Free walking tours in Manila

Absolutely loved the tour! Extremely well done, great communication, wonderful introduction to the Philippines and Manila. A must do for everyone visiting the city! Thank you so much

Overall, a good experience, though a bit confusing at first. The photo and name on GuruWalk and WhatsApp do not match the actual guide adertised, but Anna—our guide—was very friendly and knowledgeable. The tour starts at the museum inside Lucky Chinatown Mall, where you’ll need to buy your own ticket (around 120 for adults). It begins with a 30-minute crash course on Filipino history, followed by a guided walk through the exhibits covering key events, personalities, traditions, and food. This part was very informative and enjoyable. Anna is a good story teller. Afterward, the tour continues through Chinatown, with stops at local restaurants and food recommendations. However, this section felt too long. The tour was scheduled for 2 hours but lasted about 4 hours. We felt there were too many useless stops in many shops, including extended time inside the mall and market to buy cheap knockoffs/ stuff? The final part included a short local taxi ride (tuk-tuk style) to Intramuros, with visits to St. Augustine Church and the main square with the cathedral and Palacio del Gobernador. Overall, a nice and informative tour with a great guide, but it would benefit from a shorter Chinatown (we teally don’t need to spend that much time inside the mall circling around) segment and better time management.

Anna is truly incredible and goes above and beyond to give a great tour! We learned so much about the Philippines and Manilla, and ate some incredible food.

Thank you very much, Ana, for such an insightful tour around Chinatown. It was a great finishing touch to our trip to the Philippines and we learnt a lot about the history.

Muy buen tour!!

Anna is wonderful. She’ll tell you the history and the stories behind everything in Manila Chinatown and Intramuros like no one else. Definitely recommend doing this tour with her!!!

Would definitely recommend this tour. I learnt so much about the history of the Philippines and Xyza was great and so passionate.

Super-knowledgeable, resourceful and fun Guru Walk guides Xyra and her aunt Anna were amazing tour guides in Manila! I especially loved the tour of the creatively-decorated Chinese-Filipino Museum, and the tour through the market place. Xyra and Anna had endearing personalities, and shared fascinating aspects of Filipino history, as well as their favorite foods and places. I highly recommend their tour for a genuine feel of the Filippino culture (and the kindness of the Filippino people!)

Xyza is very knowledgeable about the Philippines history. She did a great job explaining the history in a chronological order. I highly recommend her tour for anyone who wants a good history lesson about the Philippines.

Xyza fue una guía de lujo! estuvimos tres horas escuchándola atentamente, nos encantó. Además hizo un tour muy ameno, nos recorrimos el barrio chino y fuimos comprando a los locales y probando pan de sal, frutas…. Excelente, muy recomendable

We had a great time learning about the history of Manila. Xyza was very excited to share her knowledge and culture with us. We got some great tips on what to eat and drink just like the locals. The tour was an overall great experience and worthwhile.

Everything top!

This is a great tour! Our guide was very flexible with the Holy Week holidays and crowds, and easily improvised alternatives on the fly in a very smooth way. Full of history, context, and interesting information. Very kind, knowledgeable, and took great care of us. 10/10.

Xyza was very warm and knowledgable. She had a very rich knowledge about the culture , tradition and food of Philippines. We met a guide but left as friends. Would recommend her tour to anyone visiting Manila

The guide was a very good fill in. I was late and the place was hard to find. Rang the guide who should have been there. Enjoyed the tour she took us to Intrananus. Lovely person

Ama was very nice and always available for answering questions! Really nice tour

We had a great time with Xyza. The start was like a personal tour of the museum which was very interesting and gave great insight into Filipino history and culture. Would highly recommend!

It was an enjoyable tour!

We enjoyed the tour, a nice mix of past and present. The pace was good, we visited a museum and also walked the small streets with vendors. The end of the tour was at the cathedral. I’m so glad I booked this tour

Xyza was very knowledgeable and very clear in her presentation, she explained what the tour would comprise and also allowed time for trying new treats. Xyza was also very good at making sure people were able to ask questions and get answers.

She was fun, answered all questions enthusiastically and kept it interesting.

Everything was very interesting

The tour was a great overview of Filipino culture and history. Xyza is a fantastic guru. Highly recommend!

L'anguria hizo un trabajo excelente es super amable y además sabe mucho sobre la historia de Manila y de filipinas. Eché de menos recorrido por intramuros, pero no está permitido ir allí con guías no oficiales.

Probably the best Guru Walk I’ve done. Xyza is the perfect tour guide, totally recommended as a taster of the sights of Manila.