Before you leave home, you should make sure you have everything you need such as camera and passport and are appropriately dressed for the places you want to visit.

A good place to start a Cebu City tour is Casa Gorordo, a historical home in downtown Cebu. After Casa Gorordo,  pass through the pier area then head back to Fort San Pedro, the first site of Spanish/Western occupation in the Philippines. The fort also contains a museum with historical Spanish and Filipino artifacts.

From Fort San Pedro you can walk or ride to the Cebu City Hall. Near this spot are located the Magellan's cross, the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño (locally called Sto. Niño Basilica) and the Sto. Niño Basilica museum. The cross was originally planted by Ferdinand Magellan and is now encased in tindalo wood. The museum contains many Filipino historical artifacts.

After Sto. Niño, drive through the historic Carbon market area. Keep your cameras ready for the Kalesa's (horse drawn carriages). After the Carbon Market area, pass by Fuente Osmeña (the circle on Osmeña Boulevarde) and the Capitol building on your way to the Taoist Temple

The Taoist temple is located in Beverly Hills which is where some of the richest people in Cebu City live. To get the best view of the temple you start at the bottom however the temple has many steps. Special arrangements are in place for disabled guests wanting to visit the temple. You enter from a street at the top.

After the Taoist temple, proceed to Tops, which is a lookout overlooking Talisay City, Cebu City, Mandaue City, Mactan Island and more.

From Tops, proceed to the Waterfront Hotel in Lahug. The hotel contains two duty free shops (which is where you will need your passport if you want to make purchases), the US consulate and a casino which has a dress code. If you want to look inside the casino, you will need to wear long pants, shoes and a shirt with sleeves. Because it is usually hot while touring, you may want to wear shorts on the tour and carry long pants to change into.

After the Waterfront hotel, proceed through Mandaue City across the old bridge to Lapu-Lapu City where you can visit guitar factories. Some of the guitar factories show you how they make the guitars.  After the guitars, head off to the Lapu-Lapu monument. The Lapu-Lapu monument is situated at the site where Lapu-Lapu's warriors defeated the troops of Ferdinand Magellan in a battle in which the explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, was himself killed. You can see a depiction of the battle and a statue of Lapu-lapu.

Near the Lapu-Lapu monument are many shell vendors selling an assortment of shell souvenirs.

Cross over the new bridge on your way back home.

The tour should take about 8 hours with lunch.