San Pablo (Laguna)

San Pablo is a city of about 265,000 in the province of Laguna, known for its seven lakes.

By bus
Bus companies running frequent services between Manila and Lucena stop at San Pablo, as well as some of those from Bicol. Designated stops are at SM City San Pablo, San Rafael (near the junction of Maharlika Highway and Cipriano Colago Avenue) and at Franklin Baker (between railroad crossing and Unson Street at San Anton and Ambray), all along the highway.

By car
Maharlika Highway (Asian Highway 26/Route 1) is the main highway through San Pablo, as well the Calauan-San Pablo Road (Route 67). It is from Manila,  from Lucena, and  from Los Baños.

San Pablo will be served by an extension of the South Luzon Expressway to Lucena, expected to be opened by 2022.

By jeepney
Jeepneys connect San Pablo with the nearby towns of Alaminos, Calauan, Rizal, Dolores, and Tiaong, and travel as far as Liliw via Rizal, Santa Cruz via Calauan, Tanauan (in Batangas) and Calamba via Maharlika Highway. Only the routes from Tanauan, San Calamba, Santa Cruz, and Liliw routes routes are run by licensed vehicles, with the route from Dolores run by unmarked and unlicensed vehicles with private vehicle license plates. Terminals are at the city proper or at SM City San Pablo

By train


The nearest operational train stations are at Calamba and Los Baños, served by some commuter trains.

There is also a regional service to San Pablo from Lucena, but it is suspended as of March 2022.

Eat
San Pablo is known for its buko pie, as well as espasol, ampaw, pinipig, kesong puti (white cheese) shing-a-ling and tamarind sweets.