Our Tagaytay Weekend Family Getaway

I couldn’t exactly remember the last time we’ve been to Tagaytay. Well, in 2023, when we went to Paradizoo, we had a brief stopover at Leslie’s, but that was just it. We never had the chance to explore Tagaytay as a family. I think Miguel was only one year old during the last time we stayed 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.

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:

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.

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.

This place is really peaceful, and I consider this one of the best places to escape the chaos of the world outside.

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.

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”.

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.

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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