I spent a big chunk of my childhood roaming the Cubao shopping and leisure area before it was officially called the Araneta Center.  We watched movies at Ali Mall or at New Frontier (now the Kia Theater), watched concerts at the Araneta Coliseum, shopped at SM Cubao, COD (now Save More), or at Isetann, had fun at Fiesta Carnival (now the Shopwise Arcade).  Since then this entertainment hub has evolved and with evolution comes new problems.  The problem of this millennia — parking!

Parking at the Araneta Center is more affordable than most places in the Metro. Business and leisure hubs like Makati or BGC tend to charge an arm and a leg.  This makes us grateful to find places like the Araneta Center that offer reasonable parking rates for their shoppers and workforce.

Here are the rates below as published on the Araneta Center website.  Note that some are still empty.  This means that I have not found any information on those places yet.  However, I will update this page as soon as I discover more:

1.  Lost ticket – P150
2. Overnight parking – P200
3. Truck/Delivery – P100/hour

Here is a map of the parking venues/spaces located at the Araneta Center for your reference.

From my experience, the best places to park are Gateway (which is below ground) and South Parking Garage (which has parking slots below and above ground).  These two are more or less in the center of the Araneta Center which means that parking in either makes it close to just about any place you may want to go in the area.

In case you want to go from Gateway Mall to Ali Mall or vice versa just take the Green & Go E-Shuttle … it is an electric open van and is a free service provided by the Araneta Center for its shoppers.  Specific stations are marked in both malls for pickups and drop-offs.

In the past, senior citizens and PWD, and people with receipts of purchases made at the Araneta Center were given priority to ride the e-shuttle.  Now, this privilege is limited to senior citizens and PWD.

Manhattan Parkway and Parkview (these are 2 separate parking structures) are located closer to Aurora Blvd. and are ideal for if you are going to any of the restaurants located in either building.  My favorite eating spots at Manhattan are Four Season, Mister Kebab, and Burger King. 😀

If you haven’t yet, now may be a good time to explore the Araneta Center in Cubao.  See you there soon!

Penny Tan

Penny wears many hats. She is an educator, writer, editor, blogger, social media manager, web developer, and enthusiastic home baker and cook. As an educator, she teaches multimedia and web development at both the senior high and college level. On the side, she writes and edits textbooks, writes AVP scripts, manages clients’ social media accounts, designs websites for clients, and writes on her lifestyle blogs about family, health, pets, and cooking.

At home she is the resident “chef” and enjoys trying out simple to complicated recipes every day for her family to enjoy from available ingredients – baked, fried, steamed, stewed, grilled, broiled – she likes to do them all. Making dishes from scratch is something she loves to do. She also likes experimenting and creating new dishes by building on ready-to-eat dishes that can be bought at supermarkets and groceries.

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