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Marikina City
City in Metro Manila, Philippines

Marikina City

Marikina, officially the City of Marikina, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.

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According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 471,323 people.

Get in

Getting to Marikina City

The LRT Line 2 (LRT-2) serves Marikina via the Santolan and Marikina Stations, both located near the border with Pasig. Crossing the pedestrian overpass from the Santolan station brings you to the Riverbanks area. Robinsons Metro East and Sta. Lucia Mall are located beside the Marikina station. Pasig is accessible by Jeepneys.

See

Worth seeing

Our Lady of Abandoned Parish, V.Gomez Street, Sta. Elena. Our Lady of Abandoned is the patron saint of Marikina. This is a large church renovated in 2013. Marikina River Park. Beside the Marikina River, this river park hosts the Annual Christmas Tiangge usually starts at November and ends at January. Many people used to bike, jog and walk here.

  1. 01
    Immaculate Conception Parish Church - Concepcion

    Bayan-Bayanan Ave.

  2. 02
    Immaculate Conception Parish Church - Provident Villages

    St Mary Ave., Provident Village, Brgy.

Do

Things to do

Marikina Sports Center (Marikina Sports Park), Sumulong Highway, Bgy. Sto. Niño,. 6AM-midnight. an Olympic-size swimming pool, a 400-m track oval, a sports building, an indoor gymnasium and several courts.

Eat

Where to eat

Bonchalet II (River Park). Johnny's Fried Chicken. Serves fried chicken. Known as the fried of Marikina. Greg and Sally, Marikina Heights. Serves great food and tender steak. Pan de Americana, Gen. Ordonez Street, Marikina Heights (You can go there via tricycle). Industriya Marikina, M.A. Roxas Street, Calumpang (You can go there via tricycle). An old shoe factory turned restaurant and events venue.

How locals move

Getting around Marikina City the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • UV Express: Araneta City → Cogeo
  • UV Express: Monumento → Novaliches · Exodus Transport Cooperative
  • Wilson E-trike System Route: Greenhills → Wilson
  • Wilson E-trike System Route: Wilson → Greenhills
  • M01 Buendia–SM Fairview via Quezon Avenue UV Express
  • Cubao–Calumpang
  • T2114 Almar–Ever Gotesco

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get inThe terminal beside the city's sportscenter serves jeepneys bound for Antipolo (town proper, Mambugan, Bagong Nayon and Paenaan near the city's border with Baras), San Mateo, Rodriguez, Pasig and Pateros.
  • Get inJeepneys from Fortune near the city's border with San Mateo, SSS.
  • Get aroundOther common modes of transport are the jeepney and taxi cabs.

From Wikivoyage: Marikina, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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