Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa
Punta Engano Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines 6015
Tel: 63-32-492-7777 Fax: 63-32-492-7704
Our Hotel
Indulge in the spa at the Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa, set in tropical gardens overlooking Mactan Island. Unwind at the pool and private beach or do business in the Executive Lounge. Sign up for watersports at Cordova Reefs and later dine in one of the hotel's 5 restaurants and bars.
Feast on tapas at Manny O's, fresh fish at Seas and themed buffets at Vanilla Beach Cafe or relax in the Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa's 2 open-air bars..
Features & Highlights
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* Spa with sea view treatment rooms
* Private beach and watersports
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* Outdoor infinity pool and fitness center
Directions & Transportation
From Mactan-Cebu International Airport, taxis are available to take you directly to the Hilton Cebu Resort & Spa. The 5-mile journey normally takes around 10 minutes from the airport to the hotel.
Hotel Policies
Check-In: 2:00 PM - Check-Out: 12:00 PM
Parking:
Self Parking:
Underground car park
Valet Parking:
Valet service
Pets:
Allowed
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa
Molobolo Spring(Tuburan Cebu)
Molobolo Spring, is a really cool place. It’s perfect for the entire family. The young kids would surely love it. The parking fee is twenty pesos per vehicle. If you just want to look around, you won’t have to pay the entrance fee. But if you’re swimming then you’d have to pay 5 pesos (very cheap right?).
Tuburan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 53,663 people.
Imelda Aroma - a Water Park in Catmon Cebu
A Review of Imelda Aroma Resort A.k.a. Royal Vista Water Park
Imelda Aroma. It's a beautiful quaint little water park in the municipality of Catmon just off to the North of Cebu. The water park looks like it occupies a small area because the one of the pools and half of the rooms are located on top of a mountain.
The place isn't exactly the 5 star quality in my opinion, but it's a fun place with 3 different kinds of swimming pools that are apparently sourced from a spring, although it is still heavily chlorinated.
# The first pool is designed for kids. It's only about 2 and half feet deep and has 4 slides in the middle where kids can play. My daughter just swam here for hours and hours.
# The 2nd pool is called the "lazy river." It's a nice stretch of water that is located almost atop a mountain the water goes down through this really long slide that connects it to the 3rd pool. This slide is no less than 10 meters long, and to me that's pretty long. My daughter was pretty excited to go down in it so I went along. It didn't fare well for us though and I have the wounds to prove it.
# The last pool is much bigger and much deeper with the shallow side starting at 3 feet. My daughter had a hard time since she was just learning how to swim.
There are day-use rates at Php 100 for adults - be wary, 12 years old and up is considered an adult in this place, while children from 3-11 years of age cost only about Php 75. Children below 3 are free. It's a nice place to hang out with a group of friends, there are kiosks that you can rent at Php 500 and umbrella tables at Php 250
They also accommodate guests who want to stay overnight. We had a room that cost about Php 2,000 for 2 people. It can fit up to 5 people but you'd have to pay for the additional mattresses. This room also had a free plated breakfast. You can also enjoy videoke at Php 5 per song, if you into that and their canteen/ restaurant is open practically 24 hours.
Imelda Aroma is also called Royal Vista Water Park by the way, if you're searching for it on the internet. This water park isn't for those who want a luxurious vacation. It's more suited to budget travelers who want to save up for an adventure in the province.
Toledo City (Hinulawan)secret beauty of the City
Toledo City, formerly known as Pueblo Hinulawan, is a 2nd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 152,960 people.
On June 19, 1960, Toledo attained the status of a chartered city by virtue of Republic Act No. 2688, authored by the late Congressman Manuel A. Zosa representative of the Sixth District of Cebu.
oledo City is administratively subdivided into 38 barangays.
* Awihao
* Bagakay
* Bato
* Biga
* Bulongan
* Bunga
* Cabitoonan
* Calongcalong
* Cambang-ug
* Camp 8
* Canlumampao
* Cantabaco
* Capitan Claudio
* Carmen
* Daanglungsod
* Don Andres Soriano(Lutopan)
* Dumlog
* Ibo
* Ilihan
* Landahan
* Loay
* Luray II
* Juan Climaco, Sr. (Magdugo)
* Gen. Climaco (Malubog)
* Matab-ang
* Media Once
* Pangamihan
* Poblacion
* Poog
* Putingbato
* Sagay
* Sam-ang
* Sangi
* Santo Niño (Mainggit)
* Subayon
* Talavera
* Tungkay
* Tubod
Toledo lies on Tanon Strait across from Negros Island and the city of San Carlos, Negros Occidental. Toledo City is home to the Philippines' largest copper mine, owned by Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation; concentrates from the mine are shipped from the port of Sangi near Toledo. Low-quality coal has also been mined in the area, but little coal is mined today. Important local crops include maize (corn) and coconuts. Toledo is connected to Cebu City, the provincial capital and second largest Philippine metropolitan area, by two stretches offroad that crossing the rugged spine of the island: the Naga-Uling Road and the alternate Manipis Road. A ferry runs between San Carlos and Toledo. During harvest season, migrant sugar workers from Cebu Island travel from Toledo to San Carlos to work in the sugar fields of Negros.
