Bataan: Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar

Another must-visit in Bataan is the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. Las Casas is a theme park /resort showcasing 27 houses (and counting) from the 1600s-1800s or the Spanish era. It has been developed like the "Old Philippines", with its plazas and cobblestone pavement roads.

 

Plaza Atienza and Plaza Belmonte

Plaza Mayor de Tobias

Replica of the Paseo de Escolta

The featured houses are from all over the country and were named from the places they were originally bought.  They dismantle the old houses, and relocate and restore them at Las Casas, using whatever materials they were able to salvage and following the original design of the house. 

Visitors can stay overnight at Las Casas, as some of the houses are used as hotel rooms.  It is likewise possible to do a day tour.  The day tour entrance fee of Php685 includes the tour, tour guide and use of pool and beach until 6pm.

Our guide, Dexter and Chinto and Ahyan during our tour.

We joined the  1:30 pm tour and got to know a few of the houses. The tour runs for about 1.5 hours, after which the guests are free to roam the resort on their own or go swimming at the pool or the beach.

Here are a few of the houses:

Casa Quiapo

Casa Jaen (from Jaen Nueva Ecija), where the tour starts

Casa Byzantina

 Las Casas Filipinas is in Bagac, Bataan and is an hour drive from Mt. Samat via JJ Linao National Road.