Mandaluyong City travel guide

The City of Mandaluyong (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaluyong) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the west by the country's capital, Manila, to the north by San Juan City, to the east by Quezon City and Pasig City, and by Makati City to the south. At present, its nicknames are "Tiger City of the Philippines", "Metro Manila's Heart", and the "Shopping Mall Capital of the Philippines".
Mandaluyong City is located right at the center of Metro Manila. Among the many attractions in the city is the western half of the Ortigas Center, one of the major centers of business and commerce in the metropolis (the eastern half is in Pasig City). Found within the Mandaluyong portion of the Ortigas Center is the main headquarters of the Asian Development Bank and the headquarters of San Miguel Corporation, the Southeast Asia's largest food and beverage company. Located also in Ortigas Center is the Shangri-La Plaza, comprised of the Edsa Shangri-La Manila, the St. Francis Towers (one of the tallest towers in the Philippines when built) and Shangri-La Plaza, adjacent to SM Megamall, one of the biggest shopping malls in Asia and the premier mall of the largest chain of shopping malls in the country, can be found here, as well as EDSA Central and Star Mall. The Shaw Boulevard Station of the MRT is a mall in itself, besides the fact that the station is connected to three other malls (Star Mall, Shangri-La Plaza and the newly renovated EDSA Central). The famous laboratory-factory which was UniLab is located here. (...) more....