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Take a Historical Day Tour of Cebu

Cebu, being the oldest town in the Philippines, holds vital links to the country’s history.  The Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, commissioned by the Spanish government to spread Christianity in Asia, stirred what was once a sleepy fishing village.  It was April 21, 1521 when the first Filipinos were baptized into Roman Catholicism, headed by the [...]