--- title: "Olongapo – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Olongapo, Philippines: Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo, is a highly urbanized city situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/olongapo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/olongapo.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Subic_Special_Economic_and_Freeport_Zone%2C_Philippines%2C_2019-12-06.jpg/3840px-Subic_Special_Economic_and_Freeport_Zone%2C_Philippines%2C_2019-12-06.jpg" --- Highly urbanized city in Central Luzon, Philippines # Olongapo Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo, is a highly urbanized city situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. ![Olongapo](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Subic_Special_Economic_and_Freeport_Zone%2C_Philippines%2C_2019-12-06.jpg/3840px-Subic_Special_Economic_and_Freeport_Zone%2C_Philippines%2C_2019-12-06.jpg) Olongapo · Wikimedia Commons The place Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo, is a highly urbanized city situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 264,903 people. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olongapo), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Olongapo 6 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. Lyceum of Subic Bay The Lyceum of Subic Bay, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit college in the Philippines, was established in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in June 2003. 700 m · college in the Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_of_Subic_Bay) 2. Fort Wint Fort Wint was part of the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays built by the Philippine Department of the United States Army between 1907 and 1920 in response to recommendations of the Taft Board prior to the non-fortification clause of the Washington Naval Treaty. Fort Wint was located on Grande Island at the entrance of Subic Bay, approximately 35 miles north of Manila Bay. 8.7 km · WW2-era fort in the Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wint) 3. SM City Olongapo SM Supermalls, or simply SM, is a chain of shopping malls owned by the Philippine-based SM Prime. As of October 2026, it has a total of 99 malls, with eight more under construction. 500 m · shopping mall in the Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_City_Olongapo_Downtown) 4. Comteq Computer and Business College COMTEQ Computer and Business College in Olongapo City, Philippines, is a non-stock, non-profit educational institution mainly focusing on IT studies and business-related learning that offers its services chiefly to students from the Olongapo, Zambales and Bataan areas. 400 m · Private college in Olongapo, Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comteq_Computer_and_Business_College) 5. Harbor Point, Subic Ayala Malls Harbor Point is a shopping mall in Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo City, Philippines owned by property development firm Ayala Land, Inc., a real estate subsidiary of Ayala Corporation. This mall has a total gross floor area of 53,787 m2. 600 m · Shopping mall in the Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbor_Point_(Subic%29) 6. Subic Spanish gate The Olongapo Spanish Gate is a historic gate located at the corner of Dewey Avenue and Samson Road in Barangay New Kalalake, Olongapo, Philippines. It was built in 1885 after the Spanish Navy authorized the construction of the Arsenal de Olongapo, following a royal decree issued by King Alfonso XII in 1884 declaring Subic Bay a naval port. 1.4 km · historic site in Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olongapo_Spanish_gate) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Do ## Things to do The tourism office for the area calls Subic Bay the "Pearl of the Orient" and much like a pearl inside an oyster, its true value is hidden unless you know where to look. Subic Bay offers some of the world's best shipwrecks, all within recreational diving depths, as well as tranquil coral and artificial reefs that explode with marine life. From [Wikivoyage: Olongapo](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Olongapo), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Olongapo **Airports:** Subic Bay / Naval Air Station Cubi Point (SFS), 4 km · Clark / Clark Air Base (CRK), 50 km · Ninoy Aquino (MNL), 87 km\ **Stations:** Naval Air Station Cubi Point, 4.1 km · Port of Subic, 3.2 km\ - Mabalacat → Olongapo 54 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · ₱165–220 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mabalacat-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Mabalacat&to=Olongapo) - Manila (Pasay) → Olongapo 83 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · ₱305–410 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manila-pasay-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manila+%28Pasay%29&to=Olongapo) - Laoag City → Olongapo 376 km · quickest by road, 9h 45m · ₱1,070–1,430 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/laoag-city-to-olongapo) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Laoag+City&to=Olongapo) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Olongapo) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Olongapo 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 Olongapo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Jeepneys are the primary mode of mass transportation in Olongapo. - Get around Unlike in most cities in the Philippines, jeepneys in Olongapo are color-coded according to route and the government is very strict in implementing this routing scheme. - Get around Jeepney operators must display the body number, the plate number and the decal number at the side panels to eliminate unregistered jeepneys. - Get around Fares are conspicuously displayed inside the jeepney. - Get around Similar to taxis, this is an option if you prefer private trips and for trips that is beyond the jeepney routes. From [Wikivoyage: Olongapo](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Olongapo), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Sabang and Puerto Galera](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sabang) PH 9 ways of moving, 46 sources 164 km 2. [Coron](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/coron) PH 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 315 km 3. [El Nido](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/el-nido) PH 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 417 km 4. [Leyte Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/leyte) PH 11 ways of moving, 20 sources 668 km 5. [Tagbilaran and Bohol](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bohol) PH 12 ways of moving, 45 sources 695 km If you know how people move in Olongapo – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Colongapo&title=Olongapo&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Folongapo), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Olongapo Olongapo is 48 km from [Angeles City](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/angeles-city), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Q56663](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/q56663) municipality of the Philippines in the province of Zambales 7.3 km [The place page for Olongapo](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/olongapo) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Philippines](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-PH) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/olongapo, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt