Cebu City

Ayala Mall

Has several department stores, two supermarkets, a movie theater, lots of restaurants and hundreds of stores. The terraces have a central park-like area and several floors of shopping, mostly restaurants, on either side. The mall is in the Cebu Business Park which hosts the Cathay Pacific office, foreign banks a few consulates, and the Seda hotel. There is now a 2nd Ayala mall at the IT park.

Carbon Market

The largest farmers' market in the city — both a shopping area and a tourist attraction.

Elizabeth Mall

Has a supermarket, travel agents, cellphone shops, and lots of places to eat.

9AM-8PM

Fully Booked

A modern bookshop with a good selection of imported fiction and non-fiction books, a smaller collection of books about the Philippines and an in-shop café.

HSBC Bank (UK)

Has the only Mastercard and Visa card ATMs in Cebu without a fee for overseas cards. Also the only ATMs in Cebu where you can take out up to PHP 40,000 per time.

24-hour ATMs

Robinson Mall Fuente

A bakery on the ground level is popular for coffee. The mall has a food court and supermarket.

8AM-8:30PM

SM Seaside

A huge mall with a large department store, bowling center, movie theaters, Olympic-size ice skating rink, and 447 shops and restaurants.

Book Sale

Used books and magazines, mostly imported from the UK & US. It may take some searching but there are often gems to be had.

9AM-8PM·From PHP 20, nearly all under PHP 150

Colonnade Mall

The biggest air-conditioned mall in downtown Cebu. Has a discount supermarket, two bake shops, bank, two money exchanges, many cell phones shops, a pharmacy, a food court and a two-screen cinema.

6AM-9PM·lower prices

National Book Store

Bookshop chain with local and foreign books, academic texts and stationery.

Alco Foreign Exchange

Good foreign exchange rates.

8:30AM-5PM

SM City Cebu

Northeast of downtown. Has a large supermarket.