The Bataan Death March passed through the center of Balanga, as marked by the life-size white obelisks lining the original route along Bataan National Road.
Diocesan Shrine and Cathedral of St. Joseph
The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in Bataan and seat of the Diocese of Balanga. Built in 1793, this church was used as an artillery embattlement by the Filipinos during the Battle of Bataan. The cathedral was declared a National Historical Site in 1940.
A Neoclassical building which houses the city government offices. Beside the main building is a preserved water tower, and at nighttime, it is flooded with light.
Balanga Nature and Wetland Park
A wetland area along Manila Bay which sees migratory birds annually.
Rebuilt from an older building destroyed during World War II, it has a historical marker commemorating the fall of Bataan in 1942, and the struggles of Filipinos and Americans to defend democracy.
Housed in a former school building where the US field commander, Major General Edward King signed the instrument of surrender of Allied forces in Bataan to the Japanese, it contains artifacts and dioramas of World War II events such as subsequent death march and surrender monument.