For travellers who are looking to enjoy a great shopping experience, a short ride from Mactan to the city of Cebu will take you to the largest shopping malls and diverse shopping streets in the province. Premier lifestyle shopping centres like Ayala Centre Cebu and SM City Cebu are open daily from ten in the morning to about nine o’clock in the evening. So you can enjoy a good shopping bliss in a day, or just to escape from the afternoon heat or get yourself a cooler. On the other hand, if you do not have enough time to leave Mactan Island or you just simply find yourself lazy to make a trip to Cebu City, you can still enjoy a great shopping escapade in the island. Some shopping centres exist in the island to provide all your travel needs and other necessities. Groceries, clothes shops, bazaars, and “pasalubong” (gift/presents/keepsake) shops sprawl across the island’s main city, Lapu-lapu. Hence, you really do not have to travel to Cebu just to buy groceries or any other common shopping stuff.

In related note, Mactan is also the best place to find musical souvenirs. If you are looking for quality ukuleles, guitars and other musical instruments, you will never fail to find one in the island. Mactan is best known for the production of guitars. Most guitar shops and makers operate from the island, and travellers can even arrange to make a tour of the shops. So if you are looking for quality guitars without the excessive price tag, do your search in Mactan.