点评:We are widely travelled seniors and was staying in nearby The Manila Hotel. With maps in hand our plan was to spend the day walking the walled old city. To get there we needed to cross the very busy multi-lane road which had a construction zone. A tuk tuk driver approached us saying the entry to the old walled city was closed, crossing the road unsafe and we were going in the wrong direction. But offered to take us. It would include showing us some sites. He had a 2 sides laminated card showing sites and on the rear some written information. The agreed price was negotiated down from P350 to P250 for two of us to show us some sites. The drivers English was not good. This tuk tuk trip ended up a 3.5 hour tour. Near the end the drivers English suddenly became much clearer as he stated the fee was per person for each 30 minute block. So the charge went from P250 to get there up to P3500. Stranded in the middle of a busy road in an unknown area was part of the trick to leveraging money from us. We were shocked because we never had that amount of cash on us. He compromised with a 50% discount at P1700. In hind sight had we known the pricing and structure we could have used this tuk tuk service to make a great day of it if the driver had been more honest. As older people I think walking this large area in hot sun would have been hard.
There were many interesting sites like the Dungeons, Casa Manila and Rum Museum with tasting (fee).
If you're not able to walk long distances I suggest you consider using the tuk tuks but take a photo of both sides of the card and video record clearly what the price is and what you get.
翻译:我们是两位阅历丰富的老年人,住在附近的马尼拉酒店。我们拿着地图,计划花一天时间漫步于古城墙内。要到达那里,我们需要穿过一条繁忙的多车道公路,而这条路正在施工。一位嘟嘟车司机走过来告诉我们,古城入口已经关闭,过马路不安全,而且我们走错了方向。但他还是提出可以载我们过去,并带我们参观一些景点。他有一张双面塑封的卡片,一面是景点名称,另一面是文字介绍。我们和司机商定,两人一共只需250比索,他就可以带我们参观一些景点。司机的英语不太好。这次嘟嘟车之旅最终持续了3.5个小时。快到终点时,司机的英语突然清晰了很多,他说费用是按每人每30分钟计算的。所以,最终的费用从250比索涨到了3500比索。把我们困在陌生区域的繁忙马路中间,这其实是他想从我们身上骗钱的伎俩之一。我们当时很震惊,因为我们身上根本没带那么多现金。他最终妥协,给了我们五折优惠,1700比索。事后想想,如果我们事先知道价格和收费方式,而且司机更诚实一些,我们完全可以利用嘟嘟车服务好好玩一天。作为老年人,我觉得在烈日下步行这么大的区域会很吃力。
沿途有很多有趣的景点,比如地牢、马尼拉之家和朗姆酒博物馆(可以付费品尝)。
如果您无法长时间步行,我建议您考虑乘坐嘟嘟车,但务必拍下车票正反两面的照片,并录下视频,清楚地记录价格和行程内容。