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Cebu City - Philippines
Apropos: "Value for Money"
If you arrange your "own" tour! Meaning, it's easy to go there, because of regular ferry trips between Mactan and Olango. Tricyles can be hired in Santa Rosa's ferry port for few Pesos only.
The Cebu City Marriott stands in the city's business park opposite 70,000 square meters of ... more
shopping in Ayala Center and 12 miles from the sun, sand and gaming of Mactan Island's beaches and casinos. Near the civic center, this Marriott puts outdoor adventurers close to golf courses, horseback riding, skiing, sailing and snorkeling. One of the area's newest international hotels, the Marriott offers more than 870 square meters, or 14,000 square feet, of meeting space with convention and banquet services. Other perks include a business center, car rentals and chauffer driven vehicles. The Marriott smoothes the stays for parents by offering babysitting services, and providing for recreation seekers a health club, dry sauna and outdoor pool. Guests can enjoy room service or international cuisine in the Garden Café and Palm Lounge, and barbecue in the Pool Bar. The Palm also spices up the food with nightly live entertainment. This 12 story Cebu hotel in the Philippines offers 278 air conditioned guestrooms and 22 business suites with high speed Internet access, premium televisions channels, coffee and tea makers, minibars, data ports, safes, private baths and slippers. Concierge level rooms come with upgraded services and amenities, a private lounge, and complimentary continental breakfasts and evening snacks. Binging in the green expanses of the Cebu Business Park, the Cebu City Marriott, 12 kilometers from Mactan Cebu International Airport, is ideally located for international travelers involved in regional and global trade, but also close to historical landmarks and great tour sites. Stay for Breakfast Package: Book a stay in a ''Stay for Breakfast'' rate category and receive accommodations as selected with complimentary daily breakfast for two adults and children under 13. This offer is valid on site breakfast from the hot buffet, full menu or room service. May not be combined wi
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
The Cebu City Marriott stands in the city's business park opposite 70,000 square meters of ... more
shopping in Ayala Center and 12 miles from the sun, sand and gaming of Mactan Island's beaches and casinos. Near the civic center, this Marriott puts outdoor adventurers close to golf courses, horseback riding, skiing, sailing and snorkeling. One of the area's newest international hotels, the Marriott offers more than 870 square meters, or 14,000 square feet, of meeting space with convention and banquet services. Other perks include a business center, car rentals and chauffer driven vehicles. The Marriott smoothes the stays for parents by offering babysitting services, and providing for recreation seekers a health club, dry sauna and outdoor pool. Guests can enjoy room service or international cuisine in the Garden Café and Palm Lounge, and barbecue in the Pool Bar. The Palm also spices up the food with nightly live entertainment. This 12 story Cebu hotel in the Philippines offers 278 air conditioned guestrooms and 22 business suites with high speed Internet access, premium televisions channels, coffee and tea makers, minibars, data ports, safes, private baths and slippers. Concierge level rooms come with upgraded services and amenities, a private lounge, and complimentary continental breakfasts and evening snacks. Binging in the green expanses of the Cebu Business Park, the Cebu City Marriott, 12 kilometers from Mactan Cebu International Airport, is ideally located for international travelers involved in regional and global trade, but also close to historical landmarks and great tour sites. Stay for Breakfast Package: Book a stay in a ''Stay for Breakfast'' rate category and receive accommodations as selected with complimentary daily breakfast for two adults and children under 13. This offer is valid on site breakfast from the hot buffet, full menu or room service. May not be combined wi
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is located in the city center of ... more
