Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro (CDO), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is a highly urbanized city in the Northern Mindanao region of the Philippines.
Cagayan de Oro (CDO), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is a highly urbanized city in the Northern Mindanao region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 741,617 people, making it the 10th most populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Northern Mindanao.
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Worth seeing in and around Cagayan de Oro
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
The Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro is a Latin Catholic archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. It is a metropolitan see on the island of Mindanao, which comprises the civil provinces of Misamis Oriental and Camiguin, as well as the municipality of Malitbog, Bukidnon.
1.1 km · archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 02Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral
Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, is the ecclesiastical seat of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
1.1 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines · Wikipedia - 03SM CDO Downtown Premier
SM CDO Downtown, formerly known as SM CDO Downtown Premier and sometimes called by locals as SM Downtown, is a shopping mall located along Claro M. Recto Avenue corner Osmeña Street, Cagayan de Oro, in the city's central business district. It is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines, and opened on May 12, 2017.
700 m · shopping mall in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines · Wikipedia - 04Lourdes College
Lourdes College Cagayan de Oro City, officially Lourdes College, Inc., is a private, Roman Catholic basic and higher education institution managed by the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines. It was founded by Archbishop James T.G. Hayes, S.J. in 1928.
1.1 km · College in Misamis Oriental, Philippines · Wikipedia - 05MacArthur Memorial Marker
The MacArthur Memorial Marker is a shrine dedicated to US General Douglas MacArthur in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. The MacArthur Memorial Marker commemorates the arrival of MacArthur in the city at Macabalan wharf who is retreating to Australia amidst the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the World War II era.
2.8 km · monument commemorating Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines · Wikipedia - 06SM City Cagayan de Oro
SM City CDO Uptown, formerly known as SM City Cagayan de Oro and also known by the locals as SM Uptown, is a shopping mall located in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. It is owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings and is the first SM Supermall in Northern Mindanao.
4 km · shopping mall in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines · Wikipedia - 07Plaza Divisoria
Plaza Divisoria, also known as the Golden Friendship Park, is a park located in Cagayan de Oro City. The plaza was established in the town center as a fire break in the early 20th century and was then developed into an urban park.
700 m · park in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Saint Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral
- 02Archdiocesan Shrine of the Black Nazarene
Recto Avenue (next to Gaisano City Mall and across from Centrio Mall).
- 03Santuario Eucaristico
Pelaez Boulevard, Kauswagan (near the National Highway intersection), shrine.eucharist@gmail.com.
- 04Carmelite Church
Seminary Hill, Camaman-an (next to Carmelite Monastery).
- 05Divine Mercy Shrine
- 06Gaston Park
Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral and the Archbishop's Palace).
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Things to do
= = Himugso (Cebuano for birth) is a week-long event in June commemorating Philippine Independence Day on June 12, Cagayan de Oro's Charter Day on June 15, and the birth of national hero Jose Rizal on June 19.
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Where to eat
Bigby's Café & Restaurant. A restaurant chain that has its roots in Cagayan de Oro, Bigby's specializes in international cuisines, with each of its branches displaying memorabilia from around the world. 1, G/F Centrio Mall (Centrio Garden),. Daily 10AM–9PM. 2, 4/F SM CDO Downtown Premier,. Daily 10AM–9PM. 3, G/F SM City Cagayan de Oro,. Daily 10AM–9PM. Café Laguna- Robinsons Cagayan de Oro.
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Getting to Cagayan de Oro
- Airports
- Laguindingan (CGY), 26 km · Bohol-Panglao (TAG), 155 km · Francisco Bangoy (DVO), 186 km
- Panglao → Cagayan de Oro157 km · quickest by road, 11h 36m · ₱590–790
- Davao → Cagayan de Oro189 km · quickest by road, 5h 37m · ₱660–880
- Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City → Cagayan de Oro216 km · quickest by ferry, 13h 28m · ₱1,015–3,435
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cagayan de Oro
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cagayan de Oro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries arrive at Cagayan de Oro Port in Barangay Macabalan, just north of downtown CDO.
- Get in{{listing | name | url | address | long | phone | fax | price=Cebu from (deck), (cabin) | lastedit=2017-08-01 | content=Ferry from Cebu City three times a week (Sa Tu Th) leaving at 7PM, arriving at 5:30AM.
- Get in}} 2GO Ferries have ferries to/from Manila, Cebu City, Bacolod, Iloilo.
- Get inTrans Asia shipping lines has a daily ferry from Cebu City non a/c , air-con .
- Get inThere is also a Trans Asia ferry from Tagbilaran on Bohol 3 times a week, non air-con , air-con .
From Wikivoyage: Cagayan de Oro, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Next door to Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro is 38 km from Iligan City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.