Where in the Philippines???

I know that this seems like such a broad question, but I have NO idea where to go in the Philippines.. I will have around 4-5 days to spend in April there. I have heard that I need to choose between Cebu and Boracay. We are looking for nightlife, and a beach for watersports as well... This is our break and we are just looking to chill and hang out..... What are your suggestions on where to go??

Thank you in advance for your help with this.....

Where in the Philippines???

With 4-5 days to spend, I suggest Boracay which confine you you to a particularly small island where almost everyone in on vacation.

Where in the Philippines???

lol ....... Well My friend has ';forced me'; (lol) to spend more time in the Philippines.. So we are going to spend 5 days in Boracay, and 5 days in Cebu City... Do you think 5 days in too much for Cebu city??

Where in the Philippines???

Visit this website to see Philippines travel pictures. It will give you ideas of where to go.

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5 days in Cebu is more than enough. Unless you want to go up and down the Cebu coast, I think two nights is all you need for Cebu. My suggestion is go cross to Bohol for a night or two and enjoy the beaches of Panglao.

I think it%26#39;s probably a bit too long in Cebu City.

Boracay fits the bill for the nightlife, as well as lovely beaches and a variety of watersports.

Do you mean he was forcing you to choose between Cebu City and Boracay or Cebu Island and Boracay?

Boracay Island is only a few kilometres long while Cebu Island is hundreds of kilometres long with several cities and several attached islands. So there is no comparison.

Cebu City is a fairer comparison. Cebu City is a couple of times bigger than the whole island of Boracay and has way more things to do but for what you want to do, nightlife and watersports, your choice is Boracay.

To answer your question about 5 days in Cebu City. You can most definitely fill up 5 days in Cebu City.

I lived in Cebu City for a couple of years and it was still not enough time to see everything.

Here are some ideas for you in Cebu City

For non adult night life, my suggestions are

DISCOS

- Sunflower disco on Salinas Drive in Cebu City

- NASA disco on A.S. Fortuna St in Mandaue City

- PUMP disco in Mango Square on Mango Avenue, also known as General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City

DANCING and DINING

- Cafe Havana, beside the lagoon, next to Ayala Mall. It has a live latino band most nights and is where the well to do Filipinos hang out.

CASINO

- in Waterfront Hotel on Salinas drive in Cebu City

EXPAT HANGOUTS

http://www.ourplacecebu.com/

Corner of Sanciangko and Pelaez Streets in down town Cebu City.

Best to go there early evening. That way you can get the lowdown on what is happening. You may also find yourself an expat who is happy to show you the sights for free. Patrons sit on both sides of the bar at Our Place. This has caused confusion sometimes with new people. I have been sitting on the ';staff'; side of the bar and people have come in and ordered drinks from me.

http://www.badgerspub.net/

Styled on an English pub. Again it is best to go there early evening to get the lowdown on what is happening and again, you may find an expat willing to act as a guide.

http://www.the-sandtrap.com

Expats hang out here but are not as approachable as the other two places. This is the sort of place to bring your own friends with you. It has a swimming pool, club house with pool table and dart board, 3 tennis courts, an out door but under cover restaurant. It is a very pleasant place to dine by the pool at night.

There are many other places I have not mentioned, you can discover them for yourself!

DAYTIME

I used to be a partner in a tourism business in Cebu City. This is the itinery of a tour I used to run

bigjimsphilippinesexperience.com/cebu_tour.h…

Sandtrap is an excellent place to hang out in the day time too!

http://www.the-sandtrap.com

Spend some time in Ayala Mall and/or SM Mall. They are amongst the biggest malls in the world. At the moment, SM Mall is the 12th biggest mall in the world.

They are entertainment hubs with cinemas, dining, night clubs, fitness centres and usual mall shopping.

Every Wednesday from 1pm. go ten pin bowling with expats at the Gaisano Country Mall bowling centre

Every Saturday from 3pm, go for a run/walk with the Cebu Hash House Harriers.

http://www.cebuhash.org

They usually start from the Sandtrap.

There are a group of dive shops near Maribago Blue Water on Mactan island that can take care of all your diving needs, cheap.

Take a day trip to Kawasan Falls

bigjimsphilippinesexperience.com/gallery/…

It is about 2 hours in a private car from the centre of Cebu City to the Kawasan Falls car park. From there, you have about 20 minutes walk to the lower falls then about another 15 minutes walk to the upper falls, depending on your fitness.

Take a day tour or take a few days side trip to Bohol. It is less than 2 hours in a fast ferry from Cebu City to Tagbilaran Bohol. Read more here:

bigjimsphilippinesexperience.com/blog/?p=26

If you want information about adult night life in Cebu City, write to me at sibbick61@yahoo.com.au

Regards: Jim Sibbick

Thank you so much for your advice and suggestions... I was thinking that 5 days in Cebu was too much, but when I read that I could take trips, and island hope from Cebu, I knew that could take up my ';Cebu days';....lol

Thank you for all your help in trying to help plan my vacation!

Five days in the city itself would probably be too much, but touring the rest of the island you could easily fill your days.

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