As part of our updates on our Traveler's Survival Series, we are featuring some of the shops and restaurants at the International Pre-Departure Area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. What we've featured before were shops at the Domestic Pre-Departure Area.
Though relatively more modest than Thailand's Suvarrnabhumi, NAIA Terminal 3's shops will adequately provide for your shopping and dining requirement. These shops are as follows:
There's a Duty-Free Philippine Shop right across security entrance (it used to be a mere stall); a Globe Phonecard stall; a GMH Bar and Restaurant which offers rice toppings at P128 each. Some of these include breaded pork chop and pork teriyaki; sandwiches at P100/125; pasta dishes and palabok at P75.
There's the packed, but underlit Sushi Noodle Express; a Sweet Ideas Cafe; a National Bookstore; a Seattle's Best Cafe at the middle aisle; a San Mig Food Shop.
There's a Tesoro's which sells local handicrafts; La Flor de la Isabela is a stall selling cigars; there's a Foreign Exchange counter; a Pasalubong Shop; an Art's Cream Gallery which also offers "pandesal", coffee at P99, as well as pasta and pizza.
There's a Tokyo Cafe as you head nearer the pre-departure gates, as well as Bo's Coffee; a Chipstead franchise (which was close when I saw it); a Magnolia Ice Cream Shop; and a Marlboro - Smoking Area Cafe.
Though these line-up is limited, they will provide enough time for you when you have time - and money - to burn.
This is the Eye in the Sky!
NAIA Terminal 3
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| Duty Free Philippines before. |
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| Duty Free Philippines now. |
GMH Bar and Restaurant
Sweet Ideas Cafe
San Mig Food Shop
National Bookstore
Seattle's Best Coffee
Tesoro's
Tesoro's local handicraft
Pasalubong Philippines - Lots of sweets and gastronomic souvenirs.
Magnolia Ice Cream Shop
NAIA Terminal 3 Food Court and Shops - http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2011/02/naia-terminal-3-shopping-complex-dining.html
NAIA Terminal 3 Domestic Pre-Departure Shops - http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2011/02/naia-terminal-3-pre-departure-shops.html
Airport Chapel, Viewing Deck and Left Luggage - http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2012/11/naia-terminal-3-part-6-blessed-john.html
8 comments:
Looks like a swanky modern hi tech international airport. Who is Ninoy Aquino? Any relation to Corazon Aquino?
@ R.Ramakrishnan:
Ninoy Aquino is the husband of Cory Aquino. He's our modern day hero - who literally came home to die.
He was in exile in the U.S. when he decided to "give up" his life to come home despite knowledge that he will be assassinated. True enough, upon arrival in Manila (with cameras documenting his prediction), he was shot - and died.
His death led to what was eventually called "People Power" (the uprising of the people) that toppled the long-running dictator Ferdinand Marcos (his family was air lifted to Hawaii where they stayed for several years).
Cory, Ninoy's reluctant wife, was thrusted for office - and the French-speaking housewife became the country's first female president. Her reign was a transition government. She's had 4 successors ever since. The current president is Ninoy Aquino III, Ninoy and Cory's only son, the country's first bachelor president.
As an addendum: Ferdinand Marcos died in Hawaii but his wife Imelda Marcos and their children are back with a vengeance. They are all in political positions as senators, governors and congressmen... as though almost 30 years of political oppression didn't happen. How people easily forget. Cory died from cancer a few years ago.
Quite a colorful political past. But then so is your country and the Gandhis, right? :)
Thanks for the detailed account. Yes the storyline is quite similar to what is happening in India.
I do remember the oppression during Marcos regime( I think I w3as in school/college at that time). He was fully supported by USA and ultimately he & Imelda fled to US for refuge.
Did not know that Ninoy Aquino III is the current President. Wasn't he preceded by one Gloria Macapagal(daughter of another former President) & before that by a film star turned President?
I'm impressed you know that much about our politics.
Yes, Cory was succeeded by a general who turned against Marcos that made the uprising possible (Fidel Ramos); a legendary actor - an action figure head that's beloved by the grassroot (Joseph Estrada - he rose through the political ranks and was a long time mayor and vice president before running for the presidency); a former president's daughter who was Bill Clinton's classmate and who's a brilliant economist who's now being held in "prison" (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) and the current president Benigno Aquino III.
Thank you! Your blog is very useful. I didn't know there are restaurants at the NAIA 3! I'll be flying to Cebu on Thursday. I'm gonna be there early and I was looking for a place to sit down before take off. Now I know where to go.
@ momoy:
You're welcome. Terminal 3 has made travels more pleasant than it used to be. Have a safe trip. :)
I saw one of the pictures captioned as "Penang Int'l hotel-style airport, Thailand". Penang is in Malaysia, right?
I actually thought I've remedied that before. I must have forgotten to "save" the correction. Thanks for noting that. :)
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