This may be a little late but well, you might still be interested on the itinerary that we had when we went to Batangas for a weekend getaway! I know that you first want to know the amount that we shelled out for this getaway. Would you believe that we only spent more or less P1,500 only for this weekend trip? So this is what really happened last weekend. Pictures from my Facebook were made into slide shows for you to get a glimpse of what it is like.
Saturday. We were supposed to meet up by 12 noon at Metropoint which is beside MRT Taft Station. That would somehow be a good time since the ride from there to Chateau Royale will take 1 and a half to 2 hours. But unfortunately, Lai missed her flight from Bicol to Manila so we waited for a couple of hours more to wait for her to arrive. We all met at around 4:30PM. Instead of going there on bus, we decided to use a van. Fare from Taft to Chateau Royale, P180. We arrived at around 7:30PM and take note, our check-in time was 2PM. So for you to not waste those precious time, be early on these kinds of situations.
We checked in, hit our cabin and then it's time to grab some dinner. The resort has 2 choices, the floating restaurant and the Verande, their cafe. Price range? The floating restaurant has this fixed price of P250, a semi-buffet meal where you will choose from pork or chicken barbecue or grilled tilapia. Huge tasty pieces I'm telling you! Rice all you want, green salad all you want, and served with soup and grilled corn and their closing time, 9PM. On the other hand, their Veranda cafe do also serve meals ranging from P160-P320. Different viands to choose from, P20 for rice, and they only have San Miguel Beer if you're into grabbing one, closing time is 10PM.
Since we arrived late, we continued on to have a night swimming instead. Their pool are open until 8PM but we hit the water at around 10PM after dropping by at the Veranda cafe to grab some sweets and beer. Before you can use the pool on those times where the pool attendant is not anymore available, you are to sign a waiver stating that the management is not to blame when accidents happen. Anyways, we only stayed there for an hour then we went back to our cabin.
Back in our cabin, we forgot to bring some drinking water. Take note of this, Chateau Royale Drinking water, 326 ml, P35. So it would be best if you can bring your own drinking water. The cabin's great. It's huge that even a family can even occupy it. Air-conditioned, nice beds, sala, flat screen TV which only has 17 channels, ABS-CBN and GMA and TV5 not included. It was nice staying there. Lights out by 12 midnight and woke up by 5AM.
Sunday. Free breakfast served on one of their huge hall and there we met other people who grabbed the promo as well. Anyways, you'll easily notice them because most of the people there are grouped into 4. We went back to the pool to grab lots of photos then we were approached by one of their attendants to give us a tour of the whole place. There we saw there vegetable farm, mini zoo, orchids farm, and the fishing lake. The whole place is just s outrageously large which I even thought of it being a subdivision. There are bikes for rent, and even a horse-back riding.
So we roamed the rest of the place, went back into our cabin and checked out by 12 noon. We learned about a church nearby at Caleruega. Just a tricycle ride away. But you first need to reach Evercrest by jeep, P8 ride. From there to Caleruega, P20. Entrance on Caleruega, P30. I've been there for the 2nd time. First time I've been there, the place is not as great as it looks now. It really is so great to be back there. This is where you should spell B-E-A-U-T-Y and N-A-T-U-R-E. We went to visit the church, the picnic area, the hanging bridge, and the rest of the place. It was a quick stop but what we saw there is really worth visiting.
Then next stop, Tagaytay! Since all we need to do is ride a jeep at Evercrest, we went up to Tagaytay to grab a bite at Carlo's Pizza located at Magallanes Square. I'm not sure but I guess it's a P20 ride. or if not, well still, it should be cheap. We had some pizza and pasta and enjoyed the overlooking view from there. Total amount of food that we ate? more or less, P1200.
Then since it's already 5PM when we finished our food, we head out and went back to Manila. We took an ordinary bus on our way back, and the fare? P60. Well, the fact that we never chose to ride an air-conditioned bus is because of Lai who has this motion sickness on aircon buses.
So there! And oh, wait. The amount of the accommodation at Chateau Royal, P1,999. Just sum everything up then that would sum up to not more than P1,500 trip!
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