Rizal Park Hotel, hotel in Manila, Philippines
Rizal Park Hotel is a boutique hotel in Ermita built on the site of the former Army and Navy Club. The building dates from 1911 and offers 110 rooms decorated in colonial style with patterned tile floors, dark wooden furniture, and modern amenities including air conditioning and rainfall showers.
The building was erected in 1911 as the Army and Navy Club and served as a bomb shelter during World War II. In the 1960s it housed the city architect's office, and after years of mixed use and deterioration, it was restored and reopened as a hotel in late 2017.
The hotel is named after the Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, whose park lies nearby. The interior design reflects the colonial era with black and white checkered tiles and dark wooden furniture, evoking the period when Manila was a thriving colonial city.
The hotel is within walking distance of Rizal Park, about half a kilometer away, and near the UN Avenue LRT station for easy city exploration. The international airport is roughly nine kilometers away, accessible by taxi or hotel shuttle service, making arrival and departure straightforward.
The building once served as a bomb shelter during World War II and later stored Christmas lanterns and city hall items before becoming a hotel. This unexpected journey from wartime refuge to storage facility to guest accommodation tells the story of how Manila preserves its historic structures through practical reuse.
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