This was my top must-do while in Cebu. The cost to explore the garden is 100 pesos which is a great deal in US standards. The garden is nestled on the side of a hill so it is layered. Has many beautiful tropical plants and sculptures to take photos with. I would have enjoyed it more if it had less photo zones and more plants. It had more of a photo zone feel, and less garden, where everyone was rushing to just get the next photo. Overall, it was a wonderful visit with beautiful scenery, but didn't quite meet all my standards of a true garden experience. read more

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Lots of photo opportunities for iG [BUSAY, CEBU CITY Philippines] This "garden" is more of a photo op pictorial garden for the "gram" rather than a botanical garden which I thought it was. The drive was about 1.5 hours and the road gets windy as we got closer to it. There are TWO (2) gardens in Sirao. The original Sirao Garden is the Little Amsterdam in Cebu City. The other is the Pictorial Garden. We went to the latter. Entrance fee is 70 pesos/person ($1.25 USD conversion) We had fun taking photos. It had a beautiful view looking below from the top. The garden is on a hill and there were different props and attractions to get your photos taken. The Instagrammable sceneries will not fail you. Actually, this place became a social media hit with both the locals and foreign tourists and became the most popular attraction in Cebu Transcentral Highway. There were many street vendors outside the gardens. We enjoyed fresh coconut buko and banana-q. So yummy! Review #3333 read more

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Gorgeous scenic spot nestled away in the far mountains of Cebu, Philippines. Please don't venture here unless you have a guide as the way is quite a treacherous drive. Once you've reached this amazing garden, be prepared for a series of breathtaking views of Cebu accompanied by beautifully made sculptures and phenomenal photo spots. We unfortunately arrived at a time where it rained heavily and was not able to take all the beautiful photos we wanted but what we did get is only a speck of endless possibilities. The entrance fee was 100 PHP as of June 2024, across the garden entrance has a few vendors selling friend bananas which I strongly recommend you try with margarine and sprinkled sugar, it's absolutely delicious. Visiting was truly worth it! read more

Sirao Gardens - This area is still under construction, they were building a pool under this structure - Botanical Gardens Near Me - Cebu City, CEB

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Sirao is another top of Cebu flower garden with a Little Amsterdam theme and there are plenty of Instagram picture opportunities with a seemingly profound Cebu mountain backdrop. I was thinking the place looked a little run down and needed repairs and fresh paint. It is low on flowers, but they try amnd make up for it by using plants that have leaf colors other than green. The best shot, I think is from the "hands" structure which is positioned in an over-arching view of the mountain landscape. But you need someone to take the shot of you to make it look good. You can spend about an hour or less here depending on the crowd. There wasn't anyone here really when we visited on a weekday read more

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This was absolutely the best place to visit if you're into flowers, view and love taking some great pictures! Its very unique. It's best to come with a guide as this is far from the city. There is a small entrance fee for this place. There is a small gift shop and food vendor inside as well. If you're still hungry, there are many food stands in front. The place is very popular so the parking places are full. I loved everything there as every part of this place you can take great photos of your group or solo photos. I saw people taking professional photos I guess for their engagement pics. I loved the treehouses called bahay kubo. The view of the hand with the mounts background was epic!! This is a must place to visit when in Cebu. Hope you will like it too as I had so much fun taking pictures! Check out my pics! [15/100] read more

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Review #042 - 2019 This was one of the few places that I had bookmarked for my trip to Cebu. I specifically requested that my tour guide bring us here since I wanted see if it's really as nice in person. The drive up was pretty rough & windy. It felt like a long drive up, but it actually wasn't too bad on our drive back down. Unfortunately, when we arrived, I wasn't as impressed as I had expected. Being that it was compared to Amsterdam made me set my expectation much higher. When we showed up, it was a pretty small flower garden with lots of instagram-y decorations. We spent roughly half an hour there, but the majority of the time was spent waiting for people to finish taking their pictures. I could probably walk through the whole garden in less than 10 minutes. read more

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This is a beautiful place to visit for the day high in Cebu Mountains with stunning views look and feels like Amsterdam plenty of photo opportunities Several ways to get there by car if you live in Philippines If your tourist then you might choose taxi it can be a little costly as it's s a hour drive for city Centre or what I did was take local jeepny and then ride habal-habal, Motorbike rider which was only 400php there and back if you wanna t real local adventure this is best way to travel read more

