MACTAN BEACH IN CEBU

Mactan Island is just a small island nearby Cebu but it is not been deprived of beauty and natural resources. There are lots of tourist spots and the island is known for its beautiful beaches. Best beaches with nice view and white sands are often visited by the foreigners from around the world and even locals.

Some of its popular resorts are:

Cebu White Sands Resort

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The resort has a white sand beach front, two outdoor swimming pools, aqua sports and recreation facilities, two restaurants, and other facilities and amenities.

Maribago Bluewater Resort

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Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort offers the best of Cebu for those who seek the ideal balance of creature comforts and nature's wonders. The Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort is located just 15 minutes away from the Mactan Cebu International Airport. All the diverse pleasures of island living are at your doorstep, scuba diving, snorkeling, beach combing, swimming or just simply lazing under the tropical sun.

Plantation Bay Mactan

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The resort is 11.4 hectares.  Plantation Bay has 2.3 hectares of saltwater man-made lagoons that are surrounded by their villas. So aside from the beach, the multiple lagoons and swimming pools will just blow you away.

Shangri-la Mactan Island Resort

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Shangri-La's Mactan Resort And Spa gives its guests the ultimate tropical paradise vacation experience. Located in Cebu, this idyllic resort with its beautiful private beach offers an exciting range of recreation activities and superb cuisine. Every guestroom blends tropical decor with modern amenities and private balconies provide panoramic views of the Visayan Sea and outlying islands, making it a perfect getaway for fun and relaxation.

Hadsan Beach Resort

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The quaint Hadsan Cove Beach Resort is considered the most affordable among the major beach resorts in the Mactan/Lapu-Lapu area.  one can avail of scuba diving lessons or dive tours. Dive tours allow guests to explore Mactan Island and its neighboring islands. There are also motorized outrigger boats and jet skis available for rent.

Tambuli Beach Resort

Tambuli Beach Resort has a small white sand shoreline and several swimming pools for adults and children.  Guests in Tambuli Beach Resort West can also use the beach and pool facilities of two other adjacent sister resorts, Tambuli Beach Resort East and Cebu Beach Club. The three resorts are interconnected and accessible by short walk. 

PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO

Puerto Galera is a soothing vision of shimmering seas surrounded by lush mountains. It is considered one of the most beautiful and developed beach resort community in the country.

Starting from "backyard tourism" wherein local residents accept local and foreign tourist as stay-in guest, the island’s tourism has flourished. In the course of time, several hotels, resorts, inns and restaurants have mushroomed within the area.

There are a thousand things one can do here. Landlubbers can pitch tents, light bonfires, play volleyball, toss a Frisbee, go beach-hopping, watch the sunset, gaze at the stars, hike, go rock climbing, carom off on a motorcycle, discover Oriental Mindoro’s other tourist spots or simply live it up.

But water is certainly the main attraction of the island. Crystal clear and shimmering especially during the hot summer months, the sea framing Puerto Galera is ideal for swimming, sailing, surfing, snorkeling and scuba diving. In fact one doesn’t have to go by boat to get to a dive site. Within a kilometer from the coast, schools of Moorish idols, trumpet fish, frog fish, lion fish and leaf fish weave in and out of thriving corals and sea anemones while species of starfish – from the speckled red-and-white to the neon-blue Pacific – rest on the sandy floor.

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Gradually sloping beaches – with the terrain ranging from powder white sand to grainy dark sand to smooth stones to rough coral rubble – comprise a large chunk of the island’s 25 thousand hectares. And while the Department of Tourism’s last count pegs the number of resorts at 115, pockets of isolated and virtually resortless coves and beaches are tucked between massive rock formations.

Outside of minor glitches, Puerto Galera is a tropical paradise that is both rustic and thriving. By day it echoes with the soft breeze and the pounding waves. At night, it comes to life with heady laughter and the clink of wine and glasses, only to segue once again to the barest whisper of the elements.

Source: puertogalera.org