Manila Quiapo district is considered the old downtown, where you can buy cheap stuff at very low prices. In addition, this area is the Quiapo Church, the famous feast of the Black Jesus of Nazareth, which is visited by millions of believers. In the heart of Plaza Miranda, named after Jose Sandino Miranda, Minister of Finance of the Philippines in the mid-19th century. The square located directly in front of the Quiapo Church, is a popular venue for political meetings and demonstrations. It was here in August 1971, during the procession of the Liberal Party of the Philippines, a bomb exploded, killing 9 people, and more than 100 wounded.

In the district of Quiapo is home to a large number of Muslims – for them there built the Golden Mosque and Green Mosque. And around the Church Quiapo always hovers veritable army of fortune that offer everyone, not only to tell fortunes for the future, but also to buy some healing pot. The biggest problem area – sale of smuggled goods and a small gang of thugs.

Until the 1970s, Quiapo and its surrounding areas Avenida, Binondo, Santa Cruz, Escolta and the so-called University Belt, was the center of Commerce, fashion, arts, higher education and residence of the Manila elite. But when rizal Avenue was built light rail transit road, dirt and exhaust fumes covered the streets below, making them dirty and gloomy. As a result, residents began to leave the area, and in their place came the bandits of all stripes. Only after the people's Revolution of 1986, the situation began to change, and next to the popular Quiapo Church began to appear flea markets and souvenir shops. In recent years the administration of Manila started implementation of the project on restoration of Quiapo and its surrounding area, paying special attention to the "University belt". Portion of rizal Avenue from street Carriedo to Avenue Claro Recto was turned into a pedestrian shopping Mall.

Despite all the shortcomings of the district, Quiapo is considered to be a very popular tourist attraction. The famous Felix Hidalgo called the "Paradise for photographers", because here you can buy a variety of photographic equipment at prices far below market. But it is also a Paradise for lovers of all kinds of trinkets that are sold everywhere here. The street is always lively – pedestrians scurrying for shopping, taxis offer their services, and numerous tourists admire the historical architecture of the area. In the late 19th century the street Hidalgo was considered the most beautiful in Manila. Today in the city administration projects for restoration located here houses of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, creating its unique colour. Among the most interesting buildings – Minor Basilica. Sebastian, already mentioned Quiapo Church, Ocampo Pagoda, Home Nakpil-Bautista, where he lived composer Julio Nakpil, Paterno mansion, built in neoclassical style, the mansion of the family of Enriquez, who once called the most beautiful house in the Philippines, and other houses.