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This my final glimpse of Sofitel Plaza Manila 'cause they are closing their door for a major renovation next month. Answering a question I raised in my previous Sofitel Plaza Manila entry that I posted in 2012, I was able to go back in 2024. 

Sofitel Plaza Manila 12 years ago

ROOM TOUR:









Had we not know that they were renovating, we wouldn't notice the outdated details of this room. HAHAHA. When we notice, we were like, "Ahh, kaya pala kailangan na mag renovate." It's been a while since I slept in a room this cold. I was shocked for a few minutes when I woke up and left the sheets. 


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This part, used to be overlooking Manila Bay, was my favorite feature of this hotel. 







12 years and several pounds later... nakita ko tuloy na medyo mapayat ako before when I looked for the link of my other post. HAHAHA. Keri. Whatever.





 My favorite was the Spiral Breakfast Buffet



When reading comments of a post announcing their closure, many commenters mentioned that they'd miss Spiral's Cheese Room. I was curious and decided to get every one of these cheeses.






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Everything, in time. 💖

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Photos from our room in Azalea Hotel in Boracay. 

The location is not beachfront but it's a station of the Hop On, Hop Off bus. 


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It was comfortable sleeping here. Our room was spacious and there's a sofa set as well. 
There's a veranda facing the street but it's not noisy at all.


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Our room had a kitchen. I think most of the rooms do although we didn't use it since we ate all our meals outside. This a good room inclusion if you're the type who rather cook than eat out or if you want to save money since restaurants in Boracay especially those facing the beach can be really expensive. 


Buffet Breakfast and Crystal Kayak at Movenpick Resort and Spa

Happy Hour at Movenpick Resorts and Spa




Towels and bathroom supplies are included in the room rate. The water pressure of the shower was good as well.


This hotel has a rooftop pool and a Kuya J restaurant beside the lobby. Overall, it was a comfortable stay. My favorite thing is it being a bus station since we didn't have to walk far in order to wait for the bus. lol


Other places we visited in Boracay.


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Where to stay in Tagaytay? You might want to consider this place.


This post will include photos from Hotel Montecillo in Tagaytay. We went here pre-pandemic so there might be some changes. I haven't been blogging regularly since 2020 but I'm trying to change that this year. Haha.

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We booked a family/quadruple room. 

We had our own bathroom, refrigerator, four single beds, television with cable, wifi connection. Free use of the heated pool, free parking, and buffet breakfast for four were included in the package as well. 

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Bathroom area was huge. Left side on the picture above is the shower area, right side is the toilet. Toiletries and bath towels were provided as well. 


Rooms are provided with instant teas and coffees as well. 


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This is the view outside our window. It was a quiet hotel - perfect for relaxation/staycations. There are restaurants in the area but wasn't overly crowded. Well, this is a weekday trip so people visiting Tagaytay were definitely less that usual. 


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This was a heated pool. 


We had the entire pool to ourselves that afternoon even though the hotel had several other guests. 


View from Starbucks, Tagaytay. 


Woke up to this bed weather. If the package didn't have a buffet breakfast, we would have lied down the entire morning and just look at the fog. lol


I love this Tagaytay weather. <3 I don't have pictures from the buffet breakfast but it was mostly Filipino cuisine. 


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GRAND has to be capitalized for this post because there's another hotel named City Garden Hotel in the vicinity. We were a bit confused with that at first but yeah, we double checked which one has the rooftop bar and it's - City Garden GRAND. 



We arrived late for check-in but for some reasons, the room was still not ready when we got there so we ended up waiting for another two hours at the lobby. 









Above are photos from the room.

The room was huge, comfortable and clean so we had no problems with it and somehow, our negative impression with the hotel because of the long wait was appeased. My favorite thing, from the entire room, is the city view.

There's something about staying in Makati without worrying about the traffic in EDSA when going back home to QC. :))))) Sobrang bihira ko na mapunta doon ngayon kasi sobrang malala rin 'yung traffic. AHAHA. 



That afternoon, it rained hard and we couldn't go out so we just swam at the rooftop pool. We were only the ones swimming that time which is a good thing 'cause it's not too big and it can get definitely get crowded on some days. The rain got harder and harder so we decided to sit for a bit in the Firefly Roofdeck Bar while waiting for the rain to stop. 

Firefly Roofdeck Bar

This is the Firefly Roofdeck Bar - the reason how we learned about City Garden GRAND Hotel 'cause it was once viral on Facebook because of the view. We thought of going there once for dinner but we decided to do a staycation instead. 


Baguio??? More like bagyo. HAHAHA. 




I've seen a lot of skylines from many different countries but Metro Manila is still one of my favorites.... kahit ang hirap mahalin ng Pilipinas on some days.... hahaha. Humugot pa eh. 




Outdoor pool + Hot Tub

Truly is a beautiful view from the rooftop bar. 



We waited for sunset before going back to the hotel. Afterwards, we went out to eat dinner. There were a lot of restaurant choices - this is in Poblacion, Makati afterall. 


After dinner, we went back to the rooftop deck to just stay near the pool area and talk. Another thing that would need patience is the elevator during the "peak hours" of the restaurant because it would take a while before you're able to ride. Dalawa lang kasi ata 'yung elevator for the entire hotel and yet it has to service not only the people checked-in but also the people going up to the roof deck. 



During this time, there were already a lot of guests at the bar but we didn't mind. Hehe. Maganda pa rin naman at hindi ganon kaingay. 




The room rate we paid was breakfast inclusive.

The buffet spread was wide. There were a lot choices and it made our stay more "sulit" especially that staying in this hotel wasn't really that expensive to begin it felt like it still. 


Overall, our experience was City Garden GRAND Hotel was great and bang for the buck. I just hope they improve their check-in process 'cause waiting in the lobby when you're supposed to be in the hotel room is kind of irritating... syempre kasama na sa bayad 'yung two hours na nawala sa amin. Hehehe. 
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