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7 Amazing Tourist Spots in Asturias, Cebu

Posted on February 11, 2022

Located just north of Balamban, Asturias is one of the less-visited towns along the northwest coast of Cebu island. Less than two hours away from Cebu City, via the Cebu Transcentral Highway, the municipality makes for an excellent day trip or weekend getaway. While its elegant town church and famous bingka dawa (millet cakes) can be found just along the highway, most of its attractions – such as cold springs, waterfalls, and caves – are hidden gems tucked away fartherRead More→

Tabique by the Sea: Private Beach Houses in Asturias, Cebu

Posted on February 9, 2022

If you’re in need of a healthy dose of so-called “Vitamin Sea” – minus the frenetic atmosphere (and health risk) of crowded beaches – look no farther than the unassuming town of Asturias, less than two hours’ drive northwest of Cebu City, via the Cebu Transcentral Highway. Located at Barangay Santa Lucia, Tabique by the Sea is a beachside bed and breakfast with private, air-conditioned beach houses where guests can exclusively enjoy amenities and a stretch of sandy beach allRead More→

Tuburan Coffee Farm: Seed-to-Cup Experience at Cebu’s Coffee Capital

Posted on February 1, 2022

Did you know that Cebu has a thriving coffee farming industry? I had no idea until just a couple of weeks ago when I was researching on places to see in Tuburan — the largest municipality in Cebu province and one of the northern towns that I finally got to explore for the first time last weekend. The first coffee plantations in the municipality were established only a decade ago, in 2012, when then-mayor (and current vice mayor) Democrito “Aljun”Read More→

Kinatarcan: Breathtaking Frontier Island of Santa Fe, Cebu

Posted on January 11, 2022

Situated between the popular destinations of Bantayan and Malapascua off the northernmost coast of Cebu, Kinatarcan (also spelled Kinatarkan) — formerly known as Guintacan — is a long-overlooked, roughhewn limestone island untouched by tourism overdevelopment.  Divided into three barangays (Langub, Hagdan and Kinatarcan), the island is within the political jurisdiction of Santa Fe, one of the three municipalities centered on Bantayan island. It is, however, more easily reached by daily pump boats from Daanbantayan on mainland Cebu. Aside from limitedRead More→

Treehouse de Valentine: Private Jungle Hideaway in Balamban, Cebu

Posted on October 3, 2021

Simply being close to nature can have such a healing effect on the mind and body. Just a 90-minute drive away from Cebu City, one can find a perfect escape where visitors are embraced by greenery, serenaded by trilling cicadas and birdsong, before getting lulled to sleep by the gushing rhythms of a shallow stream. Tucked in a lush gully, Treehouse de Valentine features rustic but well-appointed treehouses right next to a swimmable stream deep in the forested uplands ofRead More→

Kandaya Resort: All-Out Beach Holiday in Daanbantayan, Cebu

Posted on September 27, 2021

Cebu’s northernmost town of Daanbantayan — a four-hour drive north of Cebu City — may be best known for the thresher shark diving destination of Malapascua Island, but one need not head offshore to enjoy an all-out beach holiday. Just a few kilometers north of Daanbantayan town proper on the mainland is Kandaya Resort, a newly reopened sprawling 46-room beach resort that not only offers luxurious rooms and private villas next to a white-sand beach but all the facilities youRead More→