Zambales, specifically in Olongapo City, is where the famous Subic Bay Freeport Zone can be found. The freeport, which was once the Naval Base of the US Navy, showcases rainforests, beaches, dive sites, an international airport, posh hotels, resorts, marinas, golf/yatch clubs, duty free shops and casinos.

Aside from this freeport, QTV's Ang Pinaka listed 10 Zambales attractions on its episode last May 3, 2009, as follows.....

Zambales is one of the provinces in the Philippines that produces the best and the sweetest mangoes. Famous for this, the province has come to celebrate the Mango Festival every 4th week of April annually.

The locals prepare for the parade and other entertainment activities. Loads and loads of mangoes are placed on display and available for everybody who wants one. The festival has changed its name before, but recently, it has reverted back as the Mango Festival.

Zambales is also known for its fine restaurants which offer not only good food but the best ambience. Two of which are the following, and both are located in Subic:

A. Magic Lagoon Bar

B. Mars Restaurant

News have traveled about the center for the arts in San Antonio, Zambales. It is said to be the mini Cultural Center of the Philippines. It has been built in 1994.

It has a gallery, a museum and even a school for music. It accomodates anybody who wants to learn to play an instrument, like the violin.

A tour of the place can surely invigorate those art and music fanatics. The place can also provide a pleasant atmosphere for the others.

The late former President Ramon Magsaysay hailed from the province of Zambales. So if you are interested to enter his ancestral house, you will discover that his home has been converted to a museum (as other Philippine Presidents' homes have become).

The house was opened as a museum in 1999, approximately 42 years after his death. Get to know one of the (or the only?) humble and great presidents of our country....

It opened in the year 2005, as a conservation project for the province. Aside from its numerous crocodiles,the farm also has other animals in sanctuary, like Burmese pythons and birds.

What people might enjoy in this place is that its management allows them to experience how to feed the crocodile themselves.

The farm is located at Brgy. Santiago, Botolan, Zambales

You can see these caves once you venture out to Brgy. Lumboy, Sta. Cruz, Zambales.
People see the Sagrada Familia Caves as a healing station. Thus, they have become known tourists' destinations during the lenten season.

Inside the caves, you will see rock formations resembling familiar figures. One such group of drip stones is shaped as the Holy Family. Hence, locals have called the place as the Sagrada Familia Caves.

Anawangin Cove is not what it once was. With the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, pine trees begin to grow in the area, giving it a breathtaking view. Aside from its white sand bar, people will enjoy its shallow waters.

You can reach the cove by boat ride within a few minutes. However, for those adventurous souls, they can trek to this place in 3 to 5 hours depending on their abilities.

The farm houses 29 species of wild plants and animals. It all started with just a family's personal collection of fauna and flora, until the collection increased in number. Then the family that is managing the farm, opened its doors to the public.

Among the animals that you can see are birds, ostriches, snakes, turkeys, crocodiles, and a Siberian tiger. This farm is located at San Juan, Zambales.

Located at Cabangan, Zambales, this place is a good venue for company outings, bonding moments with friends and families or teambuilding activities. It has the facilities for recreation activities, like water sports, paintball, wall climbing, obstacle course, sumo wrestling, et al.

It has a pool, a restaurant and will soon have a playground for children. The houses into which you may want to check in are Baliness-inspired

Zambales is considered as the Beach Capital of Central Luzon. The islands in Pundaquit prove this connotation. There are 3 popular destinations for island hopping in the province:

A. Camara - It has enormous rock formation where you can even make out human faces out of them.

B. Capones - It is bigger than Camara and it has a lighthouse that has been built during the Spanish times.

C. Nagsasakob - It is the farthest among the three but as beautiful as the two

These beaches boast of white sand and pristine waters....