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One could easily consider this a tourist trap, but the entrance fee is somewhat inexpensive (PHP 60/ person) and the mountainous views -- despite the cheesy Little Amsterdam setting -- could be considered quite vast. We got here by negotiating a chartered fare with a taxi driver. There are other stops along the way (e.g. Tops and Temple of Leah), so you should probably hit up those spots too and agree beforehand how long you'd like to stay at each destination. Sirao is otherwise quite far from Cebu City proper (~40 mins) and the single lane road to get there is steep and windy, although well-maintained enough. Your other option could be a tourist van if you have a big enough party. Otherwise, buses and Grabs don't operate this far away, and I wouldn't trust a habal-habal (they're illegal and expensive). Sirao is a flower garden with a Little Amsterdam theme and there are plenty of "IG-worthy" picture opportunities with a seemingly profound Cebu mountain backdrop. The most iconic shot is from the "hands" structure which is positioned in an over-arching view of the mountain landscape. However, you won't get the best shot unless you have a camera with a telephoto lens and take it from a far and/or have a drone. There are various cheesy structures scattered throughout and some flowers as well. You'll notice that you won't see all of the structures and flowers because there are TWO sides with different entrances and an entry fee at each. Other fees to tack on is a P20 parking fee, which our taxi driver was forced to pay at some point. We agreed to spend 30 minutes at the one side of the gardens that we explored (the one furthest up the road), but did feel a little rushed, so I would spend 45mins to 1 hour here depending on the crowd. There wasn't anyone here really when we visited on a weekday, but then again, this was during the CoViD-19 crisis when tourism was at an ultimate low. read more

Nice view of some beautiful flowers. Very colorful place to visit. Very relaxing and very simple but definitely a place to stop by if you're ever in Cebu. They're currently in the middle of some construction because they're expanding, but that's not gonna stop you from being able to walk around and view some very beautiful flowers. Lots of nice spots to take pictures here, if you're into that kinda stuff. read more

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Nice place to explore a couple hours from the city. The garden is beautiful and you can see nature. Nice Place for a shoot, Love this little piece of paradise read more

Sirao Gardens - Botanical Gardens Near Me - Cebu City, CEB

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Great place to get Instagram photos. They keep adding more stuff to it. There are two separate Sirao Gardens and each have their own entrance fee. Other than that it's a great place to take photos. read more

Not a good place for seniors or people with disabilities. Very steep paths. It's like walking into a child's Valentines Day card. If that's your thing, ok fine. For me it was cloying. I couldn't detect whether the owners had any interest or knowledge about plants and flowers. There are hardly more than a dozen kinds of flowers, which is what we came to see. Very few of the flowers were interesting: marigolds and sunflowers are pretty but not hard to find. It seems more like a way to part tourists and sappy romantics from their money. The entrance stairway path is lined with Valentine hearts which say things like "You stole my heart but you can keep it." There are plaster statues of gnomes and small children. There is a field of plastic tulips in a variety of colors not found in nature but which might be found on Easter Egg candy shells. There is a small Dutch windmill, less like the Netherlands, more like a miniature golf course, painted in bright rainbow. Maybe it also had a shooting star? There are nuptial huts, which to me sound like places to have sex. Like the nuptial rooms at prisons. And a Proposal Gazebo I guess for people to become 'engaged in a cage.' There is a fake English Tea Shoppe with moldy stuffed animals and those cheap souvenir tea cups and spoons sold in tourist shops around the world. And even all this might have been acceptable or interesting had it been done well. It's not artistic, nor smart, nor well-thought. I recommend only for those who mistake bright flowers and hearts for real emotion. read more

beautiful mountain views for photo-ops. pro is you only have to pay 50 pesos each person and outside the place itself are a lot of small stores you can buy snacks and small souvenirs like magnets,etc. Con is the travel time. The place is on top of a mountain near top lookout and temple of leah so if you are planning to go there then its a good stopover. But if not, would not reccommend just to go there only as the place is small and is still under construction... read more

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Beautiful place but i am giving it a two stars due to the fact that my husband and 3yrs old son nearly had a big accident when we visited the park. It had been raining lightly so obviously we were prepared. But that lookout where there are steps nearly cost their lives, as they were walking down the steps, not even halfway did my husband slipped on the top steps with my son cus it was slippery. Told the ladies at the souvenir store and they didn't care. They looked at me and my husband like we were a hindrance and a liar. We had our driver (who was with us and saw what happened and other visitors too) and he explained to them that they could have managed the property better by putting up 'caution' signs around. The whole place was muddy and slippery and everyone was trying not to fall than enjoying the scenery. Wouldn't really recommend this as a kid-friendly place IF its raining since the grounds are muddy. read more