15 History Tours in Cebu Worth Clearing a Day For

1.The Original Cebu City Historical and Food Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 81 reviews · from $69Our pick

Explore Cebu City’s historic core, ride a jeepney, taste local street food, and visit ancestral homes, churches, markets, and Magellan’s Cross.

“Phillip is a very knowledgeable and kind tour guide. I learned so much about the history and enjoyed visiting the local restaurants. The food was amazing. As a solo female traveler female traveler I felt very safe and highly recommended this tour. Don’t me afraid to ask for Phillip as your guide, he’s awesome!”

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2.Exploring Cebu City’s rich history and Uphill Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 68 reviews · 8 hours · from $75

Explore Cebu’s historic churches, Spanish fort, hilltop views, Taoist Temple, and more on a private eight-hour city tour.

“What a fantastic trip! This tour hits all of the good spots! Joey, our driver, was fantastic and had a great sense of humor. His driving was very considerate and safe. overall, it was a perfect way to spend a day sightseeing.”

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3.Cebu City Heritage and Uphill Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 31 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $61

Explore Cebu City’s historic core, hilltop temples, flower farm, and sweeping views on a guided half-day tour with transport.

“Amazing! Loved the guide and the places where we been. Super professional and very very friendly”

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4.Historical Street and Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 31 reviews · 3 hours · from $90

Explore Cebu City’s oldest streets, taste balut, visit 16th-century churches, and see Magellan’s Cross on a small-group food tour.

“This tour was so awesome! We loved it. Our guide was amazing and had excellent English and great energy. We experienced riding in the local buses, awesome authentic street foods and historical sites and historical explanations in an exciting 3 hours. We couldn’t recommend enough.”

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5.Cebu Historic and Views Tour Pickup Dropoff and Lunch (private)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 26 reviews · from $85Top rated

Review of Cebu’s private historic and highland tour, with Sto. Niño, museums, temples, Sirao Gardens, lunch, pickup, and practical tips.

“I'm not always a huge fan of city tours, but this one was definitely worth it. It was incredibly educational and fun. The places we went to in the Itinerary were all worth it.”

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6.BEST OF CEBU: Cebu City Heritage with Uphill Tour | Joiners

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · from $63

Review of Cebu’s 4 to 5-hour heritage and hill tour, with temples, historic sights, gardens, views, pricing, guides, and practical tips.

“Nice varied tour along a large number of highlights of Cebu. I liked the views from the mountains towards the city and other mountains the most. The gardens with the Amsterdam windmill are TOO touristy and look a bit outdated The guide Olivier is not only a happy egg but also talkative and a pretty good singer.Auto-translated”

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7.Cebu Steet food, historical and mountain tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $110

Review of Cebu’s private history, religion, mountain, and garden tour, with Magellan’s Cross, Temple of Leah, Tops Lookout, and hotel pickup.

“We had Leila as our tour guide and Brian as our driver. They both were fantastic and went above and beyond to accommodate us. We loved the itinerary and were able to have an extra stop at the Cathedral. Would highly recommend Read more”

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8.Historical, Local Cuisine & Mountain Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 12 reviews · 4 hours · from $81

Review of Cebu’s four-hour history, food, and mountain tour, with Fort San Pedro, Taoist Temple, Sirao Garden, lunch, price, and practical tips.

“Our tour guide was the actual driver. The guide became the driver… I don’t know what happened there why they switch places… The driver/tour guide admitted that he doesn’t know the history of the places we visited. We walk around & he just folllowed us… It’s unfair for him while the real guide sits on the van the entire tour. 😌”

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9.Food, Historical and Mountain Tour in Cebu City

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · from $80

Review of Cebu’s private food, history, and mountain tour, including museums, churches, Taoist Temple, Sirao Garden, lunch, price, and practical tips.

“Very attentive tour guide & explained all the areas we went that gave us ideas of what Cebu has to offer. It’s our first time in Cebu & this tour was perfect to see Cebu City, learn about the rich history, the past & present & gives you feeling that you need to come back to see more of this beautiful island. Highly recommended tour for first timer visitors.”

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10.Exploring Cebu City’s rich history and Uphill Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · from $75

Review of Cebu’s 8-hour private city and uphill tour, covering historic sites, Taoist Temple, Sirao Garden, transport, value, and practical tips.

“What a great tour and lady to show me around! Highly recommend it. Kid friendly. Worth the time. Love the garden!”

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11.CEBU #1: Cebu City Heritage Tour w Hillyland Ecotour Combi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5 hours · from $60Best value

Review of Cebu’s five-hour Temple of Leah and Sirao Flower Garden tour, with practical tips on views, guides, transport, timing, and value.

“Very good! Ricks, our guide was very knowledgeable and passionate about sharing his knowledge of the places and history, Perhaps a good guide on how long each stop would be would help to manage the time. Guide tried to set it but it for some sites it seemed to long and some, it seemed short. Perhaps this can be planned out better to manage the time better specially for those who need to be back with the time indicated for the tour. Otherwise, the tour was good!”

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12.Heritage Half-Day Tour: Explore Historic Landmarks

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 3 reviews · 1 day · from $74

Explore Cebu’s colonial and Catholic landmarks, from Magellan’s Cross to Fort San Pedro, on a private half-day tour with hotel pickup.

“Good morning tour. Pick up on time and covered all the sites. Parked close to each. Covered early history. If Magellan had of sailed under PNG, he maybe would have discovered Australia 100 years before Dutch and 200 years before British. We could have been speaking Spanish. Would recommend.”

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13.Twin City Experience City Heritage & Mountain Escapes

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 1 day · from $87

See Mactan’s history, Cebu heritage, handmade guitars, CCLEX, mountain temples, and Sirao Garden on one full-day private tour.

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14.Cebu Simala and city historical tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $130

Review of Cebu’s 9-hour Simala Shrine and city tour, with historic churches, Fort San Pedro, Magellan’s Cross, and 10,000 Roses.

“The elegance of the shrine. Architecture of building very functional. Should be considered as one of the tourist must visit in Cebu.”

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15.Whale Shark Watching & Heritage Tour with Dive Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1 reviews · 1 day · from $72

Swim with Oslob whale sharks, visit Tumalog Falls and Cebu heritage sites on a private full-day tour with an optional scuba upgrade.

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