A place 1-3 hours away from Manila which makes for a perfect summer get away? Where would you go? It can be as relaxing as going on the beach at Laiya Batangas or Potipot Zambales for example or something as extreme as going hiking at the creaters of Taal or Pinatubo. There are really quite a lot of choices. We originally planned on going to Laiya but then given the short time frame we had to plan, resorts were already fully booked. And with the hot weather we were not to keen on going hiking.
Then my team mate suggested going to the hotsprings in Los Baños Laguna. Splash Mountain is a pretty popular public hotspring destination but then their rooms are quite expensive and we didn't have the budget to rent private pools. While searching on the net we came accross with La Roca de Trinidad resort which is located just beside Splash Mountain. It's also a public hotspring resort but is less crowded compared to Splash Mountain and has much cheaper overnight rates.
We rented one of their attic rooms. We were stuck in traffic on our way and it was so hot ouside we were all tired and sleepy. The airconditioned cozy looking attic room was really inviting that you wouldn't like to leave the room.
On the ground floor you have the shared kitchen where you can prepare and cook food. There's a gas stove which you can use for free. You can also borrow cooking utensils and such provided you'll clean them before returning. There's also a grill near the nipa huts. No corkage fee for food and drinks.
On the second floor you have a shared veranda with chairs and tables and a videoke which you can rent for PHP1000 for 24hours. There's also a refrigerator and water dispenser which you can use for free. 1gallon of mineral water costs PHP85.
On the third floor you have the shared bathroom and shower which was small and cramped so we used the one for day visitors.
And lastly the attic rooms. There are 2 rooms. We rented attic room A which was more spacious and 'maaliwalas' than the other room. We arrived first so we were allowed to choose.
Overnight stay for 12persons in the attic room costs PHP5500. It can accomodate up to 15persons with additional fee per person in excess of 12. Checkin is at 2:00pm and check out is at 12:00pm the next day.
They have 2 pools, one for kids and one adult pool. The adult pool has a mini slide and a mini waterfalls.
We had a small misunderstanding with the ones renting the other attic room since they claim the videoke was too noisy and they were trying to sleep at the 'shared' veranda. Why the @#$& would you go on an overnight outing to sleep? The management talked and apologized and refunded our payment for the videoke which was nice of them but still....
If we're going to go back here we're going to rent 'Sa Dulo' because they have their own 'babaran' and even a jacuzzi its as if renting a private place.
If you want to check out the place, here is their website.
http://www.larocaresort.com
PS: Use the mobile number. Their phone number is not updated.
There are 2 Puregolds nearby for your groceries. For pasalubong there's The Originals Buko Pie PHP180 and Rodillas Yema Cake PHP200 nearby.
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