Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is a military defense structure in Cebu, Philippines, built by the Spanish under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.
Fort San Pedro is a military defense structure in Cebu, Philippines, built by the Spanish under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines. It is located in the area now called Plaza Independencia, in the pier area of the city. The original fort was made of wood and built after the arrival of Legazpi and his expedition. In the early 17th century a stone fort was built to repel Muslim raiders. Today's structure dates from 1738 and is the oldest triangular bastion fort in the country. It served as the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. During the Philippine Revolution at the end of the 19th century, it was attacked and taken by Filipino revolutionaries, who used it as a stronghold.
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Worth seeing in and around Fort San Pedro
10 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.
- 01University of San Carlos
The University of San Carlos, colloquially referred to as San Carlos or Sangkarlos, is a private, Catholic, and research university administered by the Philippine Southern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Cebu City, Philippines since 1935. It traces its origins to the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos, the seminary of the then Diocese of Cebu, which opened in 1783 in the building which previously functioned as the Jesuit Colegio de San Ildefonso from 1595 to 1768.
1.1 km · private Catholic university in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia - 02Archdiocese of Cebu
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and one of the ecclesiastical provinces of the Catholic Church in the country. It is composed of the entire civil province of Cebu, including its outer islands of Mactan, Bantayan, and Camotes.
500 m · archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 03Minor Basilica of the Holy Child
The Basílica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebú, or simply the Santo Niño Basilica, is a Catholic minor basilica in Cebu City, Philippines. It was originally founded by Augustinian friars Andrés de Urdaneta and Diego de Herrera in 1565.
500 m · Roman Catholic minor basilica in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia - 04Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu and Parish of Saint Vitalis of Milan or commonly known as the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is the ecclesiastical seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cebu in Cebu City, Philippines. The church is dedicated to Saint Vitalis of Milan.
500 m · Roman Catholic cathedral in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia - 05Marcelo Fernan Bridge
The Marcelo Fernan Bridge, also known as the Second Cebu–Mactan Bridge and locally as the Second Bridge, is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It crosses the Mactan Channel, connecting Mandaue in mainland Cebu to Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan Island.
7.7 km · bridge in Metro Cebu · Wikipedia - 06Cebu City Sports Complex
The Cebu City Sports Center, colloquially referred to as Abellana, is a sports complex in Cebu City. It is also known for being the main venue of the annual Sinulog festival.
1.5 km · stadium in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 07Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway
The Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, also known as the Cebu–Cordova Bridge and the Third Cebu–Mactan Bridge, is an 8.9-kilometer toll bridge expressway in Metro Cebu, Philippines. The bridge connects the South Road Properties in Cebu City on mainland Cebu with Cordova on the island of Mactan.
1.2 km · longest bridge in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 08Cebu Taoist Temple
Cebu Taoist Temple is a Taoist temple located in Beverly Hills Subdivision of Cebu City, Philippines.
5 km · Taoist temple in Philippines · Wikipedia - 09Museo Sugbo
Museo Sugbo is a museum in Cebu City, Philippines. The museum is located in the former Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center jail, and is located four blocks away from Plaza Independencia.
1.3 km · provincial museum in the Philippines · Wikipedia - 10Cebu City Philippines Temple
The Cebu City Philippines Temple is the 133rd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the second constructed in the Philippines, following the one in Manila. The temple is located on Gorordo Avenue in Lahug, Cebu City, and serves church members in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
4.2 km · temple of the LDS Church · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fort San Pedro
- Airports
- Mactan Cebu (CEB), 8 km · Bohol-Panglao (TAG), 81 km · Bacolod-Silay (BCD), 111 km
- Stations
- Mactan–Cebu International Airport, 8.9 km · Mactan Air Base, 8.7 km
- Panglao → Fort San Pedro81 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 24m · ₱555–1,565
- Bacolod City → Fort San Pedro40 km · quickest by ferry, 2h 35m · ₱210–655
- Cabatuan → Fort San Pedro24 km · quickest by road, 45 min · ₱60–85
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Fort San Pedro
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 Fort San Pedro. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are also buses from major cities not on Cebu Island, including Quezon City in Metro Manila, Dumaguete, Iloilo, and Bacolod; they ride ferries for parts of their routes.
- Get inOther resort areas within Cebu Province, such as Malapascua and Bantayan, require a ferry.
- Get inThe Natalio Bacalso Avenue (N8 - South National Highway) runs from Santander (ferry connection from Dumaguete, Negros Oriental and from Siquijor) in the south to Carcar then continues as the Cebu South Road to Cebu city.
- Get inToledo has a ferry connection from San Carlos (Negros Occidental).
- Get aroundThere are taxi, jeepney and bus services anywhere in the region.
From Wikivoyage: Metro Cebu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Fort San Pedro
Fort San Pedro is 3 km from Cebu City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cebu Citycity of the Philippines and capital of the province of Cebu400 m
- Lapu-Lapucity of the Philippines5.2 km
- Mandauecity of the Philippines5.5 km
- Talisaycity of the Philippines in the province of Cebu9.2 km
- Cordovamunicipality of the Philippines in the province of Cebu6.5 km
- Magellan’s CrossChristian cross in Cebu City500 m