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Talisay

Talisay, officially the City of Talisay, is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

Talisay
Talisay · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Talisay, officially the City of Talisay, is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 263,832 people, making it the most populous component city in Visayas. The city is applying for a Highly Urbanized City (HUC) status.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Talisay

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.

  1. 01
    Archdiocese 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.

    9.5 km · archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    University 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.

    9.3 km · private Catholic university in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Minor 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.

    9.2 km · Roman Catholic minor basilica in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cebu 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.

    9.5 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cebu 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.

    9.1 km · stadium in the Philippines · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    University of the Visayas

    The University of the Visayas is a private institution located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first school in the province of Cebu to attain university status.

    9.5 km · Filipino university in Cebu City · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Cebu–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.

    8.9 km · longest bridge in the Philippines · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Cebu Normal University

    Cebu Normal University, also referred to by its acronym CNU, is a state research university in Cebu City, Philippines established in 1902. CNU is designated by the Commission on Higher Education as Center of Excellence in both Nursing Education and Teacher Education.

    9.3 km · public university in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Cebu Technological University

    Cebu Technological University, abbreviated as CTU and also known as CebuTech, is a public, non-sectarian, coeducational, state-funded higher education institution located in Cebu, Philippines. CTU was originally a part of the Philippine public high school system and traces its roots to the Manual Arts department of the Cebu Normal School, and was founded independently in 1911 as the Cebu Trade School.

    9.8 km · public university in Cebu province, Philippines · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    University of Cebu

    The University of Cebu is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational higher education institution located in Cebu City, Philippines. Founded in 1964 by Atty.

    9 km · private university in Cebu City, Philippines · Wikipedia

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Getting to Talisay

Airports
Mactan Cebu (CEB), 18 km · Bohol-Panglao (TAG), 76 km · Bacolod-Silay (BCD), 106 km
Stations
Compania Maritima, 9.2 km
  • Panglao → Talisay
    75 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 45m · ₱750–1,940
  • Bacolod City → Talisay
    8 km · quickest by road, 24 min · ₱18–25
  • Cabatuan → Talisay
    55 km · quickest by road, 7h 30m · ₱270–365
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Talisay

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 Talisay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTalisay is usually reached by bus, taxi or jeepney from Cebu City; see the Metro Cebu article for bus routes and other details.

From Wikivoyage: Talisay (Cebu), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2022-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tagbilaran and BoholPH

    12 ways of moving, 45 sources

    67 km
  2. 02
    DumaguetePH

    9 ways of moving, 46 sources

    119 km
  3. 03
    SiquijorPH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    121 km
  4. 04
    Leyte IslandPH

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    127 km
  5. 05
    SiargaoPH

    10 ways of moving, 33 sources

    247 km

If you know how people move in Talisay – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Talisay

Talisay is 10 km from Cebu City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.