Discovering Cebu, the Philippines' 2nd city

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In addition to being the core of the Philippines' second metro area (pop.923,000, metro 2.8 million), Cebu City is the hub of the Visayas, the grouping of islands around the middle of the vast archipelago that makes up this country (it's a flight of an hour 15 minutes from Manila). Colourful, confident, and in a constant flurry of activity, underneath it still has a Zenlike composure. As the site of the first Spanish settlement in the archipelago (1565), it has a long history, including Spanish colonial sites as well as colorful temples and ancestral houses. That, plus the proximity to many islands, beaches, hotel and resorts, diving locations and heritage sites that makes it the gateway to the central and southern Philippines, means Cebu City is very defiitely worth including on your Filipino agenda. Here are a few highlights:

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