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Cebu City Walking Tour | A Shooting Spree!

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Magellan's Cross
If you have read my previous post, you would know that for the first time last March, I finally visited Cebu City. It was just for a short visit though, a side trip from our Bohol family vacation. It was so short a stay we don't have time  to even look for shops with affordable souvenirs and native delicacies (not even  otap or dried mangoes). But we were still able to squeeze in a few hours for a walking tour around this queen city of the south to marvel on some of its famous landmarks. I thought then I couldn't say for sure that I could bring my family back here again, it's better if we tour around the city, at least.

So after a few minutes of rest in the hotel, we went out to do our walking tour. It's literally a walking tour; from our hotel in Colon street, we walk our way to Basilica del Sto. Nino to the nearby Plaza Independencia and finally, to Fort San Pedro. And why did we do that? Because I thought the Basilica is near our hotel. :P (Before we left the hotel, I checked out my phone for directions. I figure it would be easier to follow directions from my phone's map than asking the locals. The downside - places look closer (just several blocks away) if viewed in the map when actually, they are far apart!) Though it's still within walking distance, it's kinda far if you're tired and you've just been from a long trip.

Anyway, here are some of the photos I took during our walking tour. Warning: walking tour  photo shooting spree  photo overload post. ;P

First stop: Basilica del Sto. Niño

Basilica del Sto. Niño
inside Basilica del Sto. Niño 
Basilica del Sto. Niño, Cebu City
Next stop: Magellan's Cross

Magellan's Cross
Magellan's Cross
Cebu City Hall
Public Office is a Public Trust
Next: Plaza Independencia

Plaza Independencia
Malacañang of the South
Malacañan sa Sugbo
Plaza Independencia
Last stop: Fort San Pedro

Fort San Pedro is a triangular structure originally made up of wooden palisade. It was built in 1565 to provide security to the members of the Spanish expedition encamped in the shores of Cebu led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. In 1835, it was rebuilt into its present form, a triangular structure of stone and mortar to protect the Spanish settlement from pirates. In the early 1900s, it served as part of the military garrison established by American military authorities. Presently, it has been converted into a national shrine and is now managed by the city government of Cebu. (source: displayed photos and signages inside Fort San Pedro)

Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
Cebu Central Post Office
Cebu Central Post Office - view from Fort of San Pedro
Fort San Pedro, Cebu City
one of the canons in Fort San Pedro
view from Fort San Pedro
400 years of Order of Augustinian Recollects

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