4 May 2011

How To Commute From EDSA To Buildings Inside Ortigas Center

  • 4 May 2011
  • Lagalag


  • The sign in front of jeepneys that ply the route from the corner of EDSA and Ortigas Avenue to different buildings inside Ortigas Center CBD is 'Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex'. The exact location where you can ride this jeep is in front of Galleria Corporate Center, the tall building connected to Robinson's Galleria Mall. Wait for a jeep to pass by at the corner of Galleria Corporate Center. This jeepney passes through the one way service road around Robinson's Galleria Mall from Ortigas Complex to its Terminal along Ortigas Avenue. The terminal is a long walk so commuters ride at Galleria Corporate Center and then they transfer to another jeepney at the terminal in going to Ortigas Center Complex.





    'Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex' jeepney route is a loop within Ortigas Center CBD that serves passengers from EDSA-Ortigas bus loading and unloading zone. So if you're traveling by bus in EDSA from either north (e.g. Monumento, Cubao, Fairview, Novaliches, Malanday, Valenzuela) or south (e.g. Baclaran, NAIA 1-2-3, Pasay, Alabang, Sucat, Bicutan, Pacita, Muntinlupa, Magallanes, Makati) of Metro Manila, all you need to do is get off the bus at Robinson's Galleria (just make sure you're riding a bus with "Ortigas Ilalim" sign and not "Ortigas Ibabaw") , ride this jeep, transfer to another jeep at the terminal and get off at the area in Ortigas Center Complex near to the building of your destination.




    Riding a jeep from Galleria Corporate Center in EDSA to its terminal is FREE. Just get off the jeep and get in another jeep located to the front of the terminal. Minimum fare applies.

    This post is a second part of series of articles on how to get to buildings located inside Ortigas Center CBD. Our first post entitled Walking Directions From MRT Station To Ortigas Center Buildings shares to you fastest way to reach some buildings from MRT-3 Ortigas Station. You can also read the third part of this series which explains how to commute to the buildings located to the southern side of Ortigas Center from MRT Shaw, click HERE. Meanwhile, the fourth chapter will give you walking directions from MRT Shaw to some important institutions nearer to the train station, i.e. San Properties Centre, EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, St. Francis Twin Towers, St. Francis of Assisi Church, etc., click HERE

    From top-right clockwise: Orient Square, Wynsum Corporate Plaza, Discovery Suites, and JMT Corporate Condominium stand next to each other in this photo of Ortigas Center. Jeepneys with "Robinson's Galleria Ortigas Center Complex" sign passes through their location.

    Ortigas Station is a long walk from jeepney route going to Ortigas Complex. I presume the time it takes to walk from MRT Ortigas Station to loading area of the jeepney plus the waiting time while the jeepney is being filled up is longer than the time it takes to walk from MRT-3 Ortigas Station to some of the buildings in Ortigas Center Complex.




    To find out the buildings that are walking distance from MRT-3 Ortigas Station, go to Walking Directions From MRT Station To Ortigas Center Buildings or click here.




    Now, if you're riding a bus and you get off at Ortigas Avenue, riding a jeepney in going to the location of a building inside Ortigas Center CBD is not quixotic. This is also true if you're riding a bus or jeepney or even taxi from Quiapo, Greenhills, San Juan, SM City Santa Mesa, Legarda, Gilmore, Ronac Arts Center, Ever Gotesco Ortigas, Libis, Antipolo, Taytay, etc. All you need to do is alight at unloading area along Ortigas Avenue in Robinson's Galleria, then ride the jeep at its terminal nearby.

    Even so, there's no need to ride a jeep if you're going to any building located outside the opposite end of Robinsons Galleria such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Robinson's Equitable Tower, Mega Plaza, AIC Burgundy, AIC Grande Tower, Corinthian Executive Regency, AIC Gold Tower, Greenhills Christian Fellowship and East of Galleria. These buidlings are just short walk away from the second main entrance of Robinson's Galleria located at the opposite end of the mall which is in ADB Avenue. Just enter the mall at EDSA main entrance, walk towards the opposite end of the mall, exit the mall at ADB main entrance and go towards the building of your destination.

    Here's the route and direction of 'Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex' jeepney from its terminal to different areas in Ortigas Center Complex where you can get off to go to your building destination.

    To make it easier for you to determine when and where to get off the jeep, the buildings are listed in order of their locations along the route of 'Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex' jeepney. Not all buildings have their photos taken.

    From the terminal, the jeep enters Ortigas Center Complex by turning right onto F. Ortigas Jr Road formerly known as Emerald Avenue.

    It will cross Sapphire Road where Ortigas Building and AIC Gold Tower is located. These buildings are walking distance from Robinson's Galleria.


    The jeep will turn left on Garnet Road. Grand Emerald Tower is at the corner of Garnet and F Ortigas Jr formerly Emerald Avenue.

