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SHELTER PROPERTY REALTY is composed of dynamic and energetic Real Estate License Broker who have been in the industry for Eight strong years. It's office is located at Shelter Property unit 1, just beside another business owned by Shelter Property situated right in the heart of Banilad, A.S. Fortuna St., Mandaue City, Cebu.
Allow us to give you a brief background about CEBU.
CEBU is sometimes called the Queen City of the South. Historic Cebu was where the Portuguese Captain Ferdinand Magellan planted the Cross of Christianity in 1521.
Strategically lying at the center of the Visayas, Cebu has been a popular entry point among merchants through the centuries.
The last three decades saw the blossoming of Cebu into a booming tourist destination.
Touted as the ultimate playground, many leisure enclaves have risen throughout the province, taking full advantage of the enviable sun-and-sand-and-mountain location.
Arguably the country's diving center, scuba divers find Moalboal, Sogod, Pescador, Santa Rosa Islands and Boyong Boyong in Mactan as prime dive spots. World-class resorts fringe the islands, serving both divers and plain tourists alike. Modern shopping malls, fine dining restaurants and lively entertainment centers,includingg two casinos and sprawling golf fairways, add luster to Cebu's landscape, offering the tourist a surfeit of activities to engage in.
Other points of interest include: Magellan's Cross, Cebu's most significant landmark; Basilica Minore de Santo Nino, a courtly ancient church which houses the oldest religious image in the country; Fort San Perdro, formerly a Spanish Garrison and now a park-cum-museum; Taoist Temple in Beverly Hills, where people go for worship and fortune-telling; the mountain town of Busay, Cebu's flower basket; and the old town now a new City of Carcar, resplendent with antebellum architecture.
GEOGRAPHY
Located between 9°25' N & 11°30' N and between 123° 25' E & 124° 30'E in the center of the archipelago. Cebu is 365 miles south of Manila and can be reached in an hour through air travel.
The topography of Cebu is characterized by narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus, and coastal plains but with predominant rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island. Although Cebu's steep mountains reach over 1,000 meters, the island lacks substantial forest cover. In the towns of Bogo, San Remigio, Medellin and Daan Bantayan at the northern tip of the province, considerable flat tracts of land are found. Of the three biggest islands, Mactan and Bantayan are relatively flat while Camotes is hilly.
CLIMATE
Cebu's weather is relatively moderate, having no distinct wet and dry season, the perfect vacation spot for seasons. One can bask under the sunshine the whole year through since Cebu is blessed with a tropical climate with a generally fair temperature range of between 23 –33°C (73-91°F). Coolest temperature can be felt in January and warmest in May. Fortunately, being outside the earthquake and typhoon belt, Cebu is seldom visited by typhoons.
POPULATION
Per data gathered by the Statistics Office as of May 1, 2000, Cebu has a population of about 3,356,137 with the city proper accounting for 718,821. Being the second largest metropolitan area in the country after Manila, migrant workers from neighboring islands in Visayas contribute immensely to the working population.
DIALECT
Cebuano is the dialect in the province, which is also widely spoken in the Visayas and Mindanao. Tagalog and English are also spoken and understood even small children since its the second common dialect.
INDUSTRIES
Copper and dolomite mining, industrial parts assembly, food processing, footwear, handicraft, rattancraft, woodcraft, metalcraft, garments, shellcraft, ceramics, basketware, rattan and wicker furniture, cement, costume jewelry, giftware, fertilizer, stonecraft, food products and preserves, electronic devices, transistors and diodes, vehicle assembly, agricultural products.
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CITY TOUR
You may start your trip at Fort San Pedro, the first Spanish fort built on Philippine soil, which now houses the Philippine National Museum regional office. Currently on exhibit is a miniature replica of the San Diego, a 16th century 300-ton spanish galleon built in Cebu, which sunk 20 miles south of Manila de Bay on December 14, 1600 and was only recovered 5 years ago. The sunken galleon yielded one of the richest finds in history with vast amount of gold and silverware, ivories, stoneware, erthenware, porcelains and many other artifacts.
The recovered artifacts are now currently going the rounds in the world's major capitals. From Fort San Pedro, you may walk over to Magallanes (another name of Magellan) St., where you will find Magellan's cross and just across the street is the only Catholic Basilica in East Asia -- the Sto. Niño Basilica. It is the center of devotion and religious pilgrimage throughout the Visayas for it houses the original deity of the Sto. Niño or the infant Jesus. The deity was given by Magellan to Queen Juana, the wife of Cebu's King Jumabon.
You may proceed your walk towards Colon St., passing over the shadows of the old buildings along Osmeña Blvd. Colon St. is the oldest street in the Philippines and is now a subject of a major restoration effort by the Women's International League. A side trip at the famed Carbon Market is highly suggested. The Philippines being a tropical country, fruits in all shapes and flavors abound the year over and it is at Carbon Market where most of these fruits first land, so to speak, after being harvested from Cebu and neighboring islands. You may then proceed to view the city's different museums and a trek to the hilly Beverly Hills is suggested where the Taoist Temple rises to a commanding view of the city.
Another 2-3 hour route brings you to significant historical spots in Lapulapu City and Mactan. From the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge, turn right towards the market, plaza and Opon Church, the center of local commerce in Mactan Island. From there you may proceed towards Abuno, Mactan, where many of Cebu's famed guitar factories are located. You may continue East towards the resort areas for beachside fun and sightseeing and then end your trek northwest at the Lapu-lapu shrine at Punta Engaño, the spot where the Battle of Mactan took place.
OLANGO is no stranger to guests from faraway lands. Twice a year, tens of thousands of visitors flock to this small island to rest their flight-weary bodies. Venture out to this place in the winter or spring, and you'll be sure to meet up with these exotic creatures, basking in the gloriously bright sun or taking refuge in the balmy shade of mangrove stands: plovers and red shanks and egrets and sandpipers are just some of the winged visitors that can be seen here, stopping over on their flight from Siberia's harsh winter, or taking a breather before they continue their journey home.