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Highly urbanized city in Central Visayas, Philippines
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Mandaue is a city in the Philippines, part of Metro Cebu. Mandaue is just north of Cebu City and, like that city, it is on Cebu Island. Just off the coast opposite Mandaue is Mactan Island with the city of Lapu-Lapu on it. From Mandaue two bridges lead to Lapu-Lapu and several good (if sometimes jammed) roads go to Cebu.
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City Plaza and library
Mandaue City Hall
Neo-Grecian style building built in 1947
Mactan–Mandaue Bridge
864 m long truss bridge across the Mactan Channel
1237 m long Cable-stayed bridge across Mactan Channel
CICC
Media center, large plenary hall, exhibition hall and several meeting rooms.
A variety of upside-down optical illusions located within the Park Mall.
Bakery.
Has rooms by the month.
Fan room with shared bathroom. Free Wi-Fi.
All rooms equipped with air-conditioner, LCD cable TV, IDD/NDD telephone, and mini-bar. Some of its facilities are restaurant and cafe, spa and massage services, airport transfer, and high-speed Internet access.
Need a membership card to do shopping.
Dry goods and mostly grocery items.
The main airport of the region is Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) in Lapu-Lapu, and the main port is in Cebu City. Mandaue is easily reached by bus, taxi or jeepney from either.
Read in the guideSee the Metro Cebu article for general information on getting around within the urban area that Mandaue is part of.
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Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City · International · CEB
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