Washington SyCip Park
LegazpiOutdoor seating · A view or a garden · All day · Free to enter
- Address
- Legazpi Street, between Rada Street and Gamboa Street, Legazpi Village, Makati
- Hours
- Daily, 6am to 10pm
A small, dense pocket park in Legazpi Village, opened in 2006 and named for Washington SyCip, the accountant who founded SGV. Old trees including a balete and rainbow eucalyptus, a koi pond, a Japanese rock garden and stone sculptures by Impy Pilapil, with a looping path and benches under enough canopy to make a midday walk bearable. Open daily, 6am to 10pm, and free. It is the quietest green space in the Makati grid, and it fills at lunch with people from the surrounding offices. No smoking.
Why go
- 01Real shade and birdsong inside the financial district
- 02Flat paved paths and benches throughout, easy on a slow walk
- 03Close to the Legazpi Sunday Market, so the two make one morning
Good to know
- Best time
- Early morning, before the office lunch crowd
- Good for
- A quiet walk, a lunch break outdoors, reading on a bench
- Reservations
- None; free and open to all
- Noise
- Quiet
Also worth knowing
- Price
- Free
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