This is my reply to Penfires visitor Andrea on how to get to Cebu tourist spots by jeepney. I’ve again decided to make this a separate blogpost coz my response I’m afraid is so long hehheheh. This might help you too if you are bound for Cebu and you want to explore the city on a shoestring budget.
Hi Andrea!
Thanks for the wonderful comments! 🙂
>>Ok.. I have a lot of questions.. hope u have a lot of time to answer this.. thanks in advance.. I hope with fare na rin.. Jeepneys only ha.. para maka-save…
I’ll try my best hehhehe
My First Day:
1. How to go to Tops: I’m coming from Mactan Airport
2. From Tops, I’m going to South Terminal
Okay I am just curious here, why do you want to go to South Terminal, are you going to the South like Badian, Moalboal, Dalaguete etc?
Now, on your question to Tops. Errr I have often say this if you are alone, the Tops is not a good place to go in the sense that its gonna be expensive, the place is up in the mountains and no public transport go there. 🙁 And even if you are 4 in a group, the taxi fare of around P600 to P800 burns a hole in the pocket. 🙁 You can try out habal-habal motorcycle to go there at P200 round trip but it comes with risk. And since you are gonna be alone, I’d suggest not to go there na lang.
*** I highly recommend you go to Mactan Shrine straight from the airport kasi ang lapit-lapit na talaga as in!
If you make SM Cebu your based then going to the Cebu South Bus Terminal is easy. In SM take a 10H or 10M jeepney “Pardo”. They passes by the Citylink Terminal and the South Bus Terminal. Fare is P7.50.
>>>3. From SM Cebu to _________
* I’m planning kasi to visit Mactan Shrine, Magellan Cross, Sto Nino Church, AA Barbecue, Taoist Temple and the Shamrock Store… kaso I don’t know if alin ung uunahin at pagkakasunod sunod???
From SM go to Mactan Shrine first as it’s the farthest. (Please consider going to Mactan Shrine after you get off the airport.)
- Ride a vhire in SM terminal and get down in Marina Mall. P25.
- In Marina Mall ride a multicab with “Punta Engano” signage, P11, get down in the shrine.
- After your done, go back to SM by riding a multicab with “Bag-O” signage. Fare P14, get down in Mandaue Coliseum.
- In Mandaue Coliseum, ride anything with SM signage. P10
- In SM, ride a 12L or 12G or 10M or 10 H, Get down in Cebu Cathedral P7.50 – and then just walk to Sto Nino Church and Magellan’s Cross
***If gutom na sa SM I suggest mag lechon ka sa CNT, ¼ kilo ng Cebu lechon is P125. Don’t miss Cebu Lechon please! 🙂
6. From Magellan’s Cross, ask a guard where you can ride a “Lahug” bound jeep. Any Lahug jeepney will do 17 or 04 starting route code nyan.
7. If you are already onboard a Lahug Jeepney, tell the driver to drop you off in JY Square. P7.50
8. In JY take a taxi to Taoist Temple, no other choice.
9. From Taoist Temple, take again a taxi back to JY.
10. In JY, ride a “Jones” bound jeepney and tell the driver you are getting off in Joven’s Grill near Fuente. P7.50
11. Walk to Shamrock around the Fuente Circle. Shamrock – Larsian – Crown Regency are in the vicinity.
*Suggestion din for food please… affordable with good ambiance..
AA BBQ is good, there is one in Guadalupe but you may need to ride a taxi if you are near Fuente para mas madali, maybe around P60 taxi fare.
Ding Qua Qua I like their dimsum buffet P250 with drinks na yan.
Balamban Liempo!!! Di masyado maganda ang ambience pero yung pagkain, sarap! There is one in Guadalupe too.
If you can spare P300, I’d say try out Casa Verde for their Baby Back Ribs or Mooon Café (they both can be found in Ayala Terraces and IT Park)
Cebu’s Original Lechon Belly lami! You should try! But this one is not for ‘ambience”
*Suggestion din for Spa… again… ung affordable lang ha..
Ang damig murang spa and massage sa Cebu as in. They are everywhere and they are legitimate spa and massage, let me clear that out hehehhe.
If you are gonna visit Cebu Asiatown IT Park – ang daming spa nearby nyan.
Hope this helps! =)
UPDATE 2015: I am juggling multiple tasks, doing personalized Cebu Tour itineraries is no longer possible for me. :/
hey hey… I’m going to be visiting Cebu next week with friends, and the above post is just the best thing since we are on a very tight budget!
I also wanted to know, this is the trip w/ my family, we are coming into Cebu like midnight, what’s the nearest, cheap but clean accommodation which can pick us up from the airport? We just need to sleep over since we’ll be crossing into Bohol early the next day. This is a party of 10 come January so I’d like to give the family as much convenience as I can, being that the flight is really very late.
Please help!!!
Hi Phoebe,
I think only big hotels have that airport transfer service. So if you are after mid-range hotel or pension houses that can accommodate your family, wala talagang free sundo. I suggest mag taxi nalang from Mactan airport.
