Dantruong Travel & Tourism

Cebu – Cebu is known as the place where Ferdinand Maggellan which is the first Spanish sailors who set foot in the Philippines in 1521. Maggellan also killed in Cebu by local residents named Lapu-Lapu. This Maggellan landing at the same time as the initial milestone of the Spanish colony in the Philippines, so many old buildings such as churches and relics of the Spanish fort. So incomplete that it did not tour the old city during a visit to Cebu. Icons historical tour of the most prominent in Cebu is the Cross Maggellan (Maggellan’s Cross), Fort San Pedro, and the Church of Santo Nino. The cross is a cross Maggellan first planted as a symbol of the beginning Maggellan spread of Catholic Christianity in the Philippines. According to the story, the Philippines believed that the first cross was carried miracles, so the wood is often plucked out to be a drug. Thus, the cross on display today is a replica of the cross, because the original cross to stay small pieces of wood that is now planted in the replica. A few steps from the Cross Church of St. Maggellan standing Nino (Basilica Minore del Sto Nino) established another sailor from Spain Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. Inside the church there is a wooden puppet Santo Nino (the infant Jesus) which is a gift from King Maggellan to Humabonon wife, Queen Juana, who became a Catholic. Catholic visitors from all over the Philippines to come to this church to pray before the statue of Santo Nino. Every Sunday, the Catholic Church also came to attend mass held in the large churchyard. Miguel López de Legazpi also founded Fort San Pedro in the same year, 1565. Triangle-shaped fort was the first and oldest fortress in the Philippines which was built as a protection area of the pirate attacks that often came. Initially, Fort San Pedro was built with wood, but then the fire was built with the hard rock. The fort was also used as a defense by the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation in World War II. This castle was originally located beach lane, even before the surf beach is said to touch the walls of the fort. Unfortunately, coastal areas around the fort reclaimed and built as part of the harbor. Overlooking the beach so that should be visible from the castle building was blocked. To get to these locations, from Cebu airport, travelers can use a Jeepney, Philippines special transportation such angkot or can also use a taxi. There are also other transportation modes such as tricycles and motorized rickshaws. Rickshaws and motor rickshaws in the Philippines carrying passengers in addition to the driver. Rate Jeepney 6 pesos for the first 5 miles and about 1.5 pesos to the next mile. While 35 pesos taxi fares when open door and an additional 2 pesos per kilometer. Highway in Cebu quite empty, because the vehicle is still quite a bit. Meanwhile, traffic lights are rarely found at a crossroads.