Tara...Let's go to...Divisoria, Manila

Divisoria, Manila

The place where you can find almost everything you need.

 photo courtesy of panaromio.com

Are you looking for things you need for your home, for your business, for your school and office supply needs and perhaps for you personal belongings? Well Divisoria has it all for you. This place is thriving with almost everything you need. It is a shopping haven for people seeking affordable merchandise  for their businesses and items for gifts and personal purposes. In every street or mall  that you come across to, you will find a distinctive item for a particular need. For example, if you're looking for goods for your school and office supply store, go to Sto.Cristo Street, for giveaways at birthdays and weddings, the place to go is Tabora Street,  the place where you can find tons of toys for the kids is either at  Andings Toy Store at the corner of Tabora Street and Sta Elena Street and at  the basement section of the Divisoria Mall, the  fruits stands are located at Carmen Planas Street, for textiles, linens or curtains and clothes for formal occasions,  you can go to Ilaya Street and for any other items you can go to the different malls that surround the place, there is the Divisoria Mall, the 168, 999, 1188, 698 malls ,Tutuban Mall, Cityplace Mall and the Lucky Chinatown Mall. You can also find a lot of food chains and restaurants inside these establishments. The best thing about shopping in Divisoria is the prices are negotiable, you can haggle with the seller depending on the quantity you will be buying, however, they only accept cash as payment. For credit card purchases, you may want to go to Lucky Chinatown Mall where you can find boutiques and specialty stores you normally find in other big malls around Manila,  but you cannot haggle with the price, sometimes they offer discounts on selected items only.  


Lastly, when going to Divisoria, be on your guard. Beware of pickpockets. Don't fell prey to unscrupulous individuals who may want to steal your hard earned cash and other personal belongings.

 The 999 Mall beside 168 Mall offers also an array of different items. photo courtesy of theparadoxicleyline.blogspot.com

The Lucky Chinatown Mall is the high end mall in Divisoria where you can find boutiques and specialty stores. There is also the Lucky Chinatown Mall Annex where you can find cheap merchandise at wholesale prices. photo courtesy of azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com

 Sta Elena Street side of 168 Mall. You can find lots of things here, from clothings, toys, gift items, home decor, food etc.

The new Divisoria Mall, where you can find affordable toys and party needs and the wet market at the basement section while on the upper levels, you can buy assorted items from home decors, gift items, carpentry and mechanic tools, heavy duty equipments and other personal items.

Sto Cristo Street is where we get our stocks for our school and office supplies store.

Divisoria is usually crowded during the Christmas season, so better have plenty of patience and of course, money. photo courtesy of philstar.com

How to get to Divisoria

From Taft Ave in Manila, you can either take a jeepney going to Divisoria or the LRT1 which is more faster, then get off at Doroteo Jose Station and take a jeep going to Divisoria. 

From Cubao area, there are also jeepneys plying the Cubao-Divisoria route or you may take the MRT southbound on EDSA, then get of at Taft Ave station and follow the directions above or you can also take the LRT2 in Aurora Boulevard, get off at Recto staton and take jeepney to Divisoria.


@ the basement section of The New Divisoria Mall, there are shuttle services going to different parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces however it will take quite sometime to depart because the van or service  will only leave if it is full.

Until my next trip, see you on Tara...Let's Go...