A lot of my childhood memories included family visits to Tagaytay City, the country’s other summer capital (after Baguio City), where we enjoyed the cool and crisp (average temperature is 22.7º Celsius) mountain air and a picture-pretty view of Taal Volcano from its original grand garden view deck—the English Tudor Mansion-style Taal Vista Hotel. A generation
A lot of my childhood memories included family visits to Tagaytay City, the country’s other summer capital , where we enjoyed the cool and crisp mountain air and a picture-pretty view of Taal Volcano from its original grand garden view deck—the English Tudor Mansion-style Taal Vista Hotel.
The hotel has its beginnings way back in 1935 when the Zamoras of Manila Hotel bought six hectares of flatland perched atop an incline along Ilong Kastila from American Hammon H. Buck, the Superintendent of Schools in Batangas. Two years later, a lodge was built, its architect probably Andres Luna de San Pedro who, just a few years earlier, renovated another landmark, the Manila Hotel, to accommodate a suite for Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
During World War II, the lodge was converted into quarters for Japanese officers. Between 1956 and 1964, Tagaytay began to be promoted as a major tourist attraction of the Philippines and Taal Vista Lodge was one of its leading attractions. In fact, it was the public viewing ground to major as well as mild to moderate eruptions of the volcano on September 28, 1965, from 1966 to 1970 , 1976 , 1977 , 1991, January 12, 2020 and July 1, 2021.
It was under this new scenario that I wanted to sample what the hotel had to offer. From its original 25 cabins, the hotel now has 264 exquisitely-designed and well-appointed guest rooms, all offering spectacular views of verdant gardens or of Taal Lake and Volcano . All are fully-equipped with electronic entry lock, cable LED TV, IDD/NDD phone, minibar, coffee and tea making equipment and in-room safe. Wi-fi is available throughout the property.
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