My suggestion for a place to stay is Sugbutel – but take note that this is like a dorm type accommodation (separated yung male and female) and you will be sharing the room with other guests (kung marami nagpabook). It’s a no-frills accommodation at yung bed are just bunk beds, medyo may kaliitan according to some of my friends and public cr. If you book a month in advance its only P150 per person. Biggest advantage is ang lapit – lapit nya sa port. Less than 5 minutes if mag taxi kayo. check this http://www.sugbutel.com
Another option is Verbana Barkadahan room – this is in the vicinity of Chong Hua and Fuente. To know more about this pension house – check this post: http://fieldtripboy.com/cebu%E2%80%99s-most-affordable-hotel-rooms-and-pension-houses/ Travel by taxi from Verbena Pension house to port maybe around 10 to 15 minutes.
hope that helps!
thanks for visiting Penfires =)
Cille =)
My friends and I stayed at Sugbutel when we went to Cebu last NOvember, I am thinking of booking w/ them again. May executive room naman sila. Dun ko na lang ilalagay ung mga maseselan. Hahaha. THanks Cille! 😀
that’s nice to know! di ko alam na meron ang Sugbutel ng executive room. Ang advantage talaga ng Sugbutel is lapit sa SM and malapit sa pier to Tagbilaran para sa mga kagaya niyo na mag bo-Bohol! nice! 🙂
Hi Cille,
Will be going back to Cebu on January 6, this time w/ 9 of my relatives.
Any recommendations, kasi ang mahal ng mga package day tour for cebu, gusto ko sana may van to take us around the sites in Cebu and Mactan. Di ko kasi magawa ung same commute like I did with my friends back in November kasi may mga bata pati matanda so I’m after their comfort and relaxation.
May alam ka ba na contact who can take us around?
Please let me know asap. Thanks! 😀
Hi Phoebe, cencia na ngayon lang nakareply.. i was out on a Christmas getaway heheh…
about van wala akong kilala and mairereccomenda 🙁 … and yah dahil madami kayo and may kasama pang oldies and kids mas maigi talaga mag van nalang kayo…
..pag may malaman akong van before your January trip, will let you know.
looking forward to hearing from ya! 😀
hi cille,
it’s me again.. 🙂 i’ve come up to this itinerary and i’d be glad to hear any comments/suggestions from you.. 🙂
Our preferred beach is portofino(saw your nice blog about that beach). From there, will it be possible na mapuntahan namin ang mactan shrine, magellan’s cross, sto. nino church, larsian-shamrock in a span of 5hours(from 9am to 2pm)?.. we need to get to the airport by 2pm kasi ang flight is 4pm.. i’ve never been to cebu.. i don’t have any idea about the travel time in between those areas.. haha.. thanks again.. 🙂
hi Ayen 🙂 yep it’s doable but please don’t spend so much time at the shrine. 9am be there at Mactan Shrine (30mins then leave) – lapit lang to sa Portofino, 10:40am arrived at Magellan’s Cross/Sto Nino (30 mins then leave), 11:30am arrived at Fuente for Larsian and Shamrock pasalubong shopping (1 and a half hours then leave), may allowance konti but you must leave Fuente area by 12:30 at most. Kaya cia, you’ll arrive at the airport close to 2pm. Time calculations ko uses full jeepney commuting all the way.
hi cille..
so happy to hear that it is doable!.. oh my, can’t wait to see those places.. thank you thank you so much..
More power and God bless.. 🙂
hi agen cille!
need suggestion po bout our trip in cebu.. we will be der @ 12:20nn..then go to mactan sutukil for our lunch then shrine, to opon church to taoist temple to sto.niño and magellans cross then port san pedro to crown for skyrides and check in @ either sampaguita suites or sugbutel.. early in the morning next day well going to bohol…
makaya kaya ng time namin? or mapuntahan kya namin yan lhat from 12:20nn til nyt?
saan mas prefer mong lodging its sampaguita or sugbutel considering our trip early morning next day…
and how to get in Opon church from shrine… never ben der pa kasi…
Thank You so much… 🙂
Hi! I’m so impressed with your blog. As in, woah! You know Cebu by heart and you’re helping its tourism by helping prospect tourists like us.
From the entries I’ve read, I made this IT:
Hotel (Roseate Pension located in Urgello St. near Jones Ave)
What to ride to go?
Magellan’s Cross (walked to next destination:)
Sto. Nino Basilica (walked to next destination:)
Fort San Pedro (walked to next destination:)
Taboan Market (walked to next destination:)
Cebu Cathedral (what to ride to go to next
destination?)
Shamrock Store (what to ride to go to next destination?)
LUNCH at Casa Verde at Ramos (what to ride to go to next destination?)
Casa Gorordo (walked to next destination:)
Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House (walked to next destination:)
Colon Street (what to ride to go back to hotel?)
Roseate (Get things, probably after around 2pm)
Taxi (since we have our things na)
Go to CNT (merienda and pasalubong)
Taxi (since we have our things na)
Airport flight is 6:50pm
Sorry for the long post. I don’t know anyone who could help us out with our city tour. I hope you’ll have time to answer my inquiry. Super thanks in advance! You’re such a great help. 🙂
Hello! Ask ko lng, ok lng ba location ng Alpa City Suites?if ever gusto kong mag tour2x in Cebu City?convenient ba?Hoping for ur reply.. thanks! 🙂