the Taoist Temple, Cebu City
Built in 1972, the Cebu Taoist Temple is located in Beverly Hills Subdivision in Cebu City. The temple was built by Cebu’s substantial Chinese community. With an elevation of 300 meters above sea level,the temple is a towering, multi-tiered, multi-hued attraction accessible by three separate winding routes.
Unlike the neighboring Phu Sian Temple, the Taoist temple is open to the worshipers and non-worshipers alike. Guide books and travel agencies offer trips to the temple or as a side-trip in a tour around Cebu City, but it is more popular with grade school students. No student who grew up in Cebu City has not gone to the temple in any one of their field trips.
Not much to do in the temple. It’s a temple, not a tourist spot so don’t expect to be greeted by a tour guide.
A note to visitors to the temple specially those with Cameras.
- They don’t allow tripods. I don’t know why but they just won’t let you. No matter how you reason with them. So in group pictures, one has to sacrifice and not get included in the group picture 
. Be resourceful and find a place to mount your camera, just be careful that it won’t drop. Or you can ask any of the visitors to take a photo for you. Don’t worry, there’s no way a person can run away with your camera. The temple is high up there and he needs to run down the 81 steps to get to the bottom where there will be guards waiting.
- They will not allow photographs of the sacred statues. You might be able to steal a few shots if you got a camera/lens fast enough for dark, low light areas.
- Bring water, you will easily get dehydrated up there and put on sunscreen if you happen to go up there in the middle of the day.
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