Paseo Verde Beach Resort- Laiya, San Juan, Batangas
Paseo
Verde is a beach resort in Laiya, San Juan, Batangas. Pretty much a typical
resort that offers day tour and overnight stay, when I say 'typical' it was far
from the other luxury resorts nearby all with infinity pools, elegant rooms, or
a resort that offers chopper service, and yes there are many of that in
Batangas. Sometimes I still wonder why rich people had themselves serviced by a
chopper, I would still prefer a road trip passing the rice fields and greens in
full view especially if you are just visiting Batangas, I just thought maybe
they always have busy schedules and had to manage their schedules all in
the same day, probably? Anyhow, that's just a tiny question that popped up in
my head as I'm writing this. Though
we were not staying in a fancy resort. I enjoyed my time here, I was with my
friends that I haven't seen for a while, roughly ten years that we have not
seen each other, luckily we live in the social media era, poking them to say hi
once in a while is just one click away, so this trip was relevant and special
to me. We left Manila around 7am of a saturday morning, our Waze app routed us
in the outskirt of Metro Manila, passing Taguig Bicutan-Sucat-Muntilupa all the
way to the towns of Laguna. The supposed 3 to 4 hour drive turned longer than
we expected, 7 hours to be exact.
The resort's amenities were ok, not the best resort in Batangas but it's decent. The advantage of staying in a simple resort like this is you will not be bothered with tourist influx, it was quiet and very relaxing, too. We bought food supplies in the market near the resort, nothing beats grilled fish and pork belly for lunch by the beach, partnered with iced cold soda and good catch-up laughs with friends, this the ideal beach getaway.
The
major let down that I have to point out was the beach itself, I did not like
the sand and its water, the texture of the sand as we went deeper was weird, I
decided not to go deeper. If you are looking for a relaxing place with
acceptable amenity standard you may consider booking the place, the pool was ok
too, but if you are after a quality beach with crystal clear water and white
sand, well I suggest you try your luck with other beach resorts in the
area.
We
saw Paseo Verde's fb post with the video of the beach and its waters, it's
decent and looked swimmable in the video but it was far different from what we
experienced. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the season.
I do not intend to
question the booking process, I just couldn't understand why it was difficult
for them to provide information other resorts had no problem giving, especially
when we asked for it via direct message. Our room cost 7,000 good for 6
pax.
If you are to ask me if I had a great time during my stay, definitely yes (with my friends of course). If you are to ask me, was it worthy for a 7k room? I would say no.
For inquiries and reservation you may dm their facebook age
below:
https://www.facebook.com/paseoverdebeachresortlaiyasanjuanbatangas/
Hi! Did you need to show them medical certificates or what-not?
ReplyDeleteHi, sorry for the laaate response. This was February, back then they required med cert (from your barangay or from hospital). Hopefully it'll be that easy again.
DeleteCheers to more travels. 😎
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