    Next building to Grand Emerald Tower, along F. Ortigas Jr Road is Jollibee Plaza, followed by Padilla Building.

    Unionbank Plaza, Onyx Road cor Sapphire

    Along Garnet Road to the right, first stop is back entrance of PLDT. Followed by back entrances of Strata 2000 and Ortigas Center Post Office, respectively. Garnet Road is the back door of most buildings along F. Ortigas Jr Road formerly known as Emerald Avenue. If you're going to the main entrances of the buildings located along F. Ortigas Jr Road formerly Emerald Avenue, get off the jeep at the corner of Garnet Road and F. Ortigas Jr Road and walk your way to those buildings.

    Jeepney Stop in front Centerpoint Bldg

    To the left of Garnet Road opposite Ortigas Center Post Office is Onyx Road, a T intersection. Get off at Onyx Road to go to Unionbank Plaza, Parc Chateau Condominium - corner of Garnet and Onyx, Horizon Codominium - along Sapphire and Onyx Road, Suntree Tower - next to Horizon Condominium, and the back of Millenium Place - next to Suntree.


    After the jeep stops at Onyx Road, it continues on Garnet Road up to the corner of Garnet and Julia Vargas Avenue. To the right of Garnet Road from Ortigas Center Post Office located respectively are: back entrances of Emerald Mansion, Raffles Corporate Center, Prestige building and Taipan Place. The jeep stops at the corner of Garnet Road and Julia Vargas Avenue, opposite Centerpoint Building. It stands there for a while to wait for passengers leaving Ortigas Complex.

    One Corporate Center
    Antel Global

    If you're going to One Corporate Center or Antel Global Corporate Center, get off at Centerpoint Building, corner of Julia Vargas Avenue and Garnet Road. The two buildings stand to your left if you're facing Julia Vargas. One Corporate Center is situated at the corner of Meralco Avenue and Julia Vargas Avenue. Next to it is the Antel Global. Just walk your way to Caltex, then walk across Julia Vargas.


    From Garnet Road the jeep will turn right onto Julia Vargas. It will pass by T-intersection to the right. This intersection is F. Ortigas Jr Road formerly Emerald Avenue where the main entrances of the buildings and different coffee shops, fast food chains, food court and convenient stores are located. Among them are Jollibee, KFC, Greenwhich, Chowking, Starbucks, Figaro, Lasapin Food Court (also accessible through back door along Garnet Road), 7-11, etc.


    There's pedestrian overpass at Julia Vargas and F. Ortigas Jr Road. If you're going to Tektite Towers or Octagon Building where Teleperformance and Sony Philippines are located, get off at T-intersection of Julia Vargas and F. Ortigas Jr Road.


    Use the footbridge and get across Julia Vargas Avenue. Located at the foot of the overpass, opposite of F. Ortigas Jr Road alaong Julia Vargas is Amberland Plaza. Next to it is Parc Royale Condomium, followed by Nobleland Ventures.

    Tektite Towers

    Use the walkway located to the right of Amberland Plaza to get to Tektite Towers, located at the back of Amberland Plaza and Parc Royale. You need to pass through another walkway at the middle of a large parking lot behind Parc Royale to get to Exchange Road where Tektite Towers are located. Octagon Building can also be reached by using this direction. Just walk towards the building.

    Octagon Bldg

    After F. Ortigas Jr Road, the jeep will turn right onto Ruby Road where El Pueblo is located to the left corner. El Pueblo is a commercial area where fast food chains, cafes, restaurants and bars are located. There's a McDonald's here. Along Ruby Road, to the right, are back entrances of buildings located along west side of F. Ortigas Jr Road formerly known as Emereal Avenue.

    El Pueblo

    First building is Agustin 1, followed by The Orient Square, then Emerald Building. Fourth is Wynsum Corporate Plaza. Next is Hanston Building. Followed by Strata 100. To the left of Ruby Road, next to El Pueblo is a T-intersection which bends to the right. This street is called Topaz Road where after it bends THE JMT Building is located to its left, followed by Discovery Suites, then Anson's and lastly the Malayan Plaza.

    From top  right: Orient Square, Wynsum, Discovery, JMT

    Buildings along Ruby Road are nearer to the ones along Topaz Road, as what you see in our main photo from which Wynsum and Orient Square looked nearer to The JMT and Discovery Suites as if they're all situated along opposite sides of one street.

    Ortigas Park

    From Ruby Road, the jeep will turn left on Opal Road, the next T-intersection to the left of Ruby Road. Opposite Opal, to the right of Ruby Road is the Ortigas Park where Coffeebean is also located. It is important to note, that you can get to Ortigas Park faster if you get off the jeep at the corner of F. Ortigas Road and Garnet Road, just before the jeep turn left. Walk along F. Ortigas west side until you reach Ortigas Park. In Opal Road, the jeepney will turn right onto ADB Avenue on its way to Robinson's Galleria and the Bus Bay located in front of Robinson's Galleria EDSA entrance. At the corner of Opal and ADB is Yamaha Y-Zone. And along ADB Avenue's east side is the Joy Nostalg, next to Volvo Ortigas.

