Saturday, June 2, 2012

Zero Special: Ayala Museum + Royce' Chocolate

Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5

Highlights 
  • Free entrance to the Ayala Museum
  • Free Royce' chocolate bar 

The Experience 


Ayala Museum opened its doors to the public for free last May 18 to celebrate International Museum day. Admission fees in Ayala Museum is a little pricey. The regular admission fees for Adult, non-resident is PhP 425 for access on all four floors.  Click here for the detailed list of admission fees.



Ayala Museum is very well maintained, and it houses a huge collection of items from our history. We were mesmerized by the museum's extensive collection of Amorsolo paintings. It also houses around 50 dioramas, depicting the important events in our history. It also has a collection of gold artifacts from the pre-colonial period, from rings, to hair accessories, to drinking cups and chastity belts.



After our museum tour, we dropped by the Royce' kiosk at Greenbelt to claim the free chocolate bar courtesy of Ninyo's Standard Chartered credit card. We picked the Rum and Raisin chocolate variant. We were munching on it on our way home and it was really, really good. We needed to keep ourselves from eating a lot though, because we were starting to feel light-headed because of the rum.



Spend Breakdown
Ayala Museum Entrance 0
Royce' Rum and Raisin bar 0
Actual Spend
0


How to get there

  1. Get off at MRT Ayala Station.
  2. Walk to Glorietta via the MRT-SM Makati link.
  3. Walk through Landmark Department Store (connected to Glorietta 3).
  4. Cross the walkway connecting Landmark to Greenbelt. Turn to your right upon reaching Powerbooks. Walk through the BTIC shop to get to the museum.
    Note: You may also walk your way from Ayala Triangle. You can get there by riding an Ayala-Washington jeep from Shell McKinley Road (corner EDSA) or by riding an LRT Ayala Leveriza bus.

    Landmarks: Greenbelt4, Greenbelt5, BTIC Yogurt Shop, Powerbooks
    Address:
    Makati Ave. cor Dela Rosa St. Makati City
    Contact Number/s:
    (632) 757-7117 to 21
    Operating Hours: 9AM to 6PM (Tue-Fri), 10AM to 7PM (Sat-Sun)

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