Pinto Art Museum, Antipolo

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P I N T O  A R T  M U S E U M ,  A N T I P O L O

Taking a break from the city's hustle and bustle, my best friend and I decided to spend our Saturday in Pinto Art Museum.

To be frank, as a child, I find taking tours at the museum boring. Hung on walls are different paintings that do not at all make sense to me. But as I grow older and wiser, I have developed appreciation to art, a better understanding of how these weird pieces make you reflect and relate to life.

January 16, 2015 - Agatha and I met at Pasay Mcdonalds just near the MRT Station.  Going to the museum, the travel was roughly 1.5 hours, and the accessibility is no trouble for people coming from Manila.

When we arrived, what initially took our breaths away is the architecture of the museum, which somehow has the feel of Santorini, Greece. The amount of green we saw in the whole area was refreshing. Nature is indeed one of the highlights when describing the ambiance of Pinto Art Museum.

Having to walk numerous steps to see the gallery, it was liberating to feel one with nature, like it was almost therapeutic. While walking, one would find lots of fancy doors and beds just placed in the most random places. Guess it wasn't called "Pinto" Art Museum for nothing. "Pinto" means door in Filipino.

It is interesting how it took us the whole afternoon to roam around the museum and we still haven't seen all of it. There were really good pieces, some were mind boggling even. Unlike other museums, Pinto Art Museum does not choose an audience to reach out to, as every single piece in here will give you something to think about, whether you're an art expert or not.

Overall, atmosphere was calm and easy. Pinto Art Gallery is a great place to relax and spend the time just appreciating everything, reminds you to take it slow on living life.

View the photos we took from our museum adventure here.

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HOW TO GET THERE

Take the MRT Station from Pasay and dismount to Cubao-Araneta Station. Go to Van Terminal near Farmer's Market and take the van going to Antipolo. Tell the driver to stop at a street near Ynares Center. | 40 mins. - 1 hr.
From Puregold near Ynares Center, take a tricycle and you may say the "Pinto Art Museum". If the driver does not know, you may tell him to go to Sierra Madre St. in Grand Heights Subdivision and he'll easily spot it. | 5- 10 mins.

BUDGET
(as of January 2015)

PHP 20.00 - MRT (Pasay to Cubao, est.) PHP 50.00 - Van Fare (Cubao to Antipolo Puregold) Php 40.00 - Tricycle Fare (Puregold to Pinto Art Museum) PHP 150.00 - Entrance Fee to Museum PHP 40.00 - Tricycle Fare PHP  35.00 - Jeepney Fare (From Antipolo to Cubao) TOTAL :   PHP 335.00/person (without food)

Tip: If you are commuting going back to Manila from the museum, you may ask the Guard to call you a tricycle to fetch you, as it will take you forever to wait for trikes to pass by.