    Joy Nostalg

    Below is the Route Map of Robinson's Galleria Ortigas Complex Jeepney that gives you clear view of how the jeepney traverses the locations of the buildings we've just discussed on this chapter.

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    Route Map of Robinson's Galleria Ortigas Complex Jeepney



    49 comments:

    1. this is a good advice for may people, thanks for sharing!

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    2. grabe ang tiyaga mo. thanks for the info :)

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    3. salamat sa mga comments. kung natutulungan ko kyo sa mga posts ko, pki 'plus one' nlang ako. thanks a lot.

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    4. This is good! thanks! but I once saw a jeepney with shaw blvd. to ortigas central route. Is it the same jeepney as what you are referring too?

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    5. @ einej, you are referring to jeepney bound for ortigas center from different location. So, it is different jeepney to the one discussed in this guide. I think you are referring to jeepney bound for Ortigas Center from Mayflower Terminal which is discussed in our post entitled Commute To Ortigas Center Buildings From MRT Shaw Station
      Go check it out, click here.

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    6. Yeah but the jeepneys discussed in Commute To Ortigas Center Buildings From MRT Shaw Station are those that go to southern part of ortigas center. I saw the jeepney Shaw-Ortigas at Ruby Rd. Hmm.. Baka naligaw lang un.. Thanks by the way! this is great help! :)

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    7. @ einej, well, in that case I think you are right sir, naligaw lang. Northern part kasi ng Ortigas ay 'Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex' jeep ang may ruta. You are very welcome.

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    8. Hi. Do you know how to go to Center point bldg.? near Strata 2000... because I have my job interview tomorrow at this bldg. Thank you.

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    9. @ Jamie pkibasa po ang buong post dahil nakasulat po ang direksyon sa Centerpoint Bldg. Kung babasahin nyo po ng kumpleto ay mkukuha nyo agad. Salamat po.

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    10. Thanks! Malaking tulog sya sa akin, ahhahaha 1 week palang ako sa trabaho, lagi ako naglalakad amp ahaha meroon palang jeep.

      Paano mo nasabi na

      "Ortigas Park faster if you get off the jeep at the corner of F. Ortigas Road and Garnet Road, just before the jeep turn left. Walk along F. Ortigas west side until you reach Ortigas Park."

      ? diba mas ok pag bumaba ka sa may strata 2000? Para onting lakad lang?

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    11. tama ka jan, kung baba ka sa likod ng strata 2000, den tatagos ka papunta sa harap. kung di na kelangan mag iwan ng id sa guard ng strata 2000 mas mabilis talaga ikaw makarating kc konti lakad lang.

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    12. @Laglag kaka subok ko lang kanina naka tagos ako xD

      Di mo na kaylangan pumasok sa strata 2000
      sa gilid nun may daan papunta sa harap. ayun un lang :P

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    13. @ Alucard, salamat sa info na yan, malaking tulong ang sinabi mo para sa mga commuters na di pamilyar sa pagpunta sa Ortigas Park. Balak ko din pumunta uli sa Ortigas Center para sa ilang pagbabago at makagawa ng bagong post para sa readers natin. Again, thank you very much. :)

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    14. gosh thank you very much for this info! i was thinking kung pano ako makakapunta sa the taipan place, if i should walk from meralco building at ortigas ave. ba or take this unfamiliar fx ride(tektite). thank you again!

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    15. @ wellafigueroa, you are welcome, layunin ko po ang makatulong.

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    16. please help me. paano po pumunta sa meralco compund sa ortigas? from fairview. ano po sasakyan ko signboard ng bus or jeepney papunta sa meralco compund?

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    17. @ arch

      Are you referring to Meralco Bldg? If so here's the direction:

      From fairview sakay po bus na may secondary sign sa harap na "Ortigas Ilalim". Baba po ng Ortigas then ride jeepney with "Rosario" sign along Ortigas Ave near corner EDSA in front of gate of POEA. Ask driver to drop you off at Meralco. It's very near from EDSA.

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    18. Great directions sir! Thank you very much! You are a blessing :)

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    19. Thank you for the directions sir. You are a blessing :)

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    20. @ Snow_Blind. You are welcome. Wish you could say how this post had helped you :)

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    21. Hi! If I am from MRT Ortigas station, I'm confused if it is easier to walk to Meralco bldg or ride a jeep since I still need to walk from MRT station to the Galleria Corporate Center, right?