Cebu, Philippines, near the financial district and four kilometers from Basilica del Santo Nino and Magellan s Cross. The airport is 10 kilometers from the hotel. Hotel Features. A striking feature of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is its exterior outlined in neon lighting at night. The Gourmet Walk, the hotel s restaurant row, includes six restaurants serving a range of cuisine from Cantonese and Sichuanese to Italian, Japanese and Filipino dishes. The hotel offers three bars, one a piano bar, a poolside bar and a pastry shop. Complimentary buffet breakfasts are served daily. The Waterfront Casino includes baccarat, black jack, roulette, poker, paigow and other games. The casino s décor was designed to resemble the city s old town plaza. Recreation amenities include a landscaped outdoor pool with waterfalls, a fitness center, massage services and a variety of classes such as yoga and aerobics. The hotel also offers a business center, function rooms, shopping and complimentary shuttle service to area malls. Pets are not permitted. Guestrooms. The 18 story hotel s 561 guestrooms provide ocean and mountain views and varied décor. Amenities include cable television with premium channels, direct dial phones, safes, desks and wireless Internet access for a fee. Rooms also offer coffee and tea makers, complimentary bottled water, minibars and refrigerators. Expert Tip. Roughly 500 years ago, explorer Ferdinand Magellan erected a large Christian cross to celebrate the baptism of an island chief. The relic is said to be housed in a small chapel across the street from Cebu City Hall, encased in a larger wood cross to protect it from souvenir and relic hunters. While the true location of the original cross has been debated, the destination remains a very popular tourist attraction.
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is located in the city center of ... more
Cebu, Philippines, near the financial district and four kilometers from Basilica del Santo Nino and Magellan s Cross. The airport is 10 kilometers from the hotel. Hotel Features. A striking feature of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is its exterior outlined in neon lighting at night. The Gourmet Walk, the hotel s restaurant row, includes six restaurants serving a range of cuisine from Cantonese and Sichuanese to Italian, Japanese and Filipino dishes. The hotel offers three bars, one a piano bar, a poolside bar and a pastry shop. Complimentary buffet breakfasts are served daily. The Waterfront Casino includes baccarat, black jack, roulette, poker, paigow and other games. The casino s décor was designed to resemble the city s old town plaza. Recreation amenities include a landscaped outdoor pool with waterfalls, a fitness center, massage services and a variety of classes such as yoga and aerobics. The hotel also offers a business center, function rooms, shopping and complimentary shuttle service to area malls. Pets are not permitted. Guestrooms. The 18 story hotel s 561 guestrooms provide ocean and mountain views and varied décor. Amenities include cable television with premium channels, direct dial phones, safes, desks and wireless Internet access for a fee. Rooms also offer coffee and tea makers, complimentary bottled water, minibars and refrigerators. Expert Tip. Roughly 500 years ago, explorer Ferdinand Magellan erected a large Christian cross to celebrate the baptism of an island chief. The relic is said to be housed in a small chapel across the street from Cebu City Hall, encased in a larger wood cross to protect it from souvenir and relic hunters. While the true location of the original cross has been debated, the destination remains a very popular tourist attraction.
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
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Advantages: Near Cebu City and Mactan with its Resorts and Hotels - good connection by commuter ferry transportation Disadvantages: Overpriced packages offered by some tour operators!
...- NEWS & COMMENTARIES
Cebu City - Philippines
Apropos: "Value for Money"
If you arrange your "own" tour! Meaning, it's easy to go there, because of regular ferry trips between Mactan and Olango. Tricyles can be hired in Santa Rosa's ferry port for few Pesos only. ... more
Upon approaching Mactan International Airport by air, about two miles east of Mactan Island, you will see
Olango Island.
Olango "enlarges" to double size when it is low tide. No portion in this flat, low lying island and its satellite islets reaches an elevation of more than 10 meters (30 feet) above sea level. On its southern shore is a Wildlife Sanctuary.
Over 10,000 migratory birds are in Olango Island, 97 species of birds: 48 are migratory species, 42 are resident and the status of 7 is uncertain; but breeding is poosible to all of them. Among the 54 water-birds species: 32 species are waders, 13 species are waterfowls and 9 species are sea birds.
