When
you want to cool down from the busy city, head out to nearby Tagaytay.
At the Tagaytay Picnic Grove, go horseback riding with the kids, go
shopping for fruits and souvenirs with the wife, run around on the
rolling terrain, and look at the Taal Volcano from the view deck. You
can even go skating after having merienda at the restaurant. It's
really the perfect way to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
This "Special Interest Resort" is overlooking the Taal Volcano Lake and
coastal towns of Batangas. Having a rolling land area of 13.5
hectares., it offers various facilities such as accommodations, dining,
function hall and picnic areas. Recent additions to its facilities are
cottages and a viewdeck with restaurant. Climate is generally cool. It
is ideal for picnickers and budget travellers
Tagaytay, a mountain resort city an hour-and-a-half by car south of
Manila, continues to charm people seeking to de-stress from the daily
city grind.
Perched at more than 650 meters above sea level, this town on a
mountain ridge offers breath-taking views of Taal Lake that surrounds
Taal Volcano. From its highest point, one can get a glimpse of several
provinces in Southern Luzon: Laguna, Cavite, Batangas and Quezon.
The weather in this mountaintop haven offers a splendid clime to many
dining hangouts and tourist havens. The place is also synonymous to
fabulous food, spiritual retreat or communing with nature. Urbanites
also drive up to Tagaytay to simply buy locally grown fruits, honey,
flowers, vegetables, plants and handicrafts.
A trip to Tagaytay and its neighboring areas is not complete without sampling its many specialty restaurants. Here are some.