Market
Carbon Market
59 M. C. Briones St, Cebu City, 6000 Cebu
Century-old open-air bazaar of produce, seafood and dry goods, born beside a coal depot.
This guide to Carbon Market in Cebu City traces the name back to 1909, when a steam railway dumped coal piles on this spot and vendors selling food set up alongside them. It follows the market through wartime bombing, its handover from the national government to the city in 1964, and its growth into thousands of vendors trading in narrow lanes. Listen for what a decades-long redevelopment plan is already starting to change around you.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.