Trip to Cebu

Il Corso, Cebu

Trip to Asia Flying Thai Airways First Class and EVA Air Business Class

• Photo Review: BRA Lounge, Bromma Airport (BMA)
• Photo Review: Brussels Airlines A319 Business Class, Bromma to Brussels
• Photo Review: Brussels Airlines The Loft, Brussels Airport (BRU)
• Photo Review: Diamond Lounge, B Gates Non-Schengen Brussels Airport (BRU)
• Photo Review: Brussels Airlines Aerosmurf Business Class, Brussels to London
• Photo Review: Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow
• Video Tour: United Club, London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
• Photo Review: Singapore Air First Class Lounge, London Heathrow (LHR)
• Review: Thai Airways B777 First Class, London to Bangkok
• Video Tour: Conrad Bangkok
• Photo Review: Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa
• Photo Review: Miracle First Class Lounge, Concourse F Bangkok (BKK)
• Trip to Cebu
• Photo Review: Philippine Airlines Mabuhay Lounge - Domestic T1, Cebu (CEB)
• Photo Review: A Lounge, NAIA Terminal 1, East Conocurse (MNL)
• Review: Waldorf Astoria Bangkok
• Video Tour: EVA Air Lounge, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)
• Review: EVA Air B777 Business Class, Bangkok to Amsterdam
• Photo Review: Hampton by Hilton Amsterdam Schiphol
• Photo Review: Aspire Lounge - Schengen, Amsterdam (AMS)
• Photo Review: Lufthansa Business Class, Amsterdam to Frankfurt
• Photo Review: Lufthansa Business Class, Frankfurt to Stockholm

Although I grew up in Manila, it is now Cebu that I call home and where I try to spend my vacation at least once a year. During our visit in Cebu two weeks ago, we met some old friends and visited new places which are famous for tourists like the Lantaw Il Corso and Seafood Boil Grill & Restaurant beside the Cebu Yacht Club. Of course, the usual visit to our favorite Vikings Luxury Buffet and the most famous restaurant in Mactan Newtown - Choobi choobi was on top of our to visit list. Below are some of the photos from our stay in Cebu but if you want to explore Cebu and get some travel ideas, you can check out this link.

The Mactan Newtown is a modern and thriving township in the heart of Lapu-lapu. We are just so lucky that as condo unit owners, we have free access to a very nice beach with clear water, pretty much like what the guests staying in the adjacent Shangri-la Hotel Mactan get to enjoy 👍

Thanks to our guide, we now have a new seafood restaurant option in Lapu-lapu: the Seafood Boil Grill & Restaurant. This restaurant offers one of the best seafood meals in town and is just 20 minutes away by car from where we live.

The seafood bucket here was just amazing 👍

Choobi-choobi is perhaps the most popular restaurant in Mactan Newtown as you´d find long queues here especially during dinner time.

Choobi-choobi´s seafood bag and pork bbq

Crispy pata from Choobi-choobi

Il Corso located in South Road Properties offers a plethora of dining options ...

One restaurant that stands out is the Lantaw Il Corso as the views are just fantastic, and the meals superb.

Lovely views from Lantaw Il Corso at night.

Items ready to be grilled at Vikings Luxury Buffet

Some sweets at Vikings Luxury Buffet

A cheap and environment friendly way to get from Mactan to Cebu is by this air conditioned minibus. 

Interestingly, the bus conductor has his ticketing machine in his little belt bag 👍