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Butterfly at the<br />
Jumalon Butterfly<br />
Sanctuary<br />
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The lights of the<br />
city at night as seen<br />
from Mountain View<br />
CEBU<br />
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P8 depending on the distance travelled. There is<br />
also the motorized pedicars, these are usually a<br />
fixed charge, but you can negotiate a fare with<br />
the driver.<br />
There are many monuments, churches, museums<br />
and cathedrals in Cebu that reflect the rich<br />
historical legacy of the city. The Spanish initially<br />
administered the fledgling colony from Cebu,<br />
resulting in many interesting buildings and<br />
monuments dating from the time of Spanish<br />
colonial rule. The elegant, ‘H’-shaped, three<br />
storey Capitol Building, on Osmena Boulevard,<br />
with its curved façade was inaugurated in 1938,<br />
and is the hub of provincial government.<br />
Fort San Pedro National Museum, Legaspi<br />
Extension, attracts many visitors daily. This very<br />
popular museum has several well displayed and<br />
presented ancient artifacts of distinct interest.<br />
Rizal Museum and Library on Osmena Boulevard<br />
showcases many antiques, donated by Cebu’s<br />
wealthiest families, which preserve the heritage<br />
of early settlers, along with numerous artworks<br />
by popular local painters and artists from Cebu<br />
and surrounding areas.<br />
Mountain View<br />
Mountain View is about 30 minutes from the city<br />
centre, Set high atop a mountain overlooking<br />
the entire area of Cebu, this spectacular view<br />
of the entire city is well worth the trip. There is<br />
also a swimming pool and overnight cottages,<br />
restaurants and snack bars. For some memorable<br />
photos of your trip to Cebu, make sure Mountain<br />
View is on your agenda. It is a romantic, clean,<br />
safe, serene haven where you can stroll around<br />
and take in the fresh, crisp air.<br />
Mountain View Nature Park in Busay offers<br />
camping sites, gardens, retreat and seminar<br />
halls, cottages, children’s park, swimming<br />
pool, botanical garden, picnic tables, countless<br />
benches of different variations, videoke, jukebox,<br />
bunk-houses, mini-zoo, hanging bridges,<br />
viewing decks, a canteen, mini-restaurants, a<br />
Way of the Cross area, Christmas Park and much<br />
more. Mountain View Nature Park is just a few<br />
hundred meters below TOPS, a famous tourist<br />
attraction also in Busay.<br />
Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary<br />
This charming sanctuary was the brainchild<br />
and passion of Julian Jumalon, an enthusiastic<br />
lepidopterist and accomplished artist. The<br />
Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary is one of the most<br />
fascinating tourist destinations in Cebu.<br />
Established in 1974, there are now around 50<br />
species of butterfly flying freely within the<br />
reserve, many of them quite rare, which Jumalon<br />
initially attracted by growing their favourite food<br />
plants so he could watch study and paint them in<br />
their natural habitat. Man must devise strategies<br />
for survival toward a better, sustainable future<br />
while carrying on what is good and beautiful<br />
for posterity to enjoy. That is what the Butterfly<br />
Sanctuary is all about. Part of its rationale is to<br />
inculcate upon impressionable young minds,<br />
captive audiences of pupils accompanied here
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