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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Cebu, Philippines
Take a tour of the top places to go in Cebu, Philippines. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Baguio city guide,
Bohol city guide,
Boracay city guide,
Cebu city guide,
El Nido city guide,
Manila city guide,
and Puerto Galera city guide.
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| V Cerrer, |
18 August 2005 |
Stayed at West Gorordo Hotel Cebu - Cebu, Philippines.
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Cebu City was a two day stop in our month long vacation to the Philippines. Since we have have spent a week in Boracay we thought two days would be enough to go shopping and visit some of the tourist spots. We went shopping at a couple of malls, Ayala Center and SM where the prices are really good compared to back home.
The public market was of interest to us specially for the fruits, mangoes, mangosteen, etc and dried fish.
We rented a van which was recommended by the hotel staff which took us to the Magellan's Cross, St. Nino church, the fort and to the Otap factory where they also sell dried mangoes.
We plan to visit the Philippines again and next time we will spent more time in Cebu, tow days we found out is not enough.
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| G Wesely |
27 April 2005 |
Stayed at Tambuli Beach Club - East and West Wing - Cebu, Philippines.
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Island hopping tour is very nice, including snorkeling. Olango bird sanctuary was out of season, the season is October to March. Restaurants in Lapu Lapu are very good for fish dishes. The taxis provided by the hotel are very expensive, better hire one outside.
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| C Dunham |
22 January 2005 |
Stayed at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino - Cebu, Philippines.
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It is much cheaper to hire a taxi to take you on a Cebu City tour (US$30 for an entire van) than to go through a travel agent (US$25/person). Make sure you ask the driver to take you to a restaurant on Mactan Island at the fish market, where you get to select fresh lobsters, squid, fish, prawns, and other shell fish and have them cooked-to-order. Also, arrange for an all-day boating/snorkeling/island hopping tour through Tropical Island Adventures (on Buyong Beach). They will take you to the best snorkeling and diving spots around Cebu. A barbecue lunch is prepared for you on board. Cost is about $25/person, including food/drinks and snorkeling gear.
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| D Shapland |
16 December 2004 |
Stayed at Waterfront Airport Hotel & Casino Mactan - Cebu, Philippines.
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Bohol is worth a visit and if you don't mind friendly riverside basic try the Nuts Huts. Chocolate Hills are worth the trip. Also went to Boracay ...it's a bit in your face commercial but the beaches are huge and not crowded and the Red Coconut Hotel is OK. There is no road only a footpath between the hotels/shops/etc so no traffic except pedestrians and the odd bicycle. You need to fly to this destination and expect to get wet to thigh level as the last leg is by boat.
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| R Gould |
26 October 2004 |
Stayed at Midtown Hotel, Cebu - Cebu, Philippines.
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Cebu is an interesting city which if one makes the effort can be a good place for seeing local attractions. Places I visited were, the Island in the sky resort, which is about 25km outside the city in the mountains. It is a good place for picnics with great views. Also there are the Tubod springs resort 15 km south of the city which has swimming pools and leisure areas. Also there are some pleasing beaches to go to particularly at the Vista Mar resort on Mactan island.
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| G Stocks |
19 September 2004 |
Stayed at Waterfront Airport Hotel & Casino Mactan - Cebu, Philippines.
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We visited Bohol which was about a one and a half hour boat ride from cebu. And we visited some water falls that was about 4 hour drive from the hotel. Both were very beautiful and well worth the travel to get there. I had a very nice stay and would recommend the hotel to anyone.
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| J Miller |
29 May 2004 |
Stayed at Days Hotel Mactan-Cebu - Cebu, Philippines.
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The Marina Mall in Lapu Lapu near the airport has Chinese, Italian (La Tegola - recommended), Thai (Krua Thai, also recommended), and Filipino food as well as fast food (Sunburst has a good vegetarian curry dish) and pastries. It also features an Internet cafe, ATMs, a modern supermarket, and specialty shops. Most of the stores and the Internet cafe open at 10 a.m. The SM Mall in Cebu City is about 20 minutes away and a 100 peso cab ride. To see more of the Philippines, take a ferry to Bohol, Leyte, or Negros (foreigners should avoid Mindanao) or a bus. Photographers can take a van or bus to a smaller city (e.g., Toledo City, Liloan, Argao) and then hire a tricycle with driver to see the local sites. Ask at a gas (petrol) station for a recommendation; make sure you can communicate with the driver. 100 pesos per hour is a generous rate and the more frugal can probably pay less. The tricycle driver may assume you want to see the most impressive sites (a new school or factory), so you should plan the kinds of photos you want (his home area, the coast, etc. and advise him). More conventional travelers may want to spend time at the Mactan Island beach resorts.
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| T Medak |
16 April 2004 |
Stayed at Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort - Cebu, Philippines.
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Only 15 mins from Cebu airport making it very easy destination from HK or Singapore. Not much else interesting in Mactan, including lack of restaurant alternatives without travelling to Cebu City. Did a day out (Ps4600 for taxi return trip including wait all day) to Panagsama Beach near Moalboal, which was very quaint and Boracay like before the latter was discovered. Superb scuba there - Pescador Island awesome.
Overall a great value holiday - relaxation, sunshine and scuba duly achieved. Personally I prefer Philippines to Thailand since it's less packaged and open to mass market tourism - just a shame that Philippine food can't hold a candle to Thai.
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| A Njoo |
28 December 2003 |
Stayed at West Gorordo Hotel Cebu - Cebu, Philippines.
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I visited Cebu with some local friends, they were the ones who showed me around. Places to see are Tops (nice view from the hills), Sunflower (entertainment center), Ayala center (shopping mall), Taoist temple.
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| L Galletch (2nd stay) |
24 November 2003 |
Stayed at Cebu City Marriott Hotel - Cebu, Philippines.
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We would recommend that you take the Super Cat fast boat from Cebu and travel to Island of Bohol (a 90 minute ride). There are several excellent resorts on Panglao Island (a small Island a short distance from Tagbilaran City) we would recommend the Alona Palm Beach Resort on Panglao Island.
This is a super place to stay and a very good value, the 12 units of the resort are very modern and well built with all amenities including satellite TV. A good side trip would be to go Bohol Chocolate Hills and the Hinagdanan Cave.
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