A small seaport provides Toledo with commercial inter-island service. Like many Philippine chartered cities, the total area of the city (174 sq km/67 sq mi) includes a portion of farmland. Between 1980 and 1990 the population grew by 31 percent, more than the national growth rate of 26 percent. The city was chartered in 1960. Population (1995) 121,469.
History
The Founders of Hinulawan (1861 - 1869)
Toledo City came from Old Hinulawan and New Hinulawan. Old Hinulawan, presently called Daanglungsod, was founded by Mariano Libre, Fulgencio Lebumfacil, Areston Macapaz, Jestoni Estrada, Adriano Blanco, and Tranquilino Blanco. New Hinulawan, presently called Toledo (on the present site), was founded by Fermin Poloyapoy, Máximo Macapobre, Jacinto Lopez, Servando de Jesus, Juan Libre, Agapito Nieves,and Francisco Blanco
Old Hinulawan (1861)
The town of Hinulawan of 1861 was a settlement of more than fifty families. Its abundant seas and river also called Hinulawan was a typical pueblo situated along the shore of Tañon Strait. The town is southwest of Hinulawan river. It had a stone-walled church and convent, a school, and a paseo (public park). It had an ambulant marketplace from neighboring barangays, muslim seafarers and Chinese merchants coming across the seas who came and traded with the town.
The town was bounded on the south by thick mangroves and nipa swamps extending to at least a kilometer, and fertile farmlands and coconut trees beyond as far as Ibo river. On the north and northwest by the Tañon Strait; on the south and southwest by uplands and hills covered by thick forests as far as Tubod; on the northeast is the Hinulawan river.
Even before it became a town in 1861, Hinulawan was already a flourishing trade center on the west coast of Cebu Province. It was where people from other areas came to meet, bringing with them their farm products and articles of trade. They traded with locals and foreigners (Moslem and Chinese traders). Some of these foreigners settled and intermarried with the locals, which contributed to the growth of Hinulawan from a mere sitio of Balamban into a progressive town.
The founders of Hinulawan as a town together with the church, led by the parish priest Father Servando Seone, all worked for public welfare. It was during their term of office that the town saw its golden age. Stonewalls were built along the riverbanks as flood control. Wooden piers were built to accommodate more foreign trading boats. A convent and church were erected for their beloved pation saint Saint John of Sahagun in traditional Spanish architecture. Adjoining swamps were partly reclaimed. Better and bigger schools for the children were built. Industries such as fishing, pottery making, and other cottage industries flourished yielding more prosperity and wealth to the town.
New Hinulawan (1863-1869)
The following days after the earthquake, the refugees were helped by the residents of Tubod, made clearings in the nearby virgin forest and plateaus among which was a cemetery where they buried their dead. They rebuilt their cogon-roofed houses on these clearings. Others built their homes at the foot of the Tubod highlands. Others decided to migrate to neighboring sitios of Da-o, Bulok-bulok, to as far as Landahan and Sam-ang. And others became pioneers in the opening of new settlements like Cabitonan and Batohanon. Other refugees and their descendants decided to go back to the old site of Old Hinulawan after many years when its depressed lowelands had gradually regained its original level. This new barangay (district) is currently named Daanglungsod. Majority chose to remain in this new site and for many years strived hard to regain the prosperity they once had in the ruined town of Old Hinulawan.
Later, to protect New Hinulawan from pirate attacks which was frequent in the towns that line the Tañon Strait, the town built a bulwark (a defense grid). This bulwark was made of chopped and piled up stone blocks. This bulwark was destroyed by age and its remnants were buried in the sand during the construction of the old municipal, which was in turn destroyed to the Philippine Commonwealth troops and Cebuano guerrillas during World War II.
As part of the Independence day Celebration, Toledo City will celebrate its annual fiesta called HINULAWAN FESTIVAL every 12 of June. One of the events for the upcoming fiesta and its so memorable event of the toledanos and visitors.
