Shopping in Cebu, Philippines !!!

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This time will tell you about Cebu city. No not about the City already posts on that, this time will tell you about a routine when visiting places such as shopping, This time was making a trip with time to Cebu, and had time for some shopping. Therefore, here is my take on shopping in Cebu, Philippines!!!Hope you enjoy the post as I

I flew to Cebu, really my center base there and of course did went into the shopping malls including the best me think ,the SM city mall , great shopping and food here The SM City Cebu shopping mall is the 7th largest shopping mall in the Philippines. It has a land area of 11.8 hectares and a gross floor area of 268,611 m2 (2,891,300 sq ft). The mall opened in November 1993. SM City Cebu is a seven-level complex namely lower ground floor, upper ground floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor, fifth floor, and roof deck featuring a total of eight cinemas with seven regular cinemas and one IMAX theater with a total seating capacity of 5,812, a food court, a fully computerized bowling center, 8,000-square meter amusement center, and a 2,000-square meter trade hall. This is one huge one stop mall folks!

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The SM shopping mall in Cebu :  https://www.smsupermalls.com/mall-directory/sm-city-cebu/information/

And yet another one in Mandaue City , just over from Cebu. It was the J Centre , now part of SM malls since January 31, 2023, the new name, SM City J Mall, It was the newest mall there and tried by yours truly first! It is located at 165 A.S. Fortuna Street, Bakilid, Mandaue City. One of the few malls in the area that has a movie theater and sm supetmarket. It opened on November 11, 2011, along with several of its anchor stores. It has over 200 boutique stores and restaurants that provide ample options for the avid shopper and meticulous diner. One of its anchor stores is SM Hypermart, which is a business entity operating under the SM Group of Companies brand as seeing above.  A pleasant experience indeed plenty of choices.No web yet but here is a site on malls in the Philippines on the old J Centre Mall: https://mallphilippines.com/j-centre-mall-cebu/

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One briefly passed by but not entered was the Ayala Center Cebu a large shopping mall owned by Ayala Malls at the Cebu Business Park in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first Ayala mall located outside of Metro Manila. It opened in November 1994, The mall also added over 200 stores in its four-level retail expansion and a condominium called Park Point Residences In 2015, a new office building, called Ayala Center Cebu Tower, was opened on top of the west entrance of the mall. It accommodates business process outsourcing (BPO) offices, and its podium is andchored by a three-level store of fashion retailer, H&M. In 2016, another condominium in the complex, named The Alcoves, was launched. It was built at the original main entrance of the mall. Ayala Center Cebu will undergo a major re-development in the first quarter of 2024, set to be completed in 2026. Part of the three-year re-development project is to renovate the mall’s interior, enhance the mall’s common areas, parks and garden, elevate entertainment and dining facilities, strengthen merchant mix with flagship stores, more first-in-Cebu and exclusive concept stores

The official Ayala mall Cebu : https://www.ayalamalls.com/main/malls/ayala-center-cebu

Another one was briefly the Parkmall, one of the newest ones there. The Parkmall opened its doors in 2008, located in the heart of Mandaue City, a next door city to Cebu. The parkmall has a two-level mall at its centerpiece a sprawling property of lush, landscaped parks.  Along the facade of the mall is the longest stretch of outdoor dining in Cebu. Parkmall’s wide variety of cuisines from around the world nestled right beside the gardens makes it Cebu’s al fresco dining destination.

The official Parkmall Cebu : https://parkmallcebu.com/

The tourist office of the Philippines on Cebu:  https://philippines.travel/destinations/cebu

The Cebu City tourist office : https://cebucitytourism.org/

There you go folks, a wonderful spot and I am always looking to be back, eventually. Something to think about and come back, many nice memories here and friends still in touch. Again, hope you enjoy this post on shopping in Cebu, Philippines as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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