Beautiful White Sand Beach in Cebu - Just one of many white sand beaches on the Island province of Cebu Philippines. You'll find luxury and classy hotel resorts and facilities all throughout this island in places such as Maribago Beach, and Santander. Some of the hotel/resorts include, Alegre Beach Resort, Badian Island Resort & Spa, Casa del Mar Resort Hotel, Cebu Beach Club, Cebu Marine Beach Resort, Cebu White Sands, Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel, Maribago Blue Water Beach Resort, Pulchra Resort and more.

Buddhist Temple in Cebu - Find your way to the well-to-do residential suburb called Beverly Hills approximately 6 km north of the city center of Cebu where an enormous Taoist Temple will greet your eyes. It was built by Cebu's wealthy Chinese community in 1972. Here Chinese Taoists following their rituals on Wednesdays and Sundays. The 99 steps leading up to the temple entrance will test your stamina but the experience is well-worth the exercise. At the temple top you will be enchanted by a great view of Cebu City and Mactan and the Bohol Islands. Then you and your tour group can light joss sticks and have your fortunes read by the Taoist monks.

Marcelo Fernan Bridge Connecting Cebu Island with Mactan Island - Named after Senator Marcelo Fernan, this impressive cable-stayed bridge opened in August 1999 to help alleviate the heavy traffic from the old Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. This bridge, is one of the longest and widest spanned bridges in the entire Philippine Islands, reaching a length of 1237 meters or 4058.40 feet. It has become a nationwide landmark for the Cebu/Mactan area. The Japanese government assisted with the funds and construction of this beauty.

Lapu-Lapu, Considered the First Filipino Hero - Lapu-Lapu has quite an impressive reputation in the Philippines. He is noted as being responsible for stopping the Spanish invasion of the Island of Mactan and for the death of the famous worldwide explorer from Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan. Witnessing the neighboring island of Cebu overtaken and the king of Cebu having to pledge allegiance to the King of Spain, he was determined to stop Magellan and his group. Out armored and equipped, the native army led by Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan and many of the Spanish soldiers when they proceeded beyond Cebu to overtake and pillage the villages of Mactan. The Spanish ships left, never to return to this island.

Magellan's Cross on Magallanes Street in Cebu City - As the name implies, this cross was placed by the command of the world famous explorer Ferdinand Magellan. When he and his Spanish consortium arrived in Cebu they made sure their Christian presence was marked by the placement of this cross on April 21, 1521. You can find this location in front of Cebu City Hall in a very small chapel next door to the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino on Magallanes Street. According to the sign below the cross, the original cross is actually enclosed in this wooden casing in order to protect the original from those who believed the cross possessed healing power and was able to affect miracles. Magallanes Cross is a big tourist attraction, held in high regard to the locals, and considered a symbol of Cebu City and Catholicism arriving in the Philippine culture.