Villa Teresita Resort (Talisay Cebu)
VILLA TERESITA RESORT
Facilities & Services
1 Swimming Pool (4ft - 6ft)
1 Swimming Pool (4ft - 5.5ft) w/ slide
1 Swimming Pool (6ft - 8ft ) w/ slide
3 Swimming Pools for children
Restaurant
Function Rooms
24-hour Room Service
Videoke
Disco (saturdays only)
Billard
Laundry & Pressing Service
Catering Service
Standby Generator
Locker
Entrance Fee Adult Minors (4ft below)
Daytime (8:00am - 5:00pm) 70.00 35.00
Night Swimming (5:00pm - 12:00mn) 80.00 40.00
Over Night (6:00pm - 1:00am / saturdays only) 100.00 50.00
Cottage Rates
8 persons (Cottage # 5 - 18) 250.00
15 persons (Cottage # 1- 4, 20 - 24) 350.00
15 persons (Baby / Sheena) 350.00
25 persons (Pab-tess / Marlon) 600.00
Function Hall
60 persons (Hanni) 1,000.00
60 persons (Tent) 800.00
80 persons (Mark) 1,500.00
100 persons (Nikko) 2,000.00
Corkage Fee
Softdrink / case (php 40.00)
Beer / case (php 50.00)
Blue reef (Macta Cebu)
The rooms themselves were good value at PHP 2200 - 2400 per night. Clean, nice style, with bar sink and minibar, small balcony with ocean view, good aircon, TV, and spacious hot shower. The staff told me the hotel was 3 years old. There is wifi in the lobby and garden area only.
The hotel is fronted with a small beachside water park, with concrete water slides, hammocks and swings over the water, and many "cottages" (roofed tables, a few with cooking grills) on concrete jetties flanking the small and shallow beach. As is typical for the Philippines, these facilities are dirty and not in very good shape. The water slides need pressure washing and painting, and the cottages and beach need more cleaning. There is a lawn and sandy area for small children to play, which were appreciated. This park mostly caters to local day visitors, youths and families, and is open 24 hours. The sound of karaoke is incessant.(if you want more try to visit thier site)thankz
Hidden Valley (Pinamungahan Cebu)
‘Hidden paradise’ in Cebu lures visitors
CEBU CITY -- A mountain resort in southwestern Cebu is fast becoming a destination of tourists looking for a place far from the hassles of city life.
The P30-million Hidden Valley Resort lies on a 12-hectare hillside property in a secluded valley in Barangay Lamac, Pinamungajan town. The “hidden paradise” is a favorite venue for retreats, meetings, conferences, reunions, outings and even honeymoons.
While most resorts are owned by the rich, Hidden Valley is owned and managed by the Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC).
The resort and the amenities that the villagers now enjoy were nonexistent 40 years ago.
“In the 1970s, Lamac had no road, no electricity, no potable water supply, but it was already a community [of] farmers,” recalled Ma. Elena Limocon, LMPC general manager.
Change came slowly to the remote village. In 1970, some 70 tenants and small farm owners led by then barangay chair Narcisa P. De Gracia formed a Samahang Nayon (a Marcos-era village group) with an initial capital of P3,700. They immediately established a consumers’ cooperative, the forerunner of the LMPC.
Lamac transformed itself through the hard work, sacrifice, commitment and faith in God of members of the LMPC, Limocon said during a “Leaders of Change Forum” of the First Rafi Triennial Awards Summit held on March 4 at the Sacred Heart Center in Cebu City.
The cooperative was one of the award presenters during the summit. In 2000, it received the first Eduardo Aboitiz Award for Outstanding Institution.
Limocon said the farmers first worked on rotation basis in helping build a road that would link their village to the outside world where they could sell their products and avail themselves of medicines and other basic needs.
Lamac, a two-hour ride from Cebu City, has a population of 5,000. It has a church, health center, elementary and secondary schools, post office, bakery, water system and drugstore.
Now, it is also easily reached through a concrete road from the town center and a gravel road from Barangay Lutopan in Toledo City.
The LMPC grew, acquiring office equipment, a truck, a rice mill and other assets. It later bought land, including a P7.5-million lot in Cebu City, and erected a building and a training center for cooperative members, Limocon said.
Limocon disclosed that the cash prizes that the LMPC won with its awards were used to buy office and farm equipment, and land, as well as construct buildings.
