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Pinto Art Museum

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     Whether you are an art enthusiast or not, you will love Pinto Art Museum located inside a village in Antipolo City.  The museum is big enough for you to consume 2-3 hours going around and interpreting their artworks.  The galleries are painted in white and designed like a vacation houses.  The garden is lovely.  It’s like you’re spending some time in your favourite resort.      They have great collections of Filipino contemporary arts.  Colourful paintings and even black and white.  Intricately designed mixed media and sculpture - small and big.  So many for your eyes to feast on.      If you get tired and hungry, you can visit their cafe and order some food and drinks.  Although, we never tried it.  They look delicious, I guess...       I highly recommend this place because it’s not your ordinary type of museum.  It’s educational, enjoyable, and rela...

Unique Experience at Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar

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Travel Dates: February 24-25, 2013      This large property of Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan is distinct in design and location.  Mr. Acuzar with his passion for old Spanish houses brought the old houses from the different part of the Philippines, restored it and put all together in one place to form a village.  It’s like you stepped back in time as you look at the old Spanish mansions around you transformed to its old glory.      Our one night accommodation was a birthday present from my boyfriend.  I enjoyed every minute of our stay here with very romantic scenery of old Spanish houses, brown sand beach, lovely pool to swim, vast rice farm, river that flows under the arch stone bridge to the sea, and majestic mountain in sight.       Each of the heritage houses, with 2-6 bedrooms, is available for rent.  Currently the hotel rate is ranging form Php 10,800 to Php 19,000 a night.  ...