Originally a Spanish Naval Station, then under the settlement of the Spanish American War, it was ceded to the United States of America under the treaty of Paris in 1898.
It remained a US Naval base even after Philippine Independence in 1946 (except during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines 1941 - 1945) until March 13, 1992, when the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 7227, known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992, in anticipation of the pullout of the US military bases in the country. Section 13 of RA 7227 created the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to develop and manage the Freeport which provides tax and duty-free privileges and incentives to business locators in the special economic zone and the area is now known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) which is managed by SBMA.
The area is almost the perfect mix of Commerce and Tourism, with a large base of manufacturing, export and import, tourism attractions, eco tourism sites and theme parks along with hotels and resorts.
Tourist Attractions:
Beaches: There are three major beach areas in the Freeport zone:
All Hands Beach. This was the enlisted naval personal recreation during the time it was a US Naval Base, located West of the Cubi Airport. Since conversion of the base, it has become a tourists destination and features a clean enclosed swimming area with inflatables, picnic area, restaurant and offers rental of paddle boats.
ACEA Beach, this is located South of the Cubi Airport and was known as Officers beach when the area was a US Naval Base, it has since been developed into a Condominium complex, but also caters for day use guests. It has a safe beach, swimming pool, restaurant and you can rent jet skis and go parasailing.
Camayan Beach & Adventure Park, these are located on the Bataan side, West of the Ilinan Forest, and are each side of the Ocean Adventure Theme Park. Both offer excellent swimming areas that are always patrolled by certified lifeguards. Adventure park also has water slides and other amusements. Camayan Beach also offers SCUBA Diving.
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Restaurants - Dining: The freeport offers dozens of places to dine with a wide range of restaurants, hotels and dining places, you can choose almost anything that suits your fancy, steaks, ribs, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, seafood, buffets and of course all the regular fast food outlets. Some hotels have roof top pools with BBQ facilities. |
Entertainment - Cinemas: There are a number of Resto-bars, KTV Rooms and other entertainment. The Boardwalk area also offers live music every evening. Harbor Point Mall offers four Cinemas, the Nearby SM City Olongapo Central and SM City Olongapo Downtown also offer additional cinemas. |
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Theme Parks - Adventure. The Freeport offers a wide range of theme parks and adventures. These include Ocean Adventure, Zoobic Safari, Treetop adventure, JEST camp, Magaul Bird Park, Water Parks, Pilot training, Sea plane Hire, Jet ski and other water craft hire and a sensational marine Museum, to mention just a few. If you cannot find adventure in the freeport, then you just do not know where to look. |
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DIRECTORY: ..(By Municipality / City, North to South)
Sta. Cruz.....Candelaria....Masinloc.. .Palauig. ..Iba ... .Botolan ...Cabangan... .San Felipe .. .San Narciso
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..San Antonio .. ..San Marcelino.. ...Castillejos .....Subic .....Olongapo City ....Subic Bay Freeport Zone
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