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Top 15 City Tours in Cebu

18 tours  ·  from $38

Good city tours in Cebu fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.

Private Cebu & Lapu-Lapu City Tour with Uphill Spots & Lunch at House of Lechon - Fort San Pedro and the old city center
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Private Cebu & Lapu-Lapu City Tour with Uphill Spots & Lunch at House of Lechon

1.Private Cebu & Lapu-Lapu City Tour with Uphill Spots & Lunch at House of Lechon

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 168 reviews · from $75Our pick

Spend about nine hours touring Cebu and Lapu-Lapu in a private vehicle, from Magellan’s Cross and Fort San Pedro to Tops Lookout, Sirao Flower Garden, Mactan Island, and a lechon lunch at House of Lechon. Your included driver handles the roads and photos. Add a DOT-accredited guide for P2,500 if you want detailed commentary at each stop.

“I had so wonderful experience he was good driver love have him agaoam. Al was goo had fun and safe I input my day and my gily. Too we had him gay. Ynsmld to tag”

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Cebu Group Tour: Best Cebu City Tour - Taoist Temple: Cebu’s Chinese Filipino connection
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Cebu Group Tour: Best Cebu City Tour

2.Cebu Group Tour: Best Cebu City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 63 reviews · from $76

Spend about 10 hours exploring Cebu City and its hilltop sights in an air-conditioned shared vehicle. Visit Sirao Pictorial Garden, the Taoist Temple, Temple of Leah, Cebu Heritage Monument, Magellan’s Cross, and Santo Niño Basilica. Guides such as Cyrus, Vicky, and Psyche are praised for history and friendly service, but traffic can consume much of the day.

“My partner and I enjoyed everything about this tour. Cyrus was so friendly and knowledgeable about the history of Cebu. We’re so glad we didn’t go see these attractions by ourselves because there’s so much history behind the sites we wouldn’t have learned about!”

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CEBU: Cebu City Heritage and Uphill Guided Tour - Magellan’s Cross and the Basilica of Santo Niño
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CEBU: Cebu City Heritage and Uphill Guided Tour

3.Cebu City Heritage and Uphill Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 31 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $61

This 4 to 5 hour Cebu tour combines Magellan’s Cross, Santo Niño Basilica, Fort San Pedro, heritage homes, Taoist Temple, Temple of Leah, and Sirao Flower Farm. English-speaking guides such as Oliver and Ric lead the day, with air-conditioned transport, entrance fees, bottled water, and a souvenir included.

“Amazing! Loved the guide and the places where we been. Super professional and very very friendly”

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Cebu: City Highlights with Sirao Flower Garden Visit - Sirao Flower Garden and the uphill start
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Cebu: City Highlights with Sirao Flower Garden Visit

4.City Highlights with Sirao Flower Garden Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 30 reviews · 8 - 10 hours · from $51

Spend a full day touring Cebu City by van, from Sirao Flower Garden and Temple of Leah in the hills to Magellan’s Cross, the Taoist Temple, and 10,000 Roses Cafe. Your driver serves as guide, with hotel pickup in Cebu City, entry fees, and drop-off at SM City Cebu included. Shared vans hold up to 12 people.

“The whole tour was beautiful and the views throughout were breathtaking ☺️”

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Half-Day Cebu City Tour - Fort San Pedro: the most solid history stop
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Half-Day Cebu City Tour

5.Half-Day Cebu City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · from $75

See Magellan’s Cross, Fort San Pedro, Santo Niño Basilica, the Taoist Temple, Yap Sandiego Ancestral House, and a Cebu history monument in about four hours. Your private group of two to eight rides in an air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup and drop-off. Guides such as Annabel, Peter, Liz, and Febie are known for clear history talks and helpful photos.

“I had a great time learning about Cebu from Annabelle and Julius. They were both amazing and friendly. Annabelle knew everything about her beautiful City and I would recommend this tour to anyone who wants to learn about Cebu but not spend the entire day doing so. Thank you so Much Annabelle and Julius. you were amazing. R”

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Mactan and Cebu Twin City Tour with Lunch - A quieter look inside the Yap Ancestral House
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Mactan and Cebu Twin City Tour with Lunch

6.Mactan and Cebu Twin City Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 24 reviews · 7 hours · from $116

Spend seven hours tracing Cebu’s Spanish-era sights and local traditions, then cross to Mactan for the Lapu-Lapu shrine and a guitar factory. Pickup is included from Cebu City hotels, with a private group, English or Japanese guide, and lunch when selected. Guides such as Belle and Liz are praised for clear history stories.

“Liz was a lovely and knowledgeable guide. The driver was nice as well. I recommend this tour as they’re quite flexible and accommodating”

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BEST OF CEBU: Cebu City Heritage with Uphill Tour | Joiners - Fort San Pedro and the first Spanish chapter
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BEST OF CEBU: Cebu City Heritage with Uphill Tour | Joiners

7.BEST OF CEBU: Cebu City Heritage with Uphill Tour | Joiners

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · from $63

Spend four to five hours touring Cebu City’s historic center and hilltop sights in an air-conditioned vehicle. Visit Fort San Pedro, Magellan’s Cross, the Santo Niño Basilica, Taoist Temple, Sirao Flower Garden, and Temple of Leah. Guides such as Rix, Tyler, and Olivier add history, humor, and flexible help along the way.

“It was very informative. I had my history incorrect all this time about Cebu until my guide cleared it up for me. I got time to relax in the van while we went up the hill. Cebu was still recovering from the typhoons and construction/repairs were bRead more”

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Cebu: City Sightseeing Group Tour - Sirao Garden: Cebu’s highland photo stop
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Cebu: City Sightseeing Group Tour

8.City Sightseeing Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 15 reviews · 8 hours · from $47

Spend eight hours exploring Cebu City and its highland sights by air-conditioned van, with pickup in Cebu City, Mandaue, and selected Lapu-Lapu areas. You’ll visit Sirao Garden, TOPS Cebu, Temple of Leah, the Taoist Temple, historic churches and monuments, Taboan Public Market, and CCLEX. An English-speaking guide or driver leads the day.

