Choosing The Best Places To Visit And Stay

While you were able to book for a flight, you should have the place to stay too. Be ready with the activities you wanted to do during your visit. You plan your trip and travel. In this way you can save money, time and effort in looking for the best and would make your trip an indelible one. As the quote from A.A. Milne says that: “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” Organize your plans and so you will be able to focus on it. While focusing on your goal, you would be able to meet what you want and dream of. If you wanted to visit CEBU, the QUEEN CITY of the SOUTH, this guide to cebu will help you. You probably need to know its History and the Facts about CEBU. 

ALL ABOUT CEBU:

Cebu's capital city is CEBU CITY, it has eight(8) districts. Aside from Cebu City, it has four more Cities such as Mandaue City, Danao City, Toledo City, and Lapu-Lapu City. There are forty eight (48) municipalities, with 1,201 barangays as per DTI Cebu. Cebu is the center of Visayas Islands.  The land area of Cebu is 508,839 hectares (5,088.4 sq. km). 

Cebu City- known as the Queen City of the South. Favorite vacation destination and has a great history and culture. The second largest city in the Philippines. Fastest growing city which is also the seat of business process outsourcing where call center agents are highly in demand. Before we will continue this guide to cebu , let me provide you some information about Cebu.

Cebu History:

A great history that every Filipino should know. The famous first Philippine pendekar known as Lapu-Lapu is from Cebu. Cebu has boost its natural resources with white sandy beaches and it has a great history that shows the past such as the birth of Christianity in Asia where Magellan have planted the wooden cross that converted the inhabitants to Christianity. The famous Basilica de Santo Nino that is located in front of the Cebu City Hall.

Culture and Religion:

The inhabitants were converted to Christianity.

Annual Activities:

The Sinulog Festival is the biggest annual activity in Cebu. Many tourists from different parts of the World wants to celebrate with the festival. The Sinulog ekspo reflects the honoring of the Sr. Santo Nino the patron of Cebu.

Best Places to visit:

Basilica de Santo Nino

Magellan’s Cross Shrine

Sky Adventure at Crown Regency Hotel

Fort San Pedro

Tops

Taoist Temple

Casa Gorordo Museum

and Many Many More...

Best hotels and resorts:

Plantation Bay

Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa

Hotels in Cebu City:

Cebu City Marriott Hotel

Parklane Hotel

Waterfront Hotel

Radison Hotel

Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort & Spa

Looking for cheap rates with excellent services for hotel and resorts in Cebu?

Getting In Cebu, particularly in Cebu City:

By Boat:

If you are from the north and from nearby islands, you can travel by either by boat or by plane. Some of the shipping companies that is known to the public are:

Super Ferry: If you are from Manila, Schedules are:

Monday: 6:45pm 

Wednesday: 7:45pm

Friday: 11:45am

and Saturday: 8:45am

Going back to Manila: Ceb-Mla.

Tuesday: 9:45am

Thursday: 10:45am

Friday: 8:45pm

Sunday: 8:45pm

Rates will vary, better book ahead.

you can also check www.SuperFerry.com.ph

Negros Navigation(Manila-Cebu):Thursday 11:59pm

Cebu-Manila: Wednesday 8:30pm

You can check at www.negrosnavigation.ph

Cebu Ferries:

Trans Asia

By Plane:

Philippine Airlines

Cebu Pacific Air

Zest Air

I hope you have a nice stay in Cebu and good luck in your trip to Cebu. I hope this guide to cebu help your needs. 

Shop And Dine In Cebu City Visit

Travel and enjoy your stay in Cebu City with the latest deals in Cebu. While you are at your travel, do not let yourself suffer, you can go shop and dine in any of the Cebu City's known Shopping Centers such as:

Ayala Center Cebu will open from Monday to Sunday 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. 

Coffee shops like: Starbucks, Coffee Bean and a lot more to mention. 

Location:  Near Marriot Hotel, Cebu Business Park

• It has an atrium with a bunch of coffee shops and dines. You will be at peace with the location. Next to the atrium is the luxurious Marriot Hotel. If you have plans of staying Marriot Hotel, they have promotional offers of 117.25$ to 160.92$ which is P6,700  from November 1 to December 31, 2011 with 2 night stay at the hotel with freebies included. A great saving for you and your family treats this coming Christmas and if not this Christmas, you can stay for a lower rate during weekends. You can check this one: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-deals/cebph-cebu-city-marriott-hotel/
•  14th European film festival, admission is free with a first come first serve basis. This is from Sept 30, 2011, October 1 and 2, 2011. Enjoy your day at Ayala center and remember quality time with the family is important.

