Planning a trip to Tagaytay with your family? This article about our recent travel to Tagaytay can help you maximize your time and enjoy each moment.
Tagaytay remains a favorite weekend destination, especially for families wanting to escape the busy corners of Metro Manila. Tagaytay is not too far away, so a weekend drive is not too tiring. Commuting is also a good option because, again, you won’t have to go on a long land trip. Buses are comfortable, even if you bring your family with you.
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| View of Taal Volcano from Balay Dako |
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| Quiet morning walks in Tagaytay |
Anyway, the opportunity to travel to Tagaytay as a family finally came a few months ago when we were thinking of a place to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Tagaytay finally came to mind because we wanted to save up on travel expenses for our upcoming Boracay trip.
Tagaytay still remains vibrant and still fairly relaxed. I would say that it’s still a family-friendly destination. The weather was not as cool as I expected, but the temperatures eventually went down.
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| Inside Nurture Wellness Village |
We wanted a relaxing weekend, so our days were slow. What we love about Tagaytay is that it has many options in terms of food and activities.
Here are the things that we did during our Tagaytay weekend getaway:
Lunch at Farmer’s Table
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| Family lunch at Farmer’s Table |
We’ve been hearing a lot of good reviews about Farmer’s Table, Nurture Wellness Village’s in-house restaurant. In particular, we liked the reviews about the fresh food and the peaceful ambiance of the place. Indeed, it did not disappoint.
Breakfast at Balay Dako
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| We finally experienced having breakfast at Balay Dako |
We’ve always been curious about Balay Dako, and this was the perfect opportunity to try their food. They have a good selection of breakfast food that caters to all palates – Filipino breakfast food like garlic fried rice, danggit, corned beef, bacon, etc.; fresh fruit and salad; rice cakes; rice porridge; taho and ginataan, palitaw, cuchinta; balut and penoy; and coffee and juices, just to name some.
I won’t say that everything was delicious; there were some items that I liked, while there were some that I found ordinary. However, overall, what we were really after was the experience, and I would say that Mommy Khris and I had a great breakfast date at Balay Dako, especially because we were celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary.
A visit to Little Souls Sisters Chapel
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| Visiting Little Souls Sisters |
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| Praying inside the chapel |
This place is really peaceful, and I consider this one of the best places to escape the chaos of the world outside.
Lunch at Cucina Bernardo
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| Lunch at Cucina Bernardo with the family |
We wanted to take the kids to a zoo, and we planned to go to Angelfields Nature Sanctuary. However, in order to avail of the “free” animal-feeding activities, you have to dine at Cucina Bernardo, subject to a minimum order of P500 per head. So that’s what we did. The food was nice, but I was still too full when we had lunch, so I just had bulalo soup.
Animal Feeding at Angelfields Nature Sanctuary
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| Rafa feeding a tortoise |
We wanted to give the kids a new experience, that’s why we took them to Angelfields Nature Sanctuary. You can buy food for the animals (duck food, leaves for the tortoises, rabbit food) at around P10 per cup or “order”.
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| Duck pond in Angelfields Nature Sanctuary |
The kids enjoyed feeding the ducks and the tortoises and running around in the vast fields of Angelfields Nature Sanctuary. We wanted to stay longer, but we were set to return to Quezon City that afternoon, so we left after 2 hours.
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| Miguel and Rafa |
All in all, we had a wonderful time at Tagaytay. We were grateful for the opportunity and for the safe trip with our family.
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