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Beach Outing: A Slice of White Sand Paradise in Mactan

April 30, 2013 By Cille Anne 30 Comments

Coral Reef Beach Resort Mactan

Sunburnt. Two days ago I was on a beach outing with my extended family – our clan on mother’s side to celebrate the 55th wedding anniversary of our clan’s matriarch and patriarch. I must have spent several hours under the scorching heat of the sun, lol and so I ended up sunburnt.  No, I did…

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Filed Under: MACTAN ISLAND, TRAVELS DESTINATIONS Tagged With: Coral Reef Entrance Fee, Coral Reef Hotel Mactan, Family Outing, Mactan Beach Resort, mactan island, Public Beach White Sand in Mactan, summer beach outing

Beach Resort Near Cebu City: Blue Reef Hotel in Mactan Island

January 28, 2012 By Cille Anne 3 Comments

Last Saturday when we checked out affordable beach resorts near Cebu City, which are of course those found in Mactan Island, we were a bit bewildered why there were only a few beach goers in the first three cheap Mactan resorts we’ve been to when it was in fact, a weekend. We surmised that it…

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Filed Under: MACTAN ISLAND Tagged With: Affordable Beach Resort in Mactan, Beach Near Cebu City, Beach Outing, Mactan Blue Reef Hotel and Resorts, mactan island, Marigondon Beach, Marigondon Beaches, Penfires Series on Affordable Cebu Mactan Beach Resorts

Cheap Mactan Beach Resort Options with White Sand: Overview and Direction Tips

January 22, 2012 By Cille Anne 10 Comments

Summer is near! And summer brings to mind beaches, white sand and calm waves perfect for swimming! Few hours ago, Cebu Travel Bloggers and road trippers Doi (The Travelling Feet), Titus (Field Trip Boy) and Penfires 🙂 finally started on our plan of visiting Mactan beach resorts so we can put up blog posts with…

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Filed Under: MACTAN ISLAND Tagged With: affordable beaches in Cebu, beach resort in mactan, Boat rental fees, Cebu Road Trip, Cheap Cebu Beach Resorts, First Class Mactan Resorts, how to go to Mactan resorts, Island Hopping in Mactan, Mactan Beach Resort, mactan island, Mactan Island Resorts and Hotels, Mactan resorts

Cebu and Mactan Island Cheap White Sand Beaches Chronicles #1

July 16, 2011 By Cille Anne 12 Comments

There is little information available online about budget travel tips on where to go in Cebu for cheap and more affordable Mactan beaches and resort options. Sure Shangrila Mactan, Hilton Resort Mactan, Plantation Bay, Maribago Bluewaters Beach Club, Portofino, Cebu Tambuli Beach Club, Cebu White Sands, Imperial Palace Mactan etc are almost always mentioned in…

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Lapu-Lapu, Magellan and the Battle of Mactan

March 3, 2011 By Cille Anne 4 Comments

One 0f the most visited historical attraction in the province of Cebu is the Lapu-Lapu Monument and Magellan’s Shrine located in Punta Engano, Mactan Island. Travel time to reach this landmark is approximately 15 minutes from the Mactan International Airport, so it’s a good first stop for your visit if you are not too tired…

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Filed Under: CEBU CITY TOUR, TRAVEL TIPS Tagged With: cebu, Lapu Lapu Monument, lapu-lapu city, Liberty Shrine Mactan, mactan island, Mactan Shrine, Magellan Shrine, sutukil

CEBU’S GUITAR PRIDE: The New Susing’s Guitar

February 20, 2011 By Cille Anne 20 Comments

If there is anything that defines Mactan Island, Cebu in the eyes of tourists besides world class beaches and Lapu-Lapu Monument,  its none other than guitars my friend! And the good news is tourist like you can go direct to the source and visit guitar factories and see how guitars are made by the island’s master guitar makers.

The widely popular Cebu made Classical Guitars

Cebu’s handcrafted guitars are usually made in guitar factories in Abuno, an outskirt barrio in Mactan Island. And the best factory to go to when you are on a hunt for great quality handcrafted

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Filed Under: CEBU CITY TOUR, MACTAN ISLAND, TRAVELS DESTINATIONS Tagged With: Acoustic Guitar, cebu, Cebu Guitar, guitar factory, Guitar Master, mactan guitars, mactan island, Price of Guitar in Cebu, Susing's Guitar

Cebu’s Sta Rosa Island & Olango Wildlife Sanctuary

September 2, 2010 By Cille Anne 4 Comments

The first leg of our Cebu Island Adventure was a visit to Sta Rosa Island and Olango Island Wildlife Bird Sanctuary. Unfortunately it’s not yet migration season hence we didn’t see any migratory birds which Titus was looking forward to. Locals told us that October is the best time for bird watching as birds from as far as Siberia, Japan and China flock to the island to escape the hard winters of these countries. The birds uses Olango as a major pitstop on their journey to Australia and New Zealand, and as they go back to their nesting grounds.

Government protected Bird Sanctuary

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Filed Under: CEBU, MACTAN ISLAND, TRAVELS DESTINATIONS Tagged With: cebu, kayak, mactan island, olango, sta rosa

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