A Visit to Bagac, Bataan - Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar



This is my third visit to Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. The last one was in 2013 and I am simply surprised that it has expanded to about 3x its size in 2013. There are a lot more houses and hotel rooms that have been added and it's just become a more awesome place to bring your balikbayan friends. Well, not everyone is happy with what Mr. Acuzar is doing, demolishing rundown heritage houses, removing them from their original location and restoring them in his beachside property in Bagac, Bataan. Heritage conservationists are totally against him on this. But would you rather see them rot in their original location? I vote for restoring them wherever they can be well taken cared of. I just hope whoever inherits this place will have the same passion as Mr. Acuzar's in taking care of these houses.

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