The cooperative also bagged awards in Gawad Pitak, Tulong sa Tao, Gawad Sikap, Mithi Award, Kabuhayan Award, Ulirang Kooperatiba Award, and Outstanding Cooperative-Municipality Partnership Award. Its prizes ranged from P55,000 to P1 million.
Its Hidden Valley Resort can accommodate up to 400 guests at a time. Past visitors included businessmen, school officials and students, balikbayans and their families, and foreigners.
Last year, more than 100 Koreans stayed for 45 days.
The resort offers air-conditioned single and double rooms, 25 big rooms for six persons each, and dormitory-type rooms. Guests can also stay in native huts or in semi-concrete buildings.
Aside from the beautiful landscape, it has a lagoon where guests can go rafting and fishing, two adult pools and two kiddie pools, function halls, restaurant and an amphitheater.
The more adventurous visitors can explore the resort’s seven caves.
The LMPC is also engaged in agricultural modernization, microfinance, youth development, environment protection, product marketing and promotion, and housing and outreach services.
Lomicon said some members were engaged in swine and goat raising, vermiculture, biogas production, dairy farm and organic farming, as well as recycling and managing of a 48-hectare timberland.
The LMPC now has nearly 44,000 regular, associate and youth members, and total assets of P427.8 million. It has 14 offices operating in different places in Cebu.
Plantation Bay
Plantation Bay Resort Cebu Info
Lying in 11.4 hectares of sequestered grounds yet just 30 minutes away from Cebu City, Plantation Bay offers one of the largest privately-owned waterways in the world, with the clean elegance of colonial-plantation architecture. Kept from life's pressures in the healing serenity of an environment that truly feels "away from it all." If you have experience life in a tropical plantation, you know what I mean. If yet to be, so come and discover a rejuvinating different Flavor of Life.
If you're traveling for a family vacation or romantic getaway, for business or pleasure, this is far and away your best choice in the Philippines.
Operational in late 1996, Plantation Bay has already had over half a million visitors from all parts of the earth. Almost all of them commonly agree that this is one of the best resorts they've been to. Versed travelers in particular will feel right at home at Plantation Bay. English is spoken throughout the resort; there are also Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and Spanish-speaking staff members.
Plantation Bay rooms are a full 46 square meters, pleasingly furnished with plantation-style furniture, oil paintings, and accessories; complete with remote-control TV, mini-bar, electronic safe, and split-package air-conditioning.
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And you'll simply adore the bathrooms - spacious, with coral stone and marble finishes, separate shower and deep tub, hair-dryer, and extension phone.
Incomparable cuisine. In the area of food, most resorts are just not reasonable. Plantation Bay believes good food is an important component of good hospitality, and work hard to provide guests a stimulating choice of international dishes at reasonable prices.
Safety and Security, Protection from Natural Disasters. Because of its unique geology and location in the inland Philippine Sea, completely surrounded by much larger islands, Cebu-Mactan is safer than most other resort areas in the world.
At Plantation Bay you are assured of a splendid, take-your-breath-away vista from almost every room.
The most-celebrated resort in the country is also the foremost Philippine spa. Plantation Bay's Mogambo Springs offers an ambience and treatment experience comparable to those of leading spas in Bali, Thailand, or California, at a fraction of the price.
A breathtakingly beautiful resort, recently listed as one of the top 25 resorts in Asia by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, is hidden away between clear blue bodies of water and tropical surroundings. The elegant guestrooms have classic and timeless designs and include mini bars, televisions, air-conditioning, and telephones. Enjoy Italian, international and Asian cuisine from the Plantation Bay Resort’s four restaurants. Of course there is long list of water sports to partake in like parasailing, jet skiing, and banana boat rides. For the restless tourists in need of additional activity on dry land, stop by the fitness center for a few hours. The travel desk and car rental services are available to make reaching scuba diving locations like Mogambo Springs and easy task. Currency exchange, medical services, and a multilingual staff are included for added convenience.
Sinulog Festival dance
HISTORY OF SINULOG
Sinulog is a dance ritual in honor of the miraculous image of the Sto. Nino. The dance moves two steps forward and one step backward to the sound of the drums. This resembles the current (Sulog) of what was then known as Cebu’s Pahina River. Thus, in Cebuano, they say it’s Sinulog.
Historical accounts say that before Portuguese navigator came to Cebu on April 7, 1521 to plant the cross on its shore and claim the country for the King of Spain, Sinulog was already danced by the natives in honor of their wooden idols and anitos. Then Magellan came and introduced Christianity. He gave the Sto. Nino (image of the Child Jesus) as baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, wife of Cubu’s Rajah Humabon who was later named Queen Juana. At that time, not only the rulers were baptized but also about 800 of their subjects. Unfortunately however, shortly after the conversation, Magellan went into reckless adventure by fighting the reigning ruler of Mactan, Rajah Lapu-lapu, with only a handful of men. He died in the encounter. That was last April 27, 1521.
