98/365: Beach and Pool Nearby Manila: Villa Excellance in Tanza Cavite (Part 2 of 2)

8th of April

The BEACH

This is the beach that welcomed us!



The good thing is that we chose a cottage that is near the beach and the swimming pool entrance.
The sand looks like white but they are just the regular sand. But at least it is not the darker color sand.  White/grayish sand color looks more refreshing than the darker looking sand.

Who would think twice to run towards the beach on a hot summer day?

What I don’t like about the beach is that it looks murky when the wind starts to blow in the afternoon.  Though the water is not dirty but it was not as clear during the morning.



The POOL
This is what I like most on this resort the POOL!

It is quite spacious and long.  And what I like best is that it is over looking the beach.



You can actually feel the ocean wind while swimming in the pool because it is elevated.  The wind kissing the palm trees is such an amusing scene.





I fell into a nap while relaxing to this very creative beach chair that were made from truck tires.





The sound of the wind while you’re in this elevated pool is the same like what you hear when you put a sea shell in your ear.



The pool vicinity was very tidy during the time that we were there. I enjoyed the creativeness of the pool’s surroundings.







I was told that this is the comfort/shower room located near the pool but we were not able to use it because we went back to the beach and we used the shower rooms near our cottage.  This where I got disappointed. The shower rooms and the toilet near the cottages are not well maintained. There were no proper lighting, The covering doors are not closing properly. The shower heads are not working. We need to use the pail and water dipper and it does not look clean. In short it is very uncomfortable to use their toilet and shower rooms during the time that we were there,



Anyway, the other good thing on this resort is that you can bring your own food plus there are nearby stores wherein you can buy some snacks.  There were also some vendors roaming around selling different foodies that you can enjoy while on the beach.

What we did is that we brought some food for lunch and some snacks and we just bought our drinks from a store within the resort and enjoyed buying almost all the foods that the roaming vendors are selling.

If you are planning to go to this place what I can suggest is for you to go there when it is not too crowded so you can enjoy just the way we enjoyed it except for the toilet and shower room.  I hope this time they made some improvements on those facilities.

Have a great summer everyone!

Part 1 of 2 is here.

97/365: Beach and Pool Nearby Manila: Villa Excellance in Tanza Cavite (Part 1 of 2)

7th of April

It’s not only the piercing heat of the sun that’s reminding me that it’s once again summer but also the visits that I’m seeing in my blog posts which mostly are post about water parks and summer destinations.  Seems like everybody has one idea in mind – head to the beach!

Which reminds me that I still have some pending posts for more summer destinations nearby metropolis.  Let me start with the pending promised from my post "Before July Ended and August Came, A Summer Escapade in June Happened where I made a fun guessing game about this place that my family enjoyed on one of our spontaneous getaway.

Now it’s time to reveal the place.  I am recommending this to those who want an instant city escape without the hassle of booking and reservations.

The place is called Villa Excellance in Tanza Cavite – just a less than an hour drive from Manila (without the traffic).  Hubby came here with some of his colleagues for a team building but he said he did not enjoy the place because it was over crowded when they were there.  But he thought that the beach and the pool looks fine so he brought us here last year just before the summer season ended.

We also went there on a weekday so we are lucky enough that it was not really crowded and yet not too deserted.  There was just a huge group of elderly that were on retreat.

Let me give you a photo tour of the place and it’s up to you to judge by yourselves.  I’m not putting on much details such as price rates and the likes so that this will not look like a paid post. 

The ENTRANCE
There is presentable signage at the entrance but I am not posting it here.  They also have a huge resort rule posted at the entrance so the visitors will know what and what is not allowed.





What I can assure you is that the fees are very affordable - from the entrance fee, cottage rate and other amenities.

Hey handsome I love your shirt!

The PARKING area is spacious.
Apart from the parking area at the entrance gate I saw other spaces around the resort that can be used for parking once the place gets too crowded.







The COTTAGE
The cottages are clean and comfortable,  You can choose different sizes and location.  You can choose near the beach, near the pool or somewhere around the resort.









Sorry I need to break this post into two parts because it would be a waste if I will not share more photos that I took during our getaway.

The Part 2 (beach and the pool)  will be posted simultaneously.