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Mandaue City
Highly urbanized city in Central Visayas, Philippines

Mandaue City

Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people.

Get in

Getting to Mandaue City

The main airport of the region is Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB IATA) in Lapu-Lapu, and the main port is in Cebu City. Mandaue is easily reached by bus, taxi or jeepney from either. Metro Cebu has two major long-distance bus terminals, the north terminal in Mandaue and south terminal in Cebu City.

  1. 01
    Cebu North Bus Terminal

    There are 3 bus companies that ride to Maya with ferry connection from Malapascua: Ceres, Cebu AutoBus and Rough Riders.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    National Shrine of St Joseph
  2. 02
    Rizal-Bonifacio Memorial
  3. 03
    Mandaue Presidencia
  4. 04
    Sergio Osmeña Bridge
  5. 05
    Marcelo Fernan Bridge
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Pan de Manila

    Plaridel Street (Bridges Town Square).

How locals move

Getting around Mandaue City the local way

  • Get inMandaue is easily reached by bus, taxi or jeepney from either.
  • Get aroundWithin the town, most people travel by taxi or jeepney.
  • Go nextMandaue is located between Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu and well connected to both by road; getting to either by taxi or jeepney is easy.
  • Go nextAnother possibility quite nearby is Olango Island, with birdwatching and diving, reached by ferry from Lapu-Lapu.

From Wikivoyage: Mandaue, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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