Batangas

Balai Isabel

Balai Isabel

        Book Club Balai Isabel, on the shores of lake Taal in Talisay town, if you’d like a view of Taal lake and volcano. The resort is furnished with Philippine hardwood furniture, colored Moroccanstyle lamps with ornate metal work and stained glass panels, and surrounded by fruit trees and pocket gardens. It has an infinity pool and a spa suite offering reflexology treatment. Published room rates start at P2,800 (about US$62) for the casitas to P16,800 per night for the four-bedroom lakeshore villa.

        To book Club Balai Isabel, call: 043/ 728-0307 or the Manila office at tel.: 02/ 776-1521 or 776 5508, e-mail: info@balaiisabel.com, or visit: www.balaiisabel.com.ph. If you like it intimate and cozy, there’s the seven-room Casa Cecilia Heritage Hotel with its Spanish- Mediterranean architecture and a patio overlooking a garden gazebo, a popular place for weddings. A room here costs P2,200 per night with free breakfast for two. For budget travelers there’s Casa Punzalan, an 18th-century ancestral home converted into a lodging house run by the Taal Heritage Foundation. It has four-poster beds, a wide staircase, and expansive views of the Taal Basilica. Each of the lodge’s three fan rooms can take in two guests and costs P500 per night. Two air-con rooms are also available for P800 and P1,000 for double occupancy

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