San Fernando (Pampanga)

San Fernando is a city and capital of the province of Pampanga, known as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines.

Understand

The city gains its name after King Ferdinand III of Spain

Get in

San Fernando lies at a major highway crossroads; the toll North Luzon Expressway, and national highways MacArthur Highway and Jose Abad Santos Avenue meet here.

Get around

By jeepney

You can hop onto a colorful jeepney which takes you most corners of the city, but most run only at major roads

By tricycle

See
  • 🌍 Paskuhan Village. Christmas-themed park, open all year round (updated Dec 2018)
  • 🌍 Sky Ranch Pampanga, ☎ +63 45 963-7681. Mon-Fri 15:00-24:00 Sat-Sun 12:00-24:00. Part of SM City Pampanga, it houses Pampanga Eye, a large Ferris wheel providing a 360-degree view of Pampanga, including San Fernando itself, Mount Arayat and Mount Pinatubo (updated Dec 2018)
  • Pampanga Provincial Capitol, Capitol Boulevard. American-era Neoclassical building housing the offices of the provincial government of Pampanga (updated Dec 2018)

Historic sites
  • San Fernando Station. A restored railway station along the abandoned Philippines National Railways northern main line, noted as the end of the 102-kilometer (63-mile) Bataan Death March. The restored station houses a boxcar used in the trains that carried surrendered soldiers to Capas, Tarlac. 

Do

Festivals
  • Giant Parol Festival (December)

Religiously observances
The crucifixions at San Pedro Cutud
  • Crucifixions at San Pedro Cutud (Good Friday) - realistic reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus, where penitents, usually men, are crucified on the hill in the barangay of San Pedro Cutud.

Sports
  • 🌍 Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex and Convention Center. A giant arena with a seating capacity of 30,000 people, used for conventions, concerts, sports, beauty pageants (updated Dec 2018)

Buy
  • 🌍 SM City Pampanga, Jose Abad Santos Avenue, Lagundi (Near NLEX San Fernando Exit). 10:00-22:00. Giant SM mall opened in 2000, with hundreds of shops and restaurants, and the Sky Ranch Pampanga theme park (see #See) (updated Dec 2018)

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next
Routes through San Fernando

Manila ← San Simon ←  S  N  → Angeles
Malolos ← Santo Tomas ←  S  N  → Angeles
Gapan ← Mexico ←  E  W  → Bacolor → Olongapo



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