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- For other places by the name, see San Jose.
San Jose, often called San Jose City or SJC in short, is a small city in Nueva Ecija.
Understand
[edit | edit source]San Jose sits at the foot of the Caraballo Mountains that forms the boundary with Nueva Vizcaya. It is at the crossroads of three highways, the Maharlika Highway (Route 1) which connects Metro Manila with Nueva Vizcaya and Cagayan Valley, San Jose-Lupao Road (Route 56) which leads to Pangasinan, and Rizal-San Jose Road (Route 111) which leads to Aurora.
The city used to be the barrio of Cabaritan (Kabaritan) in nearby Lupao until the Spaniards decided to upgrade it to a town in 1894 and renamed it after its patron saint, St. Joseph. It is the commercial center of northern Nueva Ecija, and forms one of the three metropolitan areas of the province, alongside Cabanatuan and Gapan.
It is home to about 157,000 people (census, 1 July 2024) 
. Agriculture is the main source of local revenue, and around the city are sprawling rice paddies which dominate the landscape.
Get in
[edit | edit source]As a major highway junction, San Jose is a stopover on the way to Cagayan Valley, Aurora and eastern Pangasinan via Lupao.
By bus
[edit | edit source]- 1 Baliwag Transit (BTI), San Jose-Lupao Road corner San Roque Street, Rafael Rueda Sr. (Poblacion-District I). One bus departs every hour or two from their terminals at Caloocan or Cubao, Quezon City.
- Five Star. About 3 ordinary buses run between Dagupan and Santiago City. Bus stop near the public market
- Genesis Transport. Services connect with Olongapo and San Fernando, Pampanga.
- Golden Bee. Baliwag Transit's sister bus line, with premium buses departing from Cubao or Pasay.
By jeepney
[edit | edit source]There are direct jeepney connections to Cabanatuan.
Get around
[edit | edit source]Tricycles are the main mode of transport between barangays.
The city center suffers from heavy traffic congestion. A bypass road leads from Barangay Malasin, just before the Caraballo mountains, to Santo Tomas, on the boundary with Munoz, but involves passing through narrow and sometimes unlighted two-lane roads and beside rice fields and unfenced irrigation canals deep enough to swallow an SUV.
See
[edit | edit source]- 1 Tayabo Nature Park (Diamond Park). Has a flight of hundred steps into a hilltop pagoda, which has views of Nueva Ecija and the Caraballo Mountains
- 2 Saint Joseph Cathedral, Maharlika Highway corner San Jose-Umingan Road, Barangay District I, ☏ +63 999 881 5345, katedralnisanjose@gmail.com. The seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose.
Do
[edit | edit source]- Palaspas Falls, Manicla.
Festivals
[edit | edit source]- Tanduyong Festival.
Buy
[edit | edit source]- 1 WalterMart San Jose, Maharlika Highway, Malasin, toll-free: 958-6620Country code missing, 044 958 6620Country code missing. 9AM-8PM.
- 2 San Jose City Public Market, Maharlika Highway, Malasin.
- 3 Puregold San Jose, Maharlika Highway, Abar 2nd. 8AM-8PM.
Eat
[edit | edit source]Drink
[edit | edit source]Sleep
[edit | edit source]- 1 Porto Novo Hotel, Maharlika Highway, Malasin, ☏ +63 923 716 8067, hotelportonovo227@gmail.com.
- 2 Hotel Francesko, Maharlika Highway, Malasin, ☏ +63 968 882 3570, toll-free: +63 44 958 0988, hf.frontoffice@gmail.com.
- 3 Farmhouse Hotel and Cafe, Zone 6, Maharlika Highway, Caanawan, ☏ +63 997 730 5538, +63 923 684 9985, info@farmhousehotelandcafe.com.
- 4 Staycation Hotel, Zone 3, Maharlika Highway, Caanawan, ☏ +63 966 952 2000, reservation@staycationhotel.net.
- 5 Shanghai Leisure Suites, 705 Zone 7, Sitio Florida, Kita-kita, ☏ +63 925 383 0110, shanghaileisuresuitess@gmail.com.
- 6 Hotel Maiya, RA Building, Maharlika Highway corner Bonifacio Street, Rafael Rueda Sr. (Poblacion-District I) (beside Jollibee and facing San Jose Cathedral), ☏ +63 977 654 5763, toll-free: +63 44 331 0297, hotelmaiya.sanjose@gmail.com.
- 7 Sunway Resort & Hotel, Rizal-San Jose Road, Palestina, ☏ +63 933 852 7741, sunwayhotel2@gmail.com.
- 8 Maharlika Resort, Garden Grill, Resto Bar and Hotel, Maharlika Highway, Caanawan (near the junction with San Jose Bypass Road), ☏ +63 922 802 6873, maharlikaresort0807@gmail.com.
- 9 Wow Nature Farm, Zone 1, Sitio Tumana, Rizal-San Jose Road, Palestina, ☏ +63 945 453 0347, wownaturefarm@gmail.com.
- 10 Kalapaw Hotel, Zone 5, Maharlika Highway, Caanawan, toll-free: +63 44 5112691, ccberonilla@yahoo.com.
- 11 JollyDays Hotel, Zone 10, Maharlika Highway, Abar 1st, ☏ +63 923 804 9815, jollydayshotel@yahoo.com.
- 12 Le Felize Victoria, Ben Saturno Street, Tulat, ☏ +63 968 363 5002, lefelizevictoria@gmail.com.
- 13 1875 Rice Hotel, Maharlika Highway, Abar 1st, ☏ +63 933 868 1742, toll-free: +63 44 958 8863, 1875ricehotel@gmail.com.
- 14 Lake Isabel Resort and Event Center, BLISS, Malasin, ☏ +63 917 100 6544, lakeisabelhr@gmail.com, lakeisabelsjc@gmail.comMULTIPLE EMAIL.
- 15 Tokyo Suites, Maharlika Highway, Abar 1st, ☏ +63 977 076 2616, tokyosuites@yahoo.com.
- 16 Diadem Court, Maharlika Highway, Malasin, ☏ +63 952 583 8847, Diademcourtinc.95@yahoo.com.
- 17 Abesan Inn, Villa Ramos Subdivision, Abar 1st, ☏ +63 917 170 1201, abesaninnsanjose@gmail.com.
- 18 Marquez Resort, Christianville Subdivision, Abar 1st, ☏ +63 961 873 3910, bcpabar@gmail.com.
- 19 Balai-Tayu Private Resort and Events Place, Sitio Delaen, Abar 2nd, ☏ +63 917 155 8589, rixon.estavillo@yahoo.com.
Connect
[edit | edit source]Go next
[edit | edit source]| Routes through San Jose |
| Santiago City ← Carranglan ← | N  S | → Muñoz → Cabanatuan |
| END ← | E  W | → Lupao → Rosales |
| END ← | N  S | → Rizal → Baler |