Originally Posted by
krystle920
I grew up in Manila and now live in LA. If you have 2-3 weeks, I would spend maybe a week at most in Manila to explore the city and get over jet lag, then definitely go to Boracay and Palawan the rest of the time to relax.
In Manila, people usually like the BGC/Makati area to stay. Explore the malls (Megamall, Mall of Asia, etc.), go to Intramuros, visit old churches, maybe go to old Manila area like Quiapo/Chinatown/Escolta. Recommend doing a day trip to Tagaytay.
Tagaytay I would recommend too. Best is get a private car with a driver. As for Palawan, the only airline that flies to El Nido is AirSwift and they are not very reliable or else you have to fly to PPS and get a drive to El Nido and is about 5 hours or so. Private van hire is between 6500 to 7000 php. Boracay is nice now especially after the clean up forced on them by former President Duterte. If you have time as Krystle says even flying into Kalibo and then taking a road trip to Boracay is not bad as it is very interesting drive.