Popularly known as Rizal Park, Luneta is one of the Metro’s premier attraction being the most famous park in the country and not to mention the cultural heritage that surrounds it. Luneta Park is a place of historic archives like the execution of the Gomburza in 1872, proclamation of the Philippines as a fully independent republic in 1946, also it’s the place where Pope John Paul II held mass during the Jubilee celebration in 1995, and who would forget the ceremonies during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Luneta Park.
In Luneta, you’ll find the Quirino Grandstand, the Chinese and Japanese Gardens, the main office of the Department of Tourism, the National Museum, the National Library, Orchidarium, Planetarium, Butterfly Pavilion, an open air auditorium, a chess plaza and the newly renovated children’s playground.
A good trivia about Luneta Park is that the flagpole located in front of the Rizal monument is known as the kilometer zero which means, it is the starting point for all measurements in distances in the Philippines.
