Tanza is a town in Cavite. A coastal settlement along the shores of Manila Bay, it is at the limit of the urban sprawl of northern Cavite and contains some beaches and sights of historic importance.
Understand
[edit]Formerly known as San Cruz de Malabon, Tanza was originally part of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias) and was settled as part of extensive pastoral landholdings created during the Spanish era. The area saw some of the major battles of the Philippine Revolution against Spain from 1896 to 1897 and briefly hosted the revolutionary government of General Emilio Aguinaldo. Its current name was adopted in 1914.
The town underwent extensive urbanization beginning in the 1980s, resulting in the eastern part of town becoming integrated into the urban sprawl originating from Metro Manila, albeit physically separated from neighboring General Trias and Rosario by the Cañas River. Its southern hinterlands have been taken over by middle-class gated subdivisions. Despite this, Tanza retains a sizeable small-scale fishing fleet along Manila Bay and beach resorts in its western shores leading to Naic.
Get in
[edit]Antero Soriano Highway passes through the southern outskirts of downtown Tanza. It is also the terminus of a road running directly north from Tagaytay, passing through Mendez, Indang and the provincial capital, Trece Martires. Both roads converge at the junction next to SM Tanza.
Buses bound for Ternate from Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) and Lawton in Metro Manila ply Antero Soriano Highway, from where transfers to Tanza proper via jeepneys and tricycles can be made, usually at the junction next to SM Tanza. An alternate mode of transport is through the baby buses, minibuses and jeepneys that ply the Bacoor-Naic route along Antero Soriano Highway and the jeepneys along Tanza-Trece Martires Road.
Get around
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Tricycles are the most convenient form of public transportation within downtown Tanza and if heading to the coast, while jeepneys connect downtown Tanza with the southern barangays leading to Trece Martires, as well as the western barangays leading to Naic.
See
[edit]- 1 Diocesan Shrine of Saint Augustine and Parish of the Holy Cross (Tanza Church), Santa Cruz Street, Barangay I (in front of Plaza de San Agustin). Tanza's main Roman Catholic church, built in the Spanish era and dedicated to the town's two patron saints, the Holy Cross, of which a side altar displays a crucifix in which Emilio Aguinaldo swore an oath as leader of the Philippine revolutionary government in 1897, and Saint Augustine of Hippo, in which another side altar displays a venerated sculpture of the saint, known fondly by locals as Tata Usteng, and said to be miraculous and frequently “roams around” on its own around Tanza. The convent hosts a small ecclesiastical museum.
- 2 Casa Hacienda de Tanza, Hugo C. Arce Street, Biwas. One of a few surviving friar estate houses from the Spanish era.
Do
[edit]- Lohitor Festival. February 27 or 28. The town's annual festival, coinciding with the anniversary of its foundation and named after a portmanteau of three items associated with Tanza made with paper mache: Lobo (balloon), Higante (giant), and Toro (bull).
Buy
[edit]- 1 SM City Tanza, Antero Soriano Highway, Daang Amaya II.
- 2 Puregold Tanza, Antero Soriano Highway corner San Agustin Street, Daang Amaya III.
- 3 Tanza Public Market, Daang Amaya I.
- 4 Vista Mall Tanza, Tanza-Trece Martires Road, Punta II.
- 5 Robinsons Easymart Tanza, San Agustin corner San Francisco Streets, Barangay I.
- 6 Kinghome Shopping Center, Antero Soriano Highway, Mulawin.
- 7 Puregold Paradahan, Tanza-Trece Martires Road, Paradahan I.
Eat
[edit]A local delicacy in town is pancit estacion, a noodle dish featuring mung bean sprouts.
- 1 Calle Real Restaurant, 8 Santa Cruz Street, Barangay II, ☏ +63 917 147 8866, [email protected]. 10 AM–9 PM. A Filipino-Spanish restaurant set inside a colonial-era residence. PHP100-500.
- 2 Nana Heleng's, Hugo C. Arce Street, Biwas. A noodle shop serving pancit estacion since 1934.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Villa Excellance Beach And Wave Pool Resort, Cesa Road, Sitio Postema, Sahud Ulan (beside Brisas de Tanza Subdivision), ☏ +63 916 523 2802, [email protected]. A sprawling resort complex along Manila Bay featuring swimming activities and sleeping accommodations. PHP7000-21000.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Tanza |
| Bacoor ← General Trias ← | E  W
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→ Naic → Ternate |
| END ← | N  S
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→ Trece Martires → Indang |