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2002 Filipino film

Lapu Lapu

Lapu-Lapu is a 2002 Filipino historical drama film co-produced and directed by William G.

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Mayo and written by Jerry O. Tirazona. It stars Lito Lapid as the titular datu, alongside Joyce Jimenez, Dante Rivero, Vic Vargas, Roi Vinzon, Jeric Raval, Ian Veneracion, Jess Lapid Jr., and Gloria Sevilla. Produced by Calinauan Cineworks, the film is based on the 1521 encounter of Datu Lapulapu and other pre-Hispanic Philippine natives with explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew, who were serving the Spanish Empire.

How locals move

Getting around Lapu Lapu the local way

  • Get inTaxis, jeepneys and buses go to Lapu-Lapu from other parts of Metro Cebu.
  • Get inThere are also quite a few charter flights, often used as part of packaged holiday deals.
  • Get inThere may be flights Cebu-Bohol but most people take a fast ferry instead; see Bohol#Get in.
  • Get inIf you forgot to ask for this you may find that the van of your hotel is there to pick someone else up and you can hitch a ride if there is room.
  • Get inThere are jeepneys from the Mactan airport to Lapu-Lapu port for .
  • Get inA ferry from there to the port in Cebu City is around .
  • Get inOr take a ferry from Pier 3 to Lapu-Lapu pier which costs only .
  • Get aroundThe simplest way to get around is by hopping on a tricycle or multicab (small jeepney).

From Wikivoyage: Lapu-Lapu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

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