"Experience the allure of Philippine country life at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort. A self-contained working coconut plantation, It was founded in the 1880s by Don Placido Escudero and his wife Dona Claudia Marasigan. Originally planted to sugarcane, the crop was converted to coconut by their son Don Arsenio Escudero in the early 1900s. A pioneering agro-industrialist, he built the country's first working hydroelectric plant to supply his dessicated coconut factory and Villa Escudero, where he and his wife Dona Rosario Adap built in 1929. Their children opened the estate to the public in 1981. From its humble beginnings, the resort has become a prime tourist destination for locals, overseas Filipinos and a wide array of foreign visitors to the country. It has a worldwide reputation as a showcase for the Philippines' rich cultural heritage, offering a beguiling glimpse of its history, cuisine, dress, customs and natural beauty a mere two hours away from Manila." -Villa Escudero Site
Hacienda Escudero or Villa Escudero located at Tiaong, Quezon, is a place close to my heart because of its rural feel and scenery that is much like one of our rural place in Negros, Oriental --- Bayawan City. But only much more maintained, developed and has already attracted lots of tourists. After an almost 3-hour-drive from the metro here are the following activities available:
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| Arsenio Escudero Hydroelectric Power Plant |