“Update descriptions. Was expecting to be dropped off at the same spot they picked us up but end of tour was surprise that drop off is not on agreement. Me and wife had to walk 30min in area that we dont know/plus all the traffic on busy streets of cebu The ad owner sub contracts the tour to other companies. What posted on the GYG is 2x the actual price when going straight to actual local agencies.”

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Cebu City Tour - The Heritage of Cebu Monument in five minutes
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Cebu City Tour

9.Cebu City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · from $38Best value

See Cebu City’s Taoist Temple, Heritage of Cebu Monument, Yap Sandiego Ancestral House, Magellan’s Cross, and Santo Niño Basilica in about three hours. A private vehicle handles the city traffic, with hotel pickup and drop-off included. You may book a coordinator or upgrade to a Department of Tourism certified guide. Guides have included Vernie, Angelica, Chen, and Josh.

“Angelica was excellent & brought to tour to life with her excellent commentary about the various sites we visited. Well worth the extra to have a DoT guide than simply a driver.”

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Cebu: Private Twin City Tour +Temple of Leah + Sirao Flower Farm - Pasalubong shopping with a local purpose
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Cebu: Private Twin City Tour +Temple of Leah + Sirao Flower Farm

10.Private Twin City Tour +Temple of Leah + Sirao Flower Farm

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $153

You’ll tour Cebu and Mactan in a private vehicle with hotel or port pickup, visiting Temple of Leah, Sirao Flower Farm, Magellan’s Cross, Santo Niño Basilica, Fort San Pedro, Museo Sugbo, and more. Guides such as Rio and Rico are known for friendly, informative service. Lunch is included, with Cebu Ocean Park available as an upgrade.

“We made 8 stops, (I had to request to add the Taoist temple). We only had a tour guide for the first two locations (guitar factory and Mactan shrine). I would have liked a guide for some of these other locations, as they were not listed on the itiRead more”

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Cebu City Tour (Private Tour) - Temple of Leah and the city from above
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Cebu City Tour (Private Tour)

11.Cebu City Tour (Private Tour)

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 9 reviews · 9 hours · from $72

You’ll spend nine hours with an English-speaking driver-guide, private air-conditioned transport, and hotel pickup in Cebu City proper. The route joins old Cebu sights such as Magellan’s Cross, Fort San Pedro, and Santo Niño Church with hillside stops at Sirao Garden, Temple of Leah, and the Taoist Temple. Lunch and shopping purchases cost extra.

“À fuir, j’avais mon tours avec eux le début était prévu pour 08h00am. Je reçois un message du guide à 08h00 en disant que son arrivé allait être 09h30. Entre temps j’ai contacté l’agence que soit disant à trouver un nouveau guide et qu’il était en chemin, alors que rien du tout c’était le même guide et il n’est pas arrivé avant 09h20.”

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3-Hour Small Group Cebu City Tour - The Taoist Temple above the city
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3-Hour Small Group Cebu City Tour

12.3-Hour Small Group Cebu City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 8 reviews · from $38

Explore Cebu City in a group of up to 12 with a tour coordinator, air-conditioned transport, and central pickup. You’ll visit Magellan’s Cross, Santo Niño Basilica, the Taoist Temple, Yap-Sandiego Ancestral House, Colon Street, the Heritage of Cebu Monument, and Fuente Osmeña Circle. Guide Chen is also praised for taking photos.

“Excellent. .only short hours but covered all of it..CHEN is very polite and an excellent guide..plus photographer too..”

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Private 5-Hour Cebu City Tour with Lunch - Cebu Taoist Temple and the city’s Chinese Filipino side
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Private 5-Hour Cebu City Tour with Lunch

13.Private 5-Hour Cebu City Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 7 reviews · from $91

Spend five hours with a private guide exploring Cebu City’s Taoist Temple, Basilica del Santo Niño, Magellan’s Cross, Fort San Pedro, and Casa Gorordo Museum. The tour includes hotel pickup within Cebu City, admission fees, lunch, and transport for groups of up to six. Guide quality can vary, so ask for a fully guided visit.

“The guide was very good..The way he told the history of the phillipines was really interesting. Also good lunch.”

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Best Seller Cebu City Group Tour - Temple of Leah and a story written in stone
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Best Seller Cebu City Group Tour

14.Best Seller Cebu City Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 6 reviews · 8 hours · from $53

Join Blu Range Cebu Tours for an eight-hour English-language visit to Sirao Garden, Temple of Leah, Taoist Temple, Magellan’s Cross, Heritage Park, and Santo Niño Basilica. Guide Cyrus has brought Cebu’s Chinese, Malay, Spanish, and American influences to life for past groups. Expect shared transport, moderate walking, and up to 11 people.

“The meeting point could not be accessed on several phones , three were local taxi drivers, so we actually missed the tour”

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Cebu City Tour (Private Tour) - Temple of Leah and the city from above
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Cebu City Tour: Private Tour

15.Cebu City Tour: Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 5 reviews · 8 hours

You’ll tour Cebu City in a private, air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver, visiting Magellan’s Cross, Santo Niño Church, Fort San Pedro, mountain viewpoints, Taoist Temple, Taboan Market, and more. Pickup time is adjustable, and guide Rey has received praise for his service.

“Was great to see everything in one day, guide Rey was excellent , highlight being lunch at La Parisienne up in the mountains where views were amazing”

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