Most Tagaytay trips follow a tired, repetitive script: wake up at an ungodly hour to beat the Aguinaldo Highway gridlock, lose the battle anyway, eat a piping hot bowl of bulalo, stare at Taal Lake for a respectable fifteen minutes, buy your pasalubong, and brave the bumper-to-bumper crawl back home. You repeat this exact ritual every long weekend until you’re either too old to handle the sharp ridge chill or someone in the group chat finally convinces everyone to head up to Baguio instead.
Splendido Hotel Tagaytay and Country Club would like to change that. Or at least add a few more scenes to it.
“Splendido is more than just a place to stay,” says Resident Manager Rey C. Pajarito Jr. “We are developing it as a complete hospitality, sports, leisure, and lifestyle destination where guests can enjoy accommodation, dining, recreation, wellness, corporate activities, and special celebrations, all in one property.”
So basically, once you check in, there’s very little reason to leave. Which, given what the roads up the ridge look like on a Saturday, it might be the most luxurious amenity of all.
The Active Escape: Pickleball, Badminton, Tennis, and More
If your personal definition of relaxation begins and ends with a plush bed, an endless breakfast buffet, and zero adult obligations, Splendido has you covered with its well-appointed suites and serene pool decks.
However, if you are the type of traveler who packs a pair of fresh sneakers “just in case”, and actually ties them up, the Country Club is where the magic happens. The sports roster feels like a high-end recreational hub built for friendly rivalries:
- Court Sports: Full-sized basketball, tennis, volleyball, and badminton courts.
- The Modern Essentials: Dedicated pickleball courts for the growing crowd of enthusiasts.
- Indoor Games: Bowling lanes, billiards tables, and a darts lounge.
- Fitness & Wellness: A fully equipped gym, expansive swimming facilities, and a children’s playroom to keep the kids entertained while the adults settle who holds the family billiards crown.
It is a simple, refreshing pitch: give travelers genuine reasons to explore beyond just crashing for the night. Think active family weekends, long-overdue barkada rematches, and corporate outings that swap awkward trust-falls for genuine on-court competition.
Two restaurants and a 24-hour in-room dining
All that pickleball builds an appetite, and Splendido splits the feeding duties between two outlets. Café Soto sits on the fourth floor of the hotel, while Hermosa Restaurant holds court on the ground floor of the Country Club. Both are open to hotel guests, Country Club members, walk-in visitors, and groups.
For those whose post-game plan is to never leave the bed again, there’s 24-hour in-room dining. No judgment. Tagaytay fog plus a warm blanket is a powerful sedative.
The team also says it’s open to customized culinary experiences, group dining arrangements, and food-related activities, so if your company outing needs a cook-off to settle office rivalries, it’s worth asking.
Quarterly Planning Meets the Basketball Court
Splendido is also making a serious play for the corporate crowd. Its function rooms and banquet facilities can host corporate meetings, seminars, conferences, training sessions, company outings, team-building, private celebrations, and group dinners.
The real selling point is the combo. “Companies can conduct meetings or training sessions while giving their employees opportunities to participate in sports, recreational activities, and team-building programs,” Pajarito explains. In other words: sit through the 9 a.m. PowerPoint, then work out your feelings about the new KPIs on the badminton court by 3 p.m.
Accommodation, food and beverage, and recreational offerings can be customized per group. The hotel also welcomes long-term stays, which is good news for anyone whose “quick work trip” has a habit of turning into three weeks.
Saturday Nights, Street Food, and Fun Run
The newest weekend draw is the Splendido Saturday Night Market, running every Saturday until December 26, 2026. Expect food stalls dishing out local delicacies, Filipino favorites, street food, snacks, and refreshments, plus specialty products, merch, and the kind of random finds you didn’t know you needed until you’re holding them in a reusable bag.
It’s open not just to hotel guests and Clubhouse members but also to locals and visitors from Tagaytay and nearby towns. Management frames it as a community gathering spot, and a platform for local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and independent vendors to reach more customers. Eating isaw in sweater weather for a good cause? We’ll allow it.
The goal is to make the market a regular weekend fixture, “another reason for people to visit Splendido.”
And for those who’ll need to burn off said isaw, there’s the Splendido Fun Run on November 21, 2026. It’s pitched at all ages and fitness levels, with the cool highland air doing most of the motivational work. “We believe that wellness and recreation should be an important part of the overall hospitality experience,” Pajarito says. Translation: run first, Night Market after. Balance.
Splendido’s Holiday Promos
Merry and Bright Christmas Celebration 2026 is for couples and families who’d rather not spend December 24 elbow-deep in hamon glaze and sink water. At ₱12,448 net, it includes two nights’ accommodation, complimentary breakfast for two, a Christmas Eve buffet dinner for two, and Noche Buena for two. Book from October 15 to December 24, 2026, for stays from December 23 to 25, 2026. Somebody else does the dishes. That’s the real gift.
For New Year’s Eve, Splendido is going full throwback with Neo Nostalgia: Throwback Vibes of the ’90s, starting at ₱14,048 net. You get two nights’ accommodation, breakfast for two, a New Year’s Eve buffet dinner for two, and the New Year’s Countdown for two. Booking runs October 15 to December 30, 2026, for stays from December 30, 2026, to January 1, 2027.
The package promises “the fun, music, fashion, and energy of the 1990s,” so this is your sign to dig out the butterfly clips, the baggy jeans, and the dance moves you swore you’d never do in public again. Welcoming 2027 like it’s 1999? Honestly, there are worse plans.
| Package | Price | Inclusions (for two) | Book by | Stay dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry and Bright Christmas Celebration 2026 | ₱12,448 net | 2 nights, breakfast, Christmas Eve buffet, Noche Buena | Oct 15–Dec 24, 2026 | Dec 23–25, 2026 |
| Neo Nostalgia: Throwback Vibes of the ’90s | From ₱14,048 net | 2 nights, breakfast, New Year’s Eve buffet, Countdown | Oct 15–Dec 30, 2026 | Dec 30, 2026–Jan 1, 2027 |
Splendido is opening its doors to a wider market: solo travelers, couples, families, corporate accounts, business travelers, sports organizations, recreational groups, event organizers, and companies scouting team-building venues. Short stays and long stays are both on the table.
“Today’s travelers and corporate clients are looking for more than accommodation,” Pajarito notes. “They want convenience, flexibility, good food, recreational activities, quality service, and experiences that provide value for their time and money.” The plan is to keep improving service and facilities, and to build partnerships with local communities, businesses, sports groups, and tourism stakeholders.
The end goal? A place people come back to again and again, whether for a weekend getaway, a family vacation, a business meeting, a sports day, a wellness retreat, or a celebration. Or, as the resident manager sums it up: a destination “where you can stay, play, dine, work, relax, connect, and celebrate.”
That’s seven verbs. I counted. Bring rubber shoes, a sweater, and maybe those butterfly clips, just in case.
Splendido Hotel Tagaytay and Country Club is in the Tagaytay highlands. The Saturday Night Market runs every Saturday until December 26, 2026. The Splendido Fun Run is on November 21, 2026.
