How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT

Getting to different buildings along Ayala Avenue and those near to the so called Wall Street of the Philippines is sometimes confusing if not complicated during weekdays because of the strictly enforced ordinance in loading and unloading which prohibits passengers from getting off the buses, jeepneys, taxis and even private cars at areas not designated for them. If you're not familiar with unloading areas, you'll just find yourself walking from an unloading area which is way too far from your destination. For instance, your destination is Atrium Building Makati and you haven't alighted at unloading area opposite Glorietta because you're thinking of alighting after the jeep crosses Makati Avenue. But there's no unloading area between Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas. You will be fined Php 500 if you're caught getting off the jeep at the areas designated for loading only. So, you have no choice but to get off the jeep after it crosses Paseo de Roxas. The result is you walking from Paseo de Roxas unloading area to your destination of Makati Atrium passing through one pedestrian underpass, a loading area and crossing two main thoroughfares. Well, walking is definitely good for our body but not if we're running after time.

Here's the guide on where to get off from a bus or jeepney that plies the route of Ayala Avenue and how to get to a particular building in the vicinity of Ayala Avenue. Since this post is for those who commute via MRT, directions are designed for jeepney passengers. However, bus commuters can also refer to these guides as well. Just follow the directions mentioned here on how to get to your building destination from the same unloading areas.

The direction here will guide you how to get to the buildings listed below from MRT Ayala Station. Please take note that this post will be updated from time to time to include other buildings. Also, this article only covered some of the buildings in the list. So, don't get disappointed if your building is not yet listed here. The thing is I make sure that I've seen each building before I include them on the list for accuracy of this guide. And for easy browsing and quick search, I decided to publish this direction and route guide to buildings along Ayala Avenue in parts. So, in this post, we only cover the buildings that are nearer to the first unloading area from EDSA. If your destination building is along Ayala Avenue but not here, e.g. KPMG Center, Robinsons Summit, and PBCom Tower, RCBC Plaza, LKG Tower, GT Tower, etc., just go to the following posts:

Part 2 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT II
Part 3 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT III
Part 4 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT IV
Part 5 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT V
Part 6 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT VI
Part 7 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT VII
Part 8 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT VIII
Part 9 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT IX
Part 10 - How To Get To Buildings Along & Near Ayala Avenue From MRT X

We will cover only so much here and continue on my next post. Here's the list of the buildings located on both sides of Ayala Avenue:

6750 Ayala Avenue Aegis Peoples Support Allied Bank Center Angela Plaza Anson's Makati Ayala Life Building (now vacated) Ayala Life FGU Center Ayala Museum Ayala Tower One Bankmer Basic Petroleum Bldg formerly DAO II BPI Building BSA Suites Cattleya Gardens Chatham House Citiland III Cocolife Building Convergys Corner Exchange Cypress Gardens Dolmar Gold Tower Dona Angela's Garden E&M Lopez II Easton Place Electra House Enterprise Center Equitable Tower Feliza Building Glass Tower Glorietta 4 & 5 Greenbelt Park Place GT International Tower Heart Tower iAcademy Insular Life Building JAKA Building Jose Cojuanco & Sons KPMG Center LKG Tower Locsin Building LPL Manor Lyceum of the Philippines College of Law Makati Executive Center National Life

Makati Shangri-La Hotel Makati Sports Club Makati Tower (under construction) Medical Towers Metrobank Card Corporation MJ Plaza MJTI Med MSE Building (Makati Stock Exchange) Multinational Bancorp Center National Life Building OPL Building PBCom Tower PCCI Corporate Centre PDCP Bank Centre Philam Life Tower Philippine Stock Exchange Plaza One Hundred PLDT aka Ramon Cojuangco Bldg Ponte Salcedo PS Bank Robinsons Summit Center Rufino Pacific Tower SAGE House Security Bank Building SGV SGV II SLC Building Smart Tower Spirits of Communications Center SSS Makati Building Standard Chartered Standard Chartered Bank Sterling Center The Enterprise Center The Nobel Plaza The Shang Grand Tower The Valero Tower Valero Plaza Veterans Bank VGP Center Vicente Madrigal Building Y Tower II

"Ayala-Washington" is the sign of the jeepney that you must ride after getting off the train at Ayala MRT-3 Station to get nearer to any of the buildings located along Ayala Avenue and to any of the buildings situated near the Makati's main thoroughfare. The buildings are listed above. Check if your destination is on the list. If not, please go to the links provided above or wait till this series is finished and all the buildings are covered.

The terminal of the "Ayala-Washington" jeepney is located at the back of Shell Station in EDSA corner McKinley Road, the street opposite Ayala Avenue. Get down the MRT Ayala Station via North Exit, the stairs located along the north bound lane of EDSA. Walk towards the corner of EDSA and McKinley where you will immediately see the Shell Station. Cross the road and go to the back of Shell Station. There are two jeepney terminals that you will see. First is for jeepneys going to Market Market, located at the corner of service road and McKinley Road. Next to the terminal of jeepneys bound for Market Market is the terminal of jeepneys with "Ayala-Washington" sign. Go ride in the jeepney being filled up by the dispatcher. Pay minimum fare. If you still don't know how to get to the terminal from MRT Ayala, read the "more detailed direction supported by maps" on how to locate it, go to or click Ayala-Washington Jeepney Terminal & Loading/Unloading Along Ayala Ave.

The jeep will cross EDSA. First Unloading area is a waiting shed opposite Rustan's. You must get off the jeep here if your destination is any of the following: Atrium Building Makati, Nielson Tower, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Peninsula Hotel, Glorietta 4 & 5, Anson's Makati, Ayala Museum, PLDT Building and Allied Bank Center.

Use the pedestrian underpass to get to Makati Shangri-La Hotel which is located to the left corner of Makati Avenue and Ayala Avenue, follow the sign in the underpass pointing to Makati Avenue. 6750 Ayala, the building in the photo, is the tall tower before Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Glorietta 4 and 5 is located next to Rustan's. To get to Nielsen Tower, no need to get to the other side of Ayala Avenue, just walk towards Makati Avenue, go right in Makati Avenue and use the pedestrian crossing to get to the other side. Nielsen Tower is situated along Makati Avenue near corner of Ayala Avenue. To get to Makati Atrium Building and Peninsula Hotel, go to How To Get To Atrium Building Makati.

To get to PLDT also known as Ramon Cojuangco Bldg, Locsin Building, Allied Bank Center, Ansons Makati and Ayala Museum, follow the direction to Makati Shangri-La Hotel, i.e. from unloading area use the pedestrian underpass to get to the other side of Ayala Avenue. Walk towards Makati Avenue. At the corner of Makati Avenue and Ayala Avenue, here are the choices: Go left to get to Ansons which is next to Makati Shangri-La Hotel. Use another pedestrian underpass to get to the other side of Makati Avenue. Locsin Building is situated at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue, opposite Makati Shangri-la. Next to Locsin Building along Makati Avenue is the PLDT Building also known as Ramon Cojuangco Building. Ayala Museum is next to PLDT along Makati Avenue, to the other corner of Dela Rosa Street. Allied Bank Center is the second building along Ayala Avenue from the corner of Makati Avenue.

Next Unloading Area is after Paseo de Roxas. But before that, the jeep will cross Makati Avenue and stop in loading area between Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas to pick up passengers.

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Route Map Ayala-Washington Jeepney