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Scenic Drives: 5 Cebu Stopover Spots for Your Best Road Trip Experience in the Queen City
These Cebu stopovers will give you the best panoramic vistas.
By: Elizabeth Garde | September 11, 2023
Refresh from your long road trips at these stopover spots in Cebu!
Images: Purisima Mountain VIEW Facebook page (L); jhaymanalac / 10000 Roses Café & More Facebook page (R)
Road trips are a fun way to explore the beauty of any travel destination, and the Philippines has many of those places worthy of exploring—like the Queen City of the South! Cebu offers lots of majestic places to visit, from the cityscapes at night to the mountaintops by day. With its recent infrastructure developments like the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway or CCLEX, Cebu-Mactan Bridge and Coastal Road, and more projects to come, Cebu continues to upscale itself as anyone’s go-to travel destination at any season with many unique spots in Cebu to visit!
Road trips are ideal in a place like the Queen City of the South, and Cebu stopovers like these make the trip more fun!
1. Mak’s View Busay/Humba Heaven
Location: Sidlak Point, Transcentral Highway Tiguib Malubog Busay, Cebu City, Cebu
Operating Hours: 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM
This view is described in no other words, just breathtaking!
Images: Mak's View Busay Facebook page
You’ll believe heaven is a place on earth when you visit Mak’s View Busay, known to the locals as Humba Heaven. At this first Cebu stopover, you can experience the best of Cebu’s nature and mountain views, plus delicious eats to complement the beauty of the place. While watching the sunrise on the sunset, the cold, picturesque nature is a refreshing way to stretch and recharge for the long road trip ahead.
Just take a 15-minute ride from Lahug, Cebu City, and traverse the Transcentral Highway to get to this spot in Cebu. They serve all-day breakfast, coffee, rice, shakes, seafood, soup dishes, and their specialty, Humba! Their menu price ranges from PhP75 to PhP615.
2. 10,000 Roses Café
Location: Day-as Barangay Road, Cordova, Cebu
Operating Hours: 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM
If you are with a special someone, this café and garden is the perfect spot to take them!
Images: 10000 Roses Cafe & More (L); @jhaymanalac / 10000 Roses Café & More Facebook page (R)
Of course, who would ever forget the famous 10,000 Roses? This Cebu stopover and tourist destination has elevated to more than just an aesthetic garden of white roses and is now a go-to café for the Cebuanos and Cebu tourists! The 10,000 Roses Café is made out of the inspiration from South Korea’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a place brightly lit up at night. A thousand LED-powered white roses are this spot's most famous and best feature in Cebu, where guests can take pictures and unwind in the cool breeze. The best time to stop at one of the best tourist spots in Cebu is before sunset, up to nighttime when the roses are lit up! You can also see the stunning view of Cebu’s skyline and cityscape at night, a perfect scenario to end the road trip in a relaxing ambiance!
Their menu price ranges from PhP90 to PhP350.
3. Terrazas de Flores
Location: Cebu Transcentral Highway, Malubog, Cebu
Operating Hours: Daily, 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Whether indoors or outdoors, Terrazas de Flores always gives a beautiful vibe of nature.
Images: Terrazas de Flores Facebook page
Lovingly tucked right at the heart of Upland Cebu City is Terrazas de Flores Garden and Café, a place boasting a boost of nature relaxation and satisfying gastronomic eats. The view of nature at this Cebu stopover is unmatched, from its mountain views to the garden and floral sceneries. This is one of the best tourist spots in Cebu because you can visit it in any season, rain or shine. This garden café is located safely on the mountain, as the entire garden nestles on a bedrock, which makes it safe from landslides. The place is also bounded on both sides by creeks that serve as the area's natural drainage. You won’t have to worry about where to go for a stopover road trip in Cebu as this spot is located along Transcentral Highway, Cebu City.
4. Purisima Mountain View
Location: Panoypoy, Consolacion, Cebu
Operating Hours: 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Ready your phones and cameras when you visit here.
Images: Purisima Mountain VIEW Facebook page
Splurge on the unlimited mountain views while gobbling on flavorsome food at Purisima Mountain View, the best tourist spot in Cebu for cheap eats and breathtaking views! Their menu price ranges from PhP80 to PhP500.
This spot in Cebu is an affordable restaurant offering classic dishes and light snacks to delight your taste buds. This cozy mountain restaurant offers fantastic views and delicious food, overnight rooms, and function rooms. When you need a quick road trip stop along Consolacion, Cebu, Purisima Mountain View is the Cebu stopover that should be noticed!
5. Parilya
Location: Parilya, IL Corso, City di Mare, South Road Properties, Cebu City, Cebu
Operating Hours: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
The food, the place, and the warm welcome at Parilya will convince you to stop by.
Image: Parilya Facebook page
Cebu by the sea and delicious food in an aesthetic dining place is what you will experience at Parilya, located at IL Corso, City di Mare, Cebu City! Parilya serves appetizing starters or Abregana, soups or Higops, ceviche or Kinilaw, crispy specials or Crispy Gana, Parilya specials or pork and seafood dishes, main entrées or Sobragana, short orders or Ora-urada, combo meals with rice and atsara, grilled or Sinugba, set menus or Parilya Salu-Salo dishes, noodles or Pancit, in-between light snacks or Merienda Gana, refreshing drinks, sweet desserts, and of course, coffee!
These mouth-watering menu choices make Parilya a worthy Cebu stopover that makes you and your family enjoy the best of Cebu’s delicious eats and sea views at IL Corso Malls. Their menu price ranges from PhP100 to PhP1,695.
Road trips are more fun when you explore more of Cebu’s famous spots and hidden nature gems, like these Cebu stopovers and the best tourist spots in Cebu. Bring your car with your family and friends and explore the best things to do in Cebu.
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About Elizabeth Garde
Elizabeth took up Mass Communications because of her grown passion for writing. Since then, she finally planted the dream in her heart of becoming a news anchor. Other than spreading memes on social media and jams in her sandwiches, she believes that spreading kindness slowly changes the world. For now, she continues to work as a writer to buy coffee, stationery, food for her dogs, and to save money to travel the world or go to an Ariana Grande concert.
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