Where is tagaytay city located

Taal Volcano Taal Volcano is the smallest active volcano in the world. Sky Ranch Sky Ranch is a 5-hectar mixed-use commercial development with a mini theme park, nestled along Tagaytay Ridge.

Sky Ranch records an average of 30, visitors per day during peak season. Paradizoo Paradizoo is a theme farm located in the town of Mendez, Cavite, just a few minutes away from Tagaytay City. Home Safe Program. Our Best Rate Guarantee assures you receive the best rates when you book directly with us. AdrianM, Tripadvisor. Our Collection. By continuing to browse our site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Learn more. Call-us Mobile Call Us. The main religion is Roman Catholicism The rest of the population subscribes to Iglesia ni Cristo, Eastern Orthodoxy, and other religions. As a second class city, Tagaytay is earning an average of more than Php20 million but less than Php30 million.

There are two facets of Tagaytay City: agricultural and urbanized. The slope also contributes to the capability of the land for cultivation. Its primary agri-products are pineapple, coffee, banana, cacao, camote, cassava, and root crops. Fruits and vegetables and cut flowers are also prioritized. The cut flowers industry supplies both local and global markets. One has undoubtedly seen the stretch of Tagaytay-Calamba Road full of garden plant shops.

Because of the residential and commercial booms, the land dedicated to flower farms was not as sizable as it was once. There used to be hectares of daisy and gladiola farms. Cattle raising is also an important industry in Tagaytay City. Another popular offering is crispy tawilis herring.

Tawilis is a freshwater sardine found in Taal Lake, although it is already considered endangered. More on this in the Tourism section. Tagaytay has a well-linked road network, including national highways that connect Metro Manila to Laguna, Batangas, and, of course, Cavite. Secondary roads also adjoin key cities, particularly in the northwest part, such as Mendez, Silang, Alfonso, and Indang; southwest parts like Sta. Rosa and Calamba; and south, including Talisay.

Rosa and Tagaytay-Calamba roads. The first one passes Sta. This is also the main route if you are coming from Laguna, going to Tagaytay. Both will have an interchange at Aguinaldo Highway. The highway is from Lian to Tagaytay rotunda. The drive starts from a poblacion in Talisay and ends in Tagaytay Picnic Grove.

Tagaytay City is a favored destination because of its cold climate. Tagaytay is strategically poised to be an anchor of golf tourism since all golf courses in Cavite and Laguna are easily accessible from the ridge. It only takes an hour from the ridge to the nearest golf course.

Nevertheless, Tagaytay City is home to a few golf courses with unique layouts, although the most exciting ones are located inside Tagaytay Highlands. Once a sleepy mountain town, Tagaytay has been a home to many things worth visiting: scenic viewpoints, religious sites, dining, and a new arrival, shopping malls.

Rising at about m 2, ft , Tagaytay is cooler than the lowlands of Cavite, and some rich residents, both Filipino and foreigner, have set up mansions near to the scenic views of mountains and the dominating Taal volcano and lake. It is a city of 70,, scattered in 38 barangays. Due to its altitude, there are also some pine trees — similar to those in Baguio — growing here. Tagaytay is unofficially called the "Second Summer Capital of the Philippines" by locals and tourists in comparison to Baguio ; official statistics as of record , tourist arrivals.

Tagaytay becomes crowded during Christmas and Holy Week, and the main highways to the city become jammed. Tagaytay's name is derived from the Tagalog word for "mountain ridge", but there is an urban legend circulating by word of mouth to describe the origin of the city's name. The tale describes the origin of the name "Tagaytay" as coming from the yells of a boy who was hunting with his father on the location of the current city. The boy shouted " Taga, itay " after his father hunted and caught one, and this words echoed at the mountain, that led to the name.

Tagaytay, despite its city status, looks more of a aggregation of villages and towns, with subdivisions — gated or not — and farmland in between, however, large urban developments like high-rise condominiums and shopping malls have arrived in Tagaytay, and traffic jams have become a problem during peak season.

Important to local orientation are the main roads and the major junctions, which form the commercial centers. Tagaytay Rotonda , aka Olivarez Junction after the eponymous college and mall complex , has two large malls and the roundabout where Aguinaldo Highway turns to the west.

Mahogany Junction , and the Kaybagal area, rather two barangays with directional disambiguation on their names, has the casino, city hall complex, public market, the Sky Ranch theme park, the Summit Ridge mall, and the Taal Vista Hotel. Between the Mahogany and Olivarez areas are the strip of cliffside restaurants with views of Taal volcano and lake and Batangas province , and a row of retreat houses.

Western Tagaytay , which blurs into the adjacent municipality of Alfonso, has Crossing Mendez , another junction with a commercial strip, some accommodations, the Puzzle Mansion, and Zoori Zoo and Residence Inn.

Tagaytay has a mild climate and dramatic scenery, which makes it popular with residents of Manila. There are three seasons, a cool dry season, hot dry season summer and the wet season. Peak seasons are the cool dry season, which includes the Christmas and New Year period, and the hot dry season, which includes the Holy Week peak period.

While the humidity can make the heat unbearable, Tagaytay generally does have cooler temperatures, so many tourists flock the city during Holy Week.

Rainy season covers much of the year, from June to November, but the weather can be changeable. July and August has the most rainfall, and it's best to avoid those months. Tagaytay is 60 km 37 mi south of Manila, and is easy to reach than the more popular Baguio. While it's possible to reach the city by bus, many travelers bring a car. Most tourists to Tagaytay bring a car, making all major road entry points packed during times.

Most leave at Santa Rosa Exit , which directly connects to Santa Rosa-Tagaytay Road Route , but it gets snarled during weekdays or peak season, so there are alternatives:.