The Original Cebu City Historical and Food Walking Tour

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About this activity

Cebu is the country's oldest city and was the first Spanish settlement and the Capital of the Philippines.

Guests will witness first-hand Filipino way of life and business by walking around downtown Cebu which is often called the oldest and shortest national road in the Philippines.

Cebu City has a deeper history compared to other islands in the Philippines since it was the first island that the Spanish colonized.

Rich in Culture and Hispanic Old Buildings. It's breathtaking how the Philippines was back then.

After the Historic Tour, Guests will have the unique chance to taste the most Authentic Cebuano Street Food!

Lastly, guests will witness the busiest produce market in the Philippines. Where all of the farmers of Cebu gather and sell their harvest.

There's so much more to explore in the City of Cebu!

Join me and witness Filipino's everyday life and food through the Historical Street and Food Tour!

P.S If you like to enter the Church ,Please wear pants and no sleeveless.

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At a glance

Duration: 4 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 20 people
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: English
Operated by: Lorelie kalalang ledesma

Ages: Adults (10–75 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Dinner: Grilled or Fried Chicken, Rice in Coconut Leaves, Famous Tuslob Buwa, Fried Spring Roll, Deep Fried Pork Intestine, Famous "Balot", Lechon ( Roast Pig) and other seafood.
Included: Carbonated beverages: Soda/Pop
Included: Bottled water
Included: Alcoholic Beverages

Itinerary

Heritage Of Cebu Monument

30 min Admission included

The artwork is a tableau depicting several of Cebu's involvement in Philippine history including the Battle of Mactan,

inauguration of Sergio Osmeña as President of the Philippines,

and the canonization of Pedro Calungsod as saint by the Roman Catholic Church. It consist of a mixture of concrete, bronze, brass and steel sculptures.
Yap Sandiego Ancestral House

30 min Admission included

The atmospheric Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House is among the country's oldest residential homes, built around 1680 from wood and coral stone, its design combining Spanish and Chinese architectural influences.
Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino de Cebu

30 min Admission included

The Basílica Menor del Santo Niño de Cebú

(Minor Basilica of the Holy Child of Cebú), commonly known as Santo Niño Basilica, is a basilica in Cebu City in the Philippines

that was founded in 1565 by Fray Andrés de Urdaneta and Fray Diego de Herrera. It is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the country,

allegedly built on the spot where the image of the Santo Niño de Cebú was found during the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi.

This image of the Child Jesus is the same one presented by Ferdinand Magellan to the chief consort of Rajah Humabon

on the occasion of their royal Baptism to Roman Catholicism on 14 April 1521.
Cebu Carbon Market

30 min Admission included

The name of the Carbon Market came from the word carbón, Spanish for coal, since the area was said to be close to a

coal depot used for the trains of the old Cebu Railway that ran in Cebu from the 19th century up until World War II.

It is right by the coast and close to the port of Cebu, which going back to the precolonial era,already had a reputation as a “major regional trading center"

in the region now known as the Visayas.

It is said that trade was already present during the Spanish occupation of Cebu, and the Carbon Market predates the American occupation of the Philippines.
Magellan's Cross

30 min Admission included

Magellan's Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines.

The structure is situated on Plaza Sugbo beside the Basilica del Santo Niño[1] It houses a Christian cross that was planted by explorers of

the Spanish expedition of the first circumnavigation of the world, led by Ferdinand Magellan, upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 21, 1521.
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

30 min Admission included

The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral and Parish of

Saint Vitalis and of the Immaculate Conception (during World War II, much of the cathedral was destroyed by Allied bombings of the city.

Only the belfry (built-in 1835), the façade, and the walls remained.

It was quickly rebuilt in the 1950s under the supervision of architect Jose Ma. Zaragosa,

during the incumbency of Archbishop Gabriel Reyes. dedicated to Mary, under her title, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, and to Saint Vitalis of Milan)

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Meet up is in Coffee Bean -Ayala Terraces Biliran Road Cebu City

End point

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