Seeing The Beautiful Sceneries In Cebu

Cebu is a developed province in the Philippines with Cebu City as its main centre for trade, commerce, education as well as industry. Aside from its deep history and rich culture, Cebu remained to be the most progressive province in the Visayas region. They have been known as the first place where Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer landed. Hence, Magellan’s cross in Mactan City, Cebu became a famous landmark in honor of the Portuguese explorers.

Cebu is one of the most visited places in the Philippines. It has a lot of beach resorts and high end hotels where one can unwind and experience the hospitable spirit of the people. Among the highlight destination in the place is the Sky Adventure in Crown Regency Hotel where one can have a view of the entire city and experience adrenaline hype. The minimum rate of their amusement activities is $20 with no more than $150. Adding to that, travellers can also have a glimpse of the religious culture of the place by visiting the Santo Nino Basilica, Taoist Temple, Magellan’s Cross as well as Fort San Pedro. One can also see the natural wildlife in Mountain View Nature’s Park and take a look with the rare kinds of butterflies in Jumalon Butterfly sanctuary. For people who want to experience island hoping and great water adventures, they can actually rent cruises and scuba diving equipments to see the coral reefs and different classes of fishes. It will surely be a great diving experience considering that the place has preserved their water treasures. 

Despite being a highly urbanized place, Cebu preserves the tradition they once have. Every year, they have a festive celebration for Sr. Sto Nino, a patron in the place, where people from different places gather and showcase their rich culture. This is called Sinulog, an annual competition and parade around Cebu City.

 Furthermore, Cebu can also be a good place for shopping and leisure. One can visit the small stores in Colon and buy memorable souvenirs about the place. They also have shopping centres and restaurants where one can experience the delectable cuisines that they have. For just about $5 to $10, a person can taste different varieties of the sumptuous dishes that Cebu is known for. 

There are a lot of travel destinations in Cebu. In fact, travellers cannot go around the place in just a day or two. It will usually take 5 to 7 days for every traveller to visit each of the tourist destinations that the place offers. Book through different tour companies and avail the best travel destination in Cebu. This will not require a big amount of money as one can travel cheap all around the place. 

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A Place To Be - Bantayan Island

We are living in a country dominated or mostly populated by Roman Catholics. Because of it, we tend to celebrate holidays that would involve our religion’s practices. Example of which are town fiestas, the ever-infamous Sinulog Festival and other holidays or non-holidays that would involve a celebration or commemorate one’s religion. Holy week is something important to the Roman Catholics as a week for abstinence, fasting, reflection and prayers. Though it is not the same as our usual celebrations, but it is something we celebrate that won’t involve any parties or feasts.

Every Holy Week, most of us are planning to have a vacation or just want to unwind, because of the long week of holiday that we have. Others would plan on going to the beach or just anywhere outside our homes. Here in Cebu, it is a week that people would tend to plan in going to Bantayan Island. In that remote and peaceful island, every Holy Week is the time for the people their to have fun and party all night.

It is an island in the northern most part of Cebu and it is the last island in the north of Cebu. It would take you 4 – 5 hours of drive from Cebu city and you would also ride a barge from Daan Bantayan to reach the island of Bantayan. Every Holy Week is their celebration of their annual town fiesta. It is the only place that is approved by the Archdiocese of Cebu to be exempted from fasting and abstinence.

Crystal clear waters surround the island and the sands f the beach are very fine and white. It is the perfect getaway for those who want to celebrate their Holy Week with a blast. A lot of programs and parties will take place in their for at least 2 straight days. Most of the teenagers and those who are partygoers in the Cebu city would go there every year to celebrate and have fun. It is like a Sinulog Festival in an island version.

Though the place is quite far and not that easy to visit, but it is a place that makes all of your efforts worth it. The long hours of travel could probably drain us and make us tired, but if you’ll get there and see the place with your eyes. All of those negative energies in your body will be blown away and you will enjoy the smooth breeze and the tranquility of the island.

To those who wants to seek for adventure, you would probably try to go there and experience adventure where you never experienced before. Mostly beach resorts surround the island and they have also a cave for adventurer who wants to explore and have a great time. The resort there offers a lot of services and amenities that most of us would enjoy and gives us satisfaction more than we seek.

Photo Credits:  
Pinay Traveller
BantayanIsland.Org

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Uniquely Cebu - Moalboal

Moalboal is one of the most beautiful places located in south of Cebu. It is a town where a lot of tourists from different places would come and visit the place. Some of the tourists decided to stay there and be a part of one of the citizens living in Moalboal. They have an orchid gallery where a lot of rare and unique orchids have been taken care of, it is widely known as a perfect place for divers to enjoy, and the infamous white beach and crystal clear sea they have. It is a variety of beautiful scenery and tourists spots for the locals and the tourists to enjoy.

One of the most beautiful resorts here in Cebu is the Club Serena Resort in Basdaku, Moalboal. The beauty of Club Serena in Basdaku, Moalboal is more to something than meets the eye; it gives more than your expectations. It is a thousand square meters of beautiful scenery, crystal clear sea, the white sand, amazing dive sites, and awesome sunsets that you can encounter beyond the borders of Negros Oriental.

The place offers you a privacy that you deserve and you are dying to have. The peaceful scenery and the tranquility of the place give you a relaxing moment of your life that you would never ever forget. In the night it gives you a powerful feeling of peace and relaxation that you could not give comparison of. Many would think that it is just as same as those beaches in other places, but you must first witness it yourself before jumping to that conclusion.

The resort offers you a unique style of buffets and cuisines that could leave a great taste in your taste buds. They offer the best of the Asian cuisines that tourists would probably will to try on. They can offer and accommodate at least 30 guests and they also have a beautiful swimming pool if they don’t want to go to the beach. The resort offers Spa Services that will take out the negative energies that dwells in your body. Aside from the spa services that they provide, they also have a Dolphin watching service every morning where you could see how beautiful those mammals in the sea. The presence of the dolphins that would even leap at least 2 feet above the waters, gives you an experience of a lifetime.

Every 15th of May is the annual fiesta in Moalboal and a lot of tourists and local people would witness or participate in the said event. It is a time where a lot of programs and parties will take place with in a single night. In the religious aspect, it is a time to give honor and respect for the town’s patron saint. St. John Nepumuceno as the patron saint in the town of Moalboal. His image or replica will be toured all over time in honor of Him and for the people to give intercession with. The town’s people are also very religious, because they are highly influenced by the Spaniards during the Spanish colonization here in the Philippines.

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