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Cebu City, Philippines
6 places worth your time in Cebu City, with what each is actually like and when to go.
A cross planted in 1521 marking the first Christian conversions in the archipelago, housed in a small chapel.
The oldest Catholic church in the Philippines, holding a statue given by Magellan and still the object of a vast annual devotion.
The oldest and smallest Spanish fort in the country, built in 1738 on the site of a 1565 original.
A Roman-style temple built by a widower for his wife, on a hillside above the city — enormous and unapologetically sentimental.
Turquoise pools and canyoneering in the south of the island, a full day from the city.
Whale sharks in the south and sardine runs on the west coast.