Region · Philippines
Where to stay in Central Visayas
This guide covers 36 destinations in Central Visayas, a first-level administrative division of Philippines, with 389 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu and Mactan. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB).
- Destinations in this guide
- 36
- Places to stay
- 389
- Main airport
- CEBMactan Cebu International Airport
- Currency
- PHPPhilippine peso
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
Destinations
Destinations in Central Visayas
Every destination in this guide in Central Visayas, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cebu City | 965,332 | 85 | CEB · 9 km |
| Dauis | 53,864 | 85 | TAG · 12 km |
| Mandaue | 364,482 | 51 | CEB · 6 km |
| Dumanjug | 59,954 | 37 | CEB · 62 km |
| Mactan | 467,824 | 33 | CEB · 2 km |
| Tagbilaran | 106,120 | 27 | TAG · 12 km |
| Bantayan | 87,394 | 13 | BCD · 91 km |
| Daanbantayan | 95,080 | 11 | CEB · 105 km |
| San Francisco | 61,092 | 9 | CEB · 55 km |
| Lapu-Lapu | 497,813 | 8 | CEB · 3 km |
| Cordova | 72,915 | 7 | CEB · 7 km |
| Dalaguete | 75,937 | 6 | TAG · 33 km |
| Talisay | 263,832 | 4 | CEB · 17 km |
| Argao | 78,111 | 2 | TAG · 39 km |
| Asturias | 54,777 | 2 | CEB · 41 km |
| Carmen | 50,249 | 2 | TAG · 54 km |
| Minglanilla | 155,934 | 1 | CEB · 21 km |
| Carcar | 140,308 | 1 | CEB · 44 km |
| Naga | 138,727 | 1 | CEB · 27 km |
| Balamban | 98,170 | 1 | CEB · 28 km |
| San Remigio | 67,850 | 1 | CEB · 77 km |
| Carmen | 60,230 | 1 | CEB · 31 km |
| Compostela | 58,178 | 1 | CEB · 18 km |
| Toledo | 206,692 | CEB · 37 km | |
| Danao | 161,307 | CEB · 25 km | |
| Liloan | 158,387 | CEB · 12 km | |
| Consolacion | 153,931 | CEB · 11 km | |
| Bogo | 90,187 | CEB · 79 km | |
| Barili | 82,427 | CEB · 53 km | |
| Ubay | 82,179 | CEB · 61 km | |
| Pinamungajan | 76,568 | CEB · 44 km | |
| San Fernando | 76,110 | CEB · 35 km | |
| Talibon | 71,450 | CEB · 42 km | |
| Tuburan | 68,307 | CEB · 50 km | |
| Medellin | 62,163 | CEB · 91 km | |
| Sibonga | 54,610 | CEB · 55 km |
Where to stay
Places to stay in Central Visayas
1 place to stay in Central Visayas from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where |
|---|---|
| Toyoko Inn Cebu hotel | Mandaue |
Where to stay
More hotels in Central Visayas
388 hotels in Central Visayas recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino | Mandaue | 1998 |
| GV Tower Hotel | Cebu City | |
| Maxwell Hotel Cebu | Cebu City | |
| Nustar Resort and Casino | Cebu City | 2022 |
| Shangri-La Mactan, Cebu | Mactan | 1993 |
| Tambuli Seaside Resort and Spa | Mactan | |
| The Marco Polo Plaza Cebu | Mandaue | |
| 18 Suites | Mandaue | |
| 717 Cesar Place Hotel | Tagbilaran | |
| ABC Hotel Cebu | Cebu City | |
| Acacia Sunset Village Inn | Dauis | |
| Adams View Hotel | Dumanjug | |
| Adrianas Place Backpackers Resort | Dauis | |
| AJ Residences Apartelle Camotes | San Francisco | |
| Alba Uno Hotel | Mandaue | |
| Alicia Residences | Mandaue | |
| Allegria Dream Resort | Dumanjug | |
| Allure Hotel & Suites | Mandaue | |
| Alona Grove Tourist Inn | Dauis | |
| Alona Hidden Dream Resort and Restaurant | Dauis | |
| Alona KatChaJo Inn | Dauis | |
| Alona Northland Resort | Dauis | |
| Alona Pawikan Resort | Dauis | |
| Alona Swiss Resort | Dauis | |
| Alona Vida Beach Resort | Dauis | |
| Alona42 Resort | Dauis | |
| Alpa City Suites Hotel | Mandaue | |
| Alta Cebu Resort | Cordova | |
| Amarela Resort | Dauis | |
| Amaris Bed and Breakfast Cebu | Lapu-Lapu |
When to go
Best time to visit Central Visayas
From the climate of 36 destinations in Central Visayas with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 36 | 30 °C | 115 mm |
| February | 0 of 36 | 30 °C | 77 mm |
| March | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 63 mm |
| April | 0 of 36 | 33 °C | 68 mm |
| May | 0 of 36 | 33 °C | 123 mm |
| June | 0 of 36 | 32 °C | 238 mm |
| July | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 242 mm |
| August | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 216 mm |
| September | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 224 mm |
| October | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 229 mm |
| November | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 190 mm |
| December | 0 of 36 | 31 °C | 164 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Central Visayas
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Central Visayas name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CEB · Mactan Cebu International Airport
TAG · Bohol-Panglao International Airport
BCD · Bacolod-Silay International Airport
DGT · Sibulan Airport
TAC · Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport
CGM · Camiguin Airport
CYP · Calbayog Airport
RXS · Roxas Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Central Visayas, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Philippines
Nearby
Regions near Central Visayas
Other regions of Philippines with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.