in Malabon City, Philippines · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Malabon Church

    San Bartolome Parish Church, commonly known as Malabon Church, is a Roman Catholic church located in San Agustin, Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines. The church's titular is Malabon's patron saint, Saint Bartholomew the Apostle whose feast day falls on every 24th day of August.

    5.7 km · Roman Catholic parish church in Malabon, Philippines · Wikipedia

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Getting to Obando

Airports
Ninoy Aquino (MNL), 24 km · Clark / Clark Air Base (CRK), 67 km · Subic Bay / Naval Air Station Cubi Point (SFS), 72 km
Stations
Acacia railway station, 5.7 km · Valenzuela Gateway Complex, 6 km
  • Mabalacat → Obando
    69 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · ₱180–235
  • Olongapo → Obando
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ₱265–350
  • Legazpi → Obando
    349 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · ₱3,360–5,230
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Obando

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Obando. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA jeepney connects Obando with Monumento, a major transportation hub in Caloocan.
  • Get inThe jeepneys have Paco, at the end of the Obando spit, as their terminus.
  • Get inThe causeway is traversed by jeepneys connecting Obando with Bulakan, with a fare to Obando Church, where there is a makeshift terminal in front, costing P35.

From Wikivoyage: Obando, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sabang and Puerto GaleraPH

    9 ways of moving, 47 sources

    132 km
  2. 02
    CoronPH

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    312 km
  3. 03
    El NidoPH

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    427 km
  4. 04
    Leyte IslandPH

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    607 km
  5. 05
    Tagbilaran and BoholPH

    12 ways of moving, 45 sources

    646 km

If you know how people move in Obando – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Obando

Obando is 3 km from Valenzuela, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Q1623city of the Philippines in Metro Manila5 km
  • Malaboncity of the Philippines in Metro Manila5.5 km
  • Navotascity of the Philippines in Metro Manila4.7 km
  • Meycauayancity of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan4.2 km
  • Marilaomunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan5.6 km
  • Binuanganbarangay in the Municipality of Obando, Central Luzon, Philippines3.5 km