Dubbed the Queen City of the South, Cebu is a marvelous gem in the Central Visayas Region of the Philippines and certainly deserving of such a royal appellation.
Comprising of six cities, forty seven smaller towns and several islands such as Sumilan, Mactan, Olango, Camotes, Malapascua and Bantayan Islands (some of the hundreds of islands around Cebu are uninhabited),
Cebu has steadily kept abreast with the progress of the rest of the country and has gained wide popularity as a tourist destination for its white sandy beaches offering premium accommodations, idyllic fishing villages, coral-rich diving spots, as well as historic and religious sites.
Cebu is also notable as the oldest city in the country, and as such, is veritably soaked in the rich history of the Spanish occupation of the country which can be seen through the numerous Catholic churches and shrines in the area such as Magellan’s Cross and the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino or Church of the Holy Child, both of which have never ceased to attract visitors for their ancestry and historic/religious significance.
