We capped our night at the Blu Bar at the top Marco Polo Plaza hotel in the Nivel hills area of Cebu. This used to be the Cebu Plaza Hotel run initially by Anos Fonacier. Sometime in the mid-nineties, the hotel was bought by the Pathfinder group. After some financial difficulty, Metrobank foreclosed on the property and as such, the hotel is now owned by Federal Land, an affiliate of the bank. I understand that the Marco Polo chain manages the hotel and from the looks of it, the hotel is even better now that it was when it first opened.
At night, the city view is quite beautiful, you can see the lights all over town. I enjoyed our ride up the scenic elevator, something that was in vogue during the eighties, but nowadays not much used by architects and building owners. The cool breeze was a welcome treat, and most of the guys had some beer while the girls held onto their cocktail drinks. As usual, I had a shot of whiskey (this time single malt Glenfiddich).
I like the new look of this hotel. We stayed around till almost midnight and even reminisced on older Cebu hotels like the Magellan and the revolving Chinese dimsum restaurant. Being one of only two 5-star hotels in the city (the other being the Radisson), I'd recommend this hotel to any traveller who would like to stay in a hotel Cebu with a spectacular view.
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