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Top choice in Cebu City


Enter through heavy carved wooden doors to this classy, candlelit restaurant with arguably the best Mexican food in the country. Authentic dishes include great ceviche (from P525), enchiladas and fajitas and don't neglect to sample a shot of their 100% agave tequilas (from P210). Watch out for events (salsa on Wednesdays) and promos ('mojito and margarita Mondays').


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1. Museo Sugbo

1.59 MILES

This excellent museum comprises several galleries in a sturdy old coral-stone building that was Cebu's provincial jail from 1870 to 2004. Rooms are…

2. Casa Gorordo Museum

1.87 MILES

Downtown, in a quiet residential area, this museum was originally a private home (built in the 1850s). Later it was purchased by the Gorordos, one of Cebu…

3. Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House

1.92 MILES

The atmospheric Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House is among the country's oldest residential homes, built around 1680 from wood and coral stone, its design…

5. University of San Carlos Museum

1.96 MILES

This well-presented museum is best known for its anthropological and archaeological exhibits, including displays depicting the 16th-century practice of…

6. Cebu Cathedral

2.2 MILES

This neoclassical cathedral was completed in 1909, replacing many earlier structures on the site. Only its facade and belfry survived WWII bombs.

7. Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

2.28 MILES

Cebu's holiest church houses a revered Flemish statuette of the Christ child (Santo Niño) that dates to Magellan's time. The church is no stranger to…

8. Magellan's Cross

2.33 MILES

Ferdinand's Catholic legacy, a large wooden cross, is housed in a stone rotunda (built in 1841). The crucifix on show is said to contain remnants from a…