Exporing Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar

Bagac, Bataan

28 January 2012

I visited the "Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar" in Bagac Bataan together with travelers - Bianca Ramos and Cristy Okamoto. It was a three-hour ride from Manila. 

The place is actually a resort in an "old setting" style, a replica of the old Philippines (colonial era) with ancestral houses lining up along a cobbled stone street. 

Although it is a replica, the concept is great. Among the notable ancestral houses include - The Casa La Union, Casa Binondo, Casa Tondo, Casa Cagayan, Casa Nueva Ecija and the Casa Candaba. 

The architecture is amazing. The only structure lacking though is a colonial church to make it a really nice colonial setting. According to the administrator of the place, 30% of the ancestral houses are authentic. They bought it from owners who abandoned them from different places in the Philippines, transport them to Bataan and then reconstruct them. 

Perpendicular to the cobled stone street from the entrance is a three-story building replica of Casa Quiapo. It is a very nice place to practice photography using both colored and sepia settings.

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