Migration starts in the Northern Hemnisphere - Sibiria, Northern China and Japan. Anticipating the ccarcity of food and the winter cold, these birds fly south as far as Australia, from the late July until late November. Northward migration starts by late February until May, when they return to their breeding grounds.
High tide is the best time to go to the island. Tide times are shown in most calendars. It is advisable to be at the sanctuary during low tide - to see the birds foraging on the vast intertidal flats. It is also easier to walk from one site to another when the tide is low.
To view the birds roosting in large concentration, it is also suggested to be at the sanctuary immediately prior to a 1.2 - 1.4 meter high tide. Beyond this, the birds roost inside the mangroves.
FOLLOW ME!
There are scheduled ferry boats across the Hilutungan Channel from Angasil (on the east coast of Mactan) between 5:30 in the morning to 6:00 in the evening. Tricycles (motor-bikes with "side cars") are the usual transport between the barangays and sitios in the island. The island's main roads are mostly sandy.
There are seven barangays in Olango Island, and it has a total land area of 954 hectares. Santa Rosa's area is 321 hectares and has about 4,500 inhabitants making it the largest barangay and the gateway to the island. Olango Island belongs to the City of Lapu Lapu in Mactan. The island has its own electric power plant also in Santa Rosa.
Olango's rock base is coral limestone and littoral flats with thin sand or silt substrate and exposed rock base. The alluvium occupies mostly the coastal area of the island. Most of the 920 hectares is composed of calcareous sand, derived from the weathering of the limestone mixed with shell fragments.
Olango Island has relatively few plant species. In the sanctuary, there are 27 species of mangroves; marine algae thrive among the mangroves and the rock substrate of the intertidal and sub-tidal flats, while extensive sea grass beds can be observed in the foul ground of the southern most part of the sanctuary.
The climate is hot and humid with average temperatures between 26° adn 33° Celsius; relatively dry from February to May, and wet for the remainder of the year, with heaviest rainfall during November and December. The island is partly sheltered grom the southeast monsoon and tradewinds by Bohol and Mactan Islands, but is open to the northwest monsoon with associated cyclonic storms.
Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary is an internationally protected area and a great potential for eco-tourism.
Travel Tips:
It is recommended to wear durable rubber shoes. Slippers are not advisable for walking through the intertidal area. Watch your steps so you can avoid sharp corals, shells and sea urchins. Soft drinks or beer can be bought in stores in the barangays. In the sanctuary, rain water is available. If you bring food and water, please bring home all your rubbish and do not leave plastics. They are dangerous to the birds and marine life.
More information is available from the DoT - Department of Tourism and the DENR - Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and at the Office of the Lapu Lapu City Mayor.
Alfred N. Bruckner A B N C - NEWS & COMMENTARIES Cebu City - Philippines
Apropos: "Value for Money"
If you arrange your "own" tour! Meaning, it's easy to go there, because of regular ferry trips between Mactan and Olango. Tricyles can be hired in Santa Rosa's ferry port for few Pesos only.
Advantages: Only a few minutes' drive to Mactan-Cebu International Airport; nice shower; friendly staff. Disadvantages: Basically a dump; towel problem emblematic of the place, which needs a renovation badly.
If you ever plan to visit the bustling city and province of Cebu, Philippines, take note: DO NOT even consider the shamefully shabby Days Hotel Cebu for your holiday.
Our travel party had expected decent accommodations in this Days Hotel, since CebuCity happens to be one of the larger and exciting cities in the Visayas region of Southern Philippines (a cluster of islands in the center of the archipelago). Well, were we ever so wrong!
A Bit About Cebu.
CebuCity brims with historical significance. It's the oldest Christian city in the Philippines, established by Spanish colonizer Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1571. (The country's oldest avenue is Colon St. in busy downtown CebuCity, named oddly after Christopher Columbus.) Decades before Legaspi's arrival, Portuguese explorer Fernando de Magallanes/Ferdinand Magellan first ...
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