Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Home of the Santo Niño image that Magellan gave to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon at their baptism in 1521, and the focus of the Sinulog every January. Augustinian friars founded the church in 1565 and it is the …
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Region in Visayas · 5 provinces and cities
Chocolate Hills
Over a thousand grass-covered limestone mounds that turn brown in the dry season, seen from the deck at Carmen. Counts run from 1,260 hills to more than 1,776, scattered across the towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan over more than …
Magellan's Cross
A wooden cross in a stone kiosk, marking where the first Cebuanos were baptised in 1521. Magellan's men planted it when the first voyage around the world reached Cebu on 21 April 1521. In 1835 Bishop Santos Gómez Marañon had …
Kawasan Falls
A three-stage cascade of turquoise water in the jungle of Cebu island. The largest fall drops about 40 metres, and the smaller cascades below it end in pools that people swim in. The water rises at the Kabukalan Spring and …
Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary
A quiet forest sanctuary in Corella where tarsiers are viewed at a distance, without flash or noise. An adult is about the size of a human fist, 85 to 160 millimetres tall, and one of the smallest primates. Its eyes …
Loboc River cruise
A lunch raft up a green river, with a stop for music from a riverside choir. The boat passes the town centre of Loboc, where the church stands across the highway from the water, and turns upriver towards Busay falls. …
Sinulog Festival
The novena to the Santo Niño opened at the basilica on 9 January. The grand parade filled the Cebu City Sports Center on Sunday 18 January, and the grand finale closed it that evening.
Photo: Ranieljosecastaneda · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Temple of Leah
A hilltop Roman-style temple built as a memorial, with a long view over the city.
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Cebu City guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the …
Kawasan waterfalls
The Kawasan water falls (a three step waterfall) is located in the rain forest approximately 20 km south of Moalboal (past Badian). If you take the bus from in front of the public market in Moalboal (near 360 Pharmacy), you can …
Sandugo Festival
The blood compact of Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi, sworn in 1565, is re-enacted on the shore at Tagbilaran. The 2026 run opened in Talibon on 4 July and carried through the month with the street dance and the agri fair.
Bantayan Island
A flat island of coconut groves in the Visayan Sea, off the northern end of Cebu across the Tañon Strait. It covers 108.77 square kilometres, and most of it lies below 10 metres above the sea. The one taller hill …
A 1-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Oslob guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
White Beach
About 7 km north of Panagsama you'll find White Beach or Basdako, meaning 'Big Sand', a nice white sandy beach lined with a beautiful coral reef about 30 m out. Pack your mask and snorkel. White Beach is a popular spot …
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
A church built in 1565 by the first Spanish missionaries in Cebu, seat of an Archbishop who has subordinate Bishops in many cities of the Visayas. It was mostly destroyed during World War II and had been rebuilt a bit …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Tagbilaran guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
Tagbilaran Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, which covers the western half of Bohol. Jesuit missionaries founded the parish in 1595, one of six in Bohol, and the Augustinian Recollects took it over in 1768. Fire destroyed the first church …
St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral
The seat of the Diocese of Tagbilaran, it is one of the six original churches of Bohol established by the Jesuits in 1595. The current church structure however dates back to the mid-1800s, after the original church burned down.
Sandugo Festival
A July celebration of the blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. The two leaders cut their chests, mixed the blood with wine and drank it, and that sealed the friendship between the Spaniards and the Boholanos. Juan Luna painted the scene. The …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Moalboal guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
National Museum of the Philippines, Bohol Branch
It was the Escuela La Niña, and then becsme the Provincial Library of Bohol. The museum was opened in July 2008 after moving from the Carlos P. Garcia House. The museum has exhibits on the wildlife, traditions and culture of …
Panglao beaches
Alona and the quieter coves, and the dive sites off Balicasag with turtles and a wall. Alona Beach runs for about 1 kilometre at the south-west tip of Panglao, with white sand, rocky cliffs and a line of shops and …
Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church
A Roman Catholic parish church in Danao City, Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish Church serves the city's Catholic community. Danao's history records a Roman Catholic church completed in 1847, built along with the presidencia, the convento and streets such as …
Mactan Shrine
A memorial park on Mactan island, on the ground where the Battle of Mactan was fought in 1521. It holds two monuments: one to Ferdinand Magellan, and a bronze statue of Lapulapu, the native leader who defeated the Spanish landing …
Plaza Rizal
Formerly the Plaza del Principe, it is the traditional center of the city. A monument to José Rizal stands in the center, while a monument to Carlos P. Garcia stands to the east. A replica of the Chocolate Hills is …
Carcar Church
The church that dominates the town plaza, dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Several heritage structures stand in the same complex, among them old houses with their own architectural details. The town keeps the Kabkaban Festival for the same saint …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Mandaue guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 2-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Lapu-Lapu guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
A 3-day plan built from the See, Do and Eat listings in Wikivoyage's Carcar guide. The stops are in an order that keeps each day close together. Check the hours …
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