Carcar: The Heritage City of Cebu

Carcar is only a few rides away from where I live but I haven’t really explored it until our SouthWalk. Known as the Heritage City of Cebu, Carcar is home to several Spanish and American-era houses. These houses have been attracting several tourists and locals, especially photographers and shutterbugs who are always in search of something interesting. 

Let me bring you to the city of Carcar, although only a very small part of it was photographed because we didn’t really have the whole day to go around. 

If you’re interested to know a little bit about Carcar, here are tidbits about it that I’ve researched online. Info from Wikipedia and Everything Cebu

• Known as “Sialao” since before the Spanish colonization; it became a municipality in 1599 
• Considered one of the oldest towns in Cebu, with its Spanish influence that lasted for more than 300 years
• Famous as Cebu’s shoe capital because of its long history as the province’s premier footwear manufacturer
• Most famous native delicacies are ampao, bucarillo, and chicharon, which are just found all over the town

If you know anything about Carcar that’s worth mentioning, please leave a comment below for everyone to know. 😉 

St. Catherine of Alexandra Church

Jose Rizal Monument

Town Complex

Somewhere down the road ♪♫

We really just wanted to see the extra large swimming pool in this house (below), or what used to be a swimming pool anyway. 

It led us down the street!

Then up the street again!

And back to the town proper.

Update: Since two of my blogger friends from the US already commented on this photo – they were curious about what these “cages” are for – I decided to add a little description here. These did look like cages with blood, ayt? I just realized recently. But these actually serve as “burners” for candles. 

Now heading to Sta. Catalina St. 

I totally agree! ♥

Carcar is nice, right? Personally, I find it amazing that there were efforts put in place to preserve the old houses and structures in Carcar. It’s a great gift to the newer generations and a wonderful remembrance of the past to those who had experienced what it was like in Carcar decades ago.