      Also, should I ride the "Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex" jeep or the "Rosario" jeep as you mentioned in one of the comments. Thank you! :)

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    22. @ bittersweetrants. It's way too far for a walk from Ortigas Station. Just ride a jeep bound for "Rosario" and ask the driver to drop you off at Meralco Bldg.

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    23. So there are Rosario jeepneys at Ortigas station and they should take me directly to Meralco. I see. Thanks a lot! Your posts have always been helpful to me. I have your blog bookmarked. :)

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    24. @ bittersweetrants. Sorry, you got it wrong. I thought you were asking whether to walk directly to Meralco Bldg from Ortigas Station or walk up to Robinson's Galleria and ride a jeepney. That is why I said to ride a jeepney bound for Rosario. I thought it's understood that you ride the jeep there. So here's the detailed direction:

      From Ortigas Station walk your way to Robinson's Galleria or ride a bus with secondary sign that reads "Origas Ilalim" and alight there. Walk to Ortigas Ave side of Robinson's Galleria and ride a jeepney with "Rosario" sign. There's also jeepney terminal under the flyover, just use the pedestrian lane to get there and board the jeepney being filled up. Ask the driver to drop you off at Meralco Bldg. Hope you get the chance to read this reply before you head out.

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    25. Got it. Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your help.

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    26. @ bittersweetrants. You are welcome. :)

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    27. Wow Those are huge buildings! Thank you for this, now I know my way going to Ortigas. :)

      manila condominiums

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    28. @ arrielle_p. You are welcome. You can also browse other locations. Try reading a guide on our top 10 of the month or the all time favorites. They are on the sidebar. Cheers.

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    29. How to go in 6H STRATA 100 Bldg. F. Ortigas, Jr. Road (formerly Emerald Avenue) Ortigas Center Pasig City Metro Manila ??? Pls. Help me I nid to go there in tomorow morning..

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    30. @ Sunjer Galvez. Please follow direction given in this guide and ask driver to drop you off at STRATA 100.

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    31. Pano po pumunta sa unionbank plaza??? From ortigas station lalakad po ako papunta s rob galleria tpos sakay po ng jeep?? Tama po ba??? Ano po ung signboard ng jeep??? Thanks po!!!

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    32. @ Joanna Wagas. Pkibasa po muna ang article dahil nakasaad ang kasagutan. Libre po ang info dito. Babasahin nyo lang po. Maraming pong salamat.

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    33. If from bulacan meycauyan,pano pumunta sa discovery suites?.

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    34. @ Maevylene Andres. From Bulacan to Discovery Suites, you must ride a FX or bus with terminal located in EDSA. Then take either MRT to Ortigas or bus with "Ortigas Ilalim" sign. Then follow direction given in this article. Thanks.

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    35. Thank you for this useful info... are the jeepneys plying Robinson's Galleria-Ortigas Complex route there 24hrs? I'll be starting to work on graveyard shift at Discovery suites and need to know my commuting options. Thanks!

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    36. @ Grace Montañano. You are welcome. When I created this post, the jeepneys were available only till 10 pm. By now that a lot of call center agencies operate inside Ortigas Center, the jeepney operators might have seen the opportunity of operating in 24-hour. But I am not sure about that. May I suggest to please make the inquiry by talking to a driver if you ever happen to commute there around 9 pm?

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    37. Is there a way from meralco ave to Antel? ayoko pumunta ng terminal kasi lalayo pa ako. I'm thinking of crossing the street and riding a jeep to go there, meron ba? I'm coming from ortigas avenue extension.

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    38. @ A.M. Ramirez. Just take a jeepney that turns left onto Meralco Ave, alight near Julia Vargas, then walk to Antel.

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    39. hi po! paano pumunta ng meralco avenue sa ortigas malapit metrowalk kuing motor gamit at c5 ang daan? galing po bicutan

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    40. @ Geno Serdan. Pede po Julia Vargas at saka kumanan ng Meralco Ave, madali nyo na mkita ang Metrowalk.

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    41. Hello po :) Kung liliko po yung jeep ng sapphire pano po papuntang The Medical City?

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      1. Hindi po to jeep na to sasakyan kundi yun galing Greenhills o yun pila sa ilalim ng Ortigas flyover.

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    42. Til now po ba may jeep pa rin po na robinson galleria-ortigas complex? ano po ang time? dadaanan nya po ba ang wynsum corporate plaza?

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    43. hi po tatanong ko lang po sana kung paano pumunta ng j vargas cor meralco ave galing marikina salamat po

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      1. There's a jeepney route which is bound for EDSA Crossing that passes through Meralco Ave but takes the flyover so you should just alight before or after the flyover and walk toward the corner of J Vargas Ave.

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    44. sir, hanggang ngayon po ba, same route pa rin sila as descibed in this article? salamat po.

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    45. This is very thorough and extremely helpful. Thank you so much!!!

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      1. You are welcome. Thanks for the appreciation as well.

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