During the 44 years between the coming of Magellan and Legaspi, the natives continued to dance the Sinulog. These time, however, they danced it no longer to worship their native idols but a sign of reverence to the Sto. Nino, which is now enshrined the San Agustin Church (renamed Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino).
Through the years since 1521, the dance was a small ritual danced by a few in front of wooden idols or before the Sto. Nino. In fact, at the Sto. Nino Church where the image is consecrated, only the candle vendors could be seen dancing the Sinulog and making offerings. During the Sto. Nino fiesta which falls on the third Sunday of January, children dressed in moro-moro costumes also dance the Sinulog. This was really no big event for Cebu City. Sinulog '81 was then organized. Practically all sectors in the Cebuano community got involved. To distinguish the festival from the popular Ati-atihan Festival in Aklan, the organizers decided to use the parade to depict the history of the Sinulog which, as had been said, is the dance which links the country’s pagan past and Christian present. Seven floats were created to depict seven different periods of history. Each floats were followed by dancers wearing costumes depicting the periods. They all danced the same beat the Sinulog parade started at 1:00 p.m. at the Cebu Pedro-Plaza Independencia area. And the show continued until the wee hours of the morning.
This made Sinulog the country’s biggest spectacle!
Sinulog (Sr.Sto Nino)
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The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival honors the child Jesus, known as the Santo Niño (Holy Child), patron of the city of Cebu. It is a dance ritual that commemorates the Cebuano people's pagan origin, and their acceptance of Christianity.
The festival features a street parade with participants in bright-colored costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs. Smaller versions of the festival are held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate, and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a "Sinulog sa Kabataan", performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the grand parade.
Recently, the festival has been promoted as a tourist attraction, with a contest featuring contingents from various parts of the country. The Sinulog Contest is usually held in the Cebu City Sports Complex.
Festival
The Sinulog celebration traditionally lasts for nine days, culminating on the final day with the Sinulog Grand Parade. The day before the parade, the Fluvial Procession is held at dawn with the Santo Niño carried on a pump boat from Mandaue City to Cebu City, decked with hundreds of flowers and candles. The procession ends at the Basilica where a re-enactment of the Christianizing of Cebu is performed. In the afternoon, a more solemn procession takes place along the major streets of the city, which last for hours due to large crowd participating in the event.
On the feast day at the Basilica, a Pontifical Mass is celebrated by the Cardinal with the assistance of several bishops of Cebu. Most devotees go to the Basilica to attend the mass before heading out to the streets to watch the parade
Background
The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is "like water current movement," which describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.
The Sinulog dance steps were believed to originate from Rajah Humabon's adviser, Baladhay. It was during Humabon's grief when Baladhay was driven sick. He then ordered his native tribe to bring Baladhay into a chapel where the Santo Niño was enthroned. Moments later, surprisingly, Baldhay was heard shouting, and was found dancing with outmost alertness. Baladhay was questioned as to whether why was he awake, and was shouting. Baladhay explained that he found a small child, pointing to the image of the Santo Niño, on top of him, and trying to wake him up. He, at great astonishment, scared the child away by shouting but couldn't explain why he was dancing the movements of the river. Up to this day, the two-steps forward, and the one-step backward movement dance is still used by the Santo Niño devotees believing that it was the Santo Niño's choice to have Baladhay dance what the holy child wants them to dance.
History
On April 7, 1521, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan arrived and planted the cross on the shores of Cebu, claiming the territory in the name of the King of Spain. He presented the image of the child Jesus, the Santo Niño, as baptismal gift to Hara Amihan, wife of Rajah Humabon. Hara Amihan was later named, Queen Juana in honor of Juana, mother of Carlos I. Along with the rulers of the island, some 800 natives were also baptized to the Christian faith. At the moment of receiving the image, it was said that Queen Juana danced with joy bearing the image of the child Jesus. With the other natives following her example, this moment was regarded as the first Sinulog.
This event is frequently used as basis for most Sinulog dances, which dramatize the coming of the Spaniards and the presentation of the Santo Niño to the Queen. A popular theme among Sinulog dances is Queen Juana holding the Santo Niño in her arms and using it to bless her people who are often afflicted by sickness caused by demons and other evil spirits.
