Cebu

Choice of Honeymooners

Plantation Bay Resort

The Plantation Bay Resort is about 30 minutes away from the city center, making it ideal for holidaymakers wanting a weekend or short break. Its 11.4 hectares of seawater lagoons and fresh water pools make it popular for families with kids. It’s also known for its spa, Mogambo Springs. Designed like a Japanese village with its own water falls and a rejuvenating hot spring Mogambo completes the illusion of a complete getaway. Plantation Bay is the only Filipino resort included in the Conde Nast Traveller’s Reader’s Choice Award Gold List for 2009 for one of the best places to stay in Asia. Rooms rates start at $200++ on peak season, $150++ on off-peak, with breakfast for two.

Location: Marigondon, Mactan Island Tel: +6332/3405900,+632/8445024 to 25 Email: rsvns@plantationbay.com URL: www.plantationbay.com Seen at Plantation Bay: Korina Sanchez, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo

The resort of choice of honeymooners, celebrities and politicians, like Manny Pacquiao and the ASEAN heads of state, is the 547-room five-star Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa, which has the longest stretch of beach on the island at 350m, multi-level pools, the famous Chi Spa Village, and service you’ll remember long after your stay. It’s hats off to the concierge here. When we asked for a box to pack a couple dozen packs of Shamrock Otap biscuits, danggit dried fish, and 7D mangorind candies from the 7D factory, the concierge sent three different sized boxes to the room for us to choose from. The concierge also made sure the lechon or roast suckling pig we ordered, which arrived just in time for us to catch the shuttle bus, was appropriately packed and tagged. Rico’s Lechon, reportedly “Cebu’s best,” sells lechon at P2,500-P5,000. It’s on Hiway 77, Talamban, Cebu. Call +63917/ 407 2033 or +6332/ 344 0119 or email ricoslechon@yahoo.com to order. Rates at Shangri-La start at P13,500/night.

Location: Punta Engaño Road, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Tel: +6332/ 231 0288 • Fax: +6332/2311688 Email: mac@shangri-la.com URL: www.shangri-la.com

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