Which one to choose in Cebu City
Two churches in Cebu City. Basilica del Santo Nino has no online ticket listed; Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral has no online ticket listed. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Cebu City, Philippines
Entry is free. The museum in the convent beside the church charges a token sum and holds vestments, images and the history of the Augustinian mission; it is worth the twenty minutes. Guided tours of Cebu include the basilica and cost several times that, usually adding Magellan's Cross in its small pavilion across the road and Fort San Pedro. Candle vendors and prayer women work the courtyard and offer a ritual dance for a few pesos.
Cebu City, Philippines
The cathedral sits in the old centre of Cebu City, a few minutes from the cross that marks the landing of the Spanish in 1521 and from the basilica that holds the island's most venerated image. Those three are always seen together and entry to all of them is free. Heritage walking tours cover the group along with the Chinese temple district and the fort, and they are cheap and genuinely informative; traffic makes a guided vehicle tour the more comfortable option in the heat.
| Basilica del Santo Nino | Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Basilica | Cathedral |
| Opened | 1739 | — |
| Tickets and tours on GetYourGuide | none listed | none listed |
| Official website | yes | — |