Getting to Ayala Center Cebu:

If you have plans of staying at Marriot Hotel, Park lane Hotel, Elizabeth Hotel, you can actually tell the taxi driver to drop you to the Hotel of your choice and Ayala Center Cebu is just 2 to 3 minutes walk. 

Tip: There are also FOREX booths at the lower ground of Ayala Center Cebu, in the Atrium area, or in the upper level near Fitness First Gym.

SM Super Malls will open from Monday to Sunday 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

   I just checked the latest deals in Cebu:

•  P25.00 regal film fest, you can watch your favorite films: 
• Shake Rattle and Roll XII
• My Monster Mom
• Happy Heart
• and to get you excited for such offers, better check it personally there, the promo is until November 15, 2011
• SM food court also offers free sweet treat just like a dessert after your meal when you purchase in a certain amount and make sure you have an SM advantage card or even BDO Rewards Card that will be a good saving family treats.
• They have also a grilled food pekan raya at a price of P88.00 which is around 2.20$ from September 17- October 30, 2011.

For all you know, SM City Cebu is the fourth largest Mall in the Philippines and rank 11th around the world. 

Tip: Before you ride a taxi make sure, you have the Philippine Bills, you can exchange your dollar bills at the airport. You had better exchange your dollars at the airport lobby but mind you, they will exchange it at a lower amount. So the best thing to do is exchange an amount which can cover your expenses for few days and if you want to relax, visit the FOREX counters at SM CITY Cebu, they can exchange your dollars/any currency at a higher rate.

Getting to SM City Cebu(North Reclamation Area): 

Well, if you are from Mactan International Airport, you can reach SM CITY CEBU by a Taxi Cab(yellow cab).  This will bring you to SM, make sure to ask the taxi driver if he have the metered one, it will give you at P70.00 start of charge and additional 4 pesos for succeeding no. of meters and it will reach you at the place around 30-45 minutes with the traffic jam. Make sure you also visit the SM Travelers Lounge. I am sure you will love to relax shop, dine and enjoy your day. You can leave your baggage at the Travelers Lounge, for around P50.00 or 1.30$.   Worry no more while you enjoy your day with the deals in Cebu.


Have a wonderful and memorable visit in Cebu City- the Queen City of the South!

Eat All You Can In Cebu City

List of Eat All You Can in Cebu City, all you can eat places


@ The Port 

Location: Waterfront Cebu City Hotel, Salinas Drive, Lahug
Tel No. to Call: (032) 231-7441
Price: P299.00 , Dinner Buffet
Price: P199.00 , Lunch BuffetPhP 299



@ Joven's Grill and Seafood
Location:  A.S. Fortuna St.,Banilad, IT Park, 
Tel No. to Call:  Phone (+6332) 3451641 or 3445376 
Price:  P75 instead of P148 for a breakfast buffet 
Price:  P100 instead of P199 for a lunch or dinner buffet 



@ Joven's Grill & Seafood Parkmall
Location: Parkmall Mandaue City
Tel No. to Call: Mandaue City - 032 420 9010

Price:  P75 instead of P148 for a breakfast buffet 

Price:  P100 instead of P199 for a lunch or dinner buffet 

@ Joven's Grill & Seafood IT Park

Location:  Skyrise 3 Asia Town IT Park Lahug Cebu City 

Price:  P75 instead of P148 for a breakfast buffet 

Price:  P100 instead of P199 for a lunch or dinner buffet 

additional information for all you can eat places : 

@ Grand Majestic - Banilad 

Location:  

Archbishop Reyes Ave.

Tel No. to Call  

(032) 232-1103

Price:  

P500.00/meal

@ Royal Concorse 

Location: 

Gorordo Avenue Cebu City

Tel No. to Call: 

63(32) 232-2548

Price:  less than P300/person

@ Family's Choice - Gorordo 

Location: 

10 Gorordo Ave. Cebu

Tel No. to Call: 

(63 32) 231-185

Price: (less than P300/person, eat & drink all u can)

@Barrio Fiesta - SM City Cebu 

Location: 

3rd Level SM City Cebu

Tel No. to Call: 

(63-32) 232-0640

Price:(less than P100/person for snacks & less than P300 for full meals)

@ Ding Qua Qua 

Location: 

 2/F 

JY square Mall 

Tel No. to Call: 

(32) 2310111 / 2342399

Price: P99 for lunch or dinner buffet 

Dinner and Lunch buffet for your family and friends in Cebu. Great deals for  all you can eat places

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