South Drive Manor in Baguio

The vicinity features speak well of South Drive Manor, Baguio—tall pines, posh subdivision, and very near the 250-hectare Camp John Hay. This alone speaks volumes of the hotel’s tourist first -class quality.

Located at 34 Paterno Street in the South Drive District, South Drive Manor, Baguio sits atop hills in the Teacher’s Camp vicinity, far from the pollution of the city, touching mists, and surrounded by fresh mountain cool air. It looks like an enlarge mountain cabin, elegant as first–class hotels should be yet so homey and cozy as a warm cottage in a frigid climate with a lit fireplace inside.

A fireplace? Exactly. South Drive Manor, Baguio allows us chance to experience firsthand what warmth from a fireplace is, surrounded by the chilling mountain air, especially in the evening. And the stars are never more spectacular and numerous as in the South Drive evening skies. The hotel units have terraces for this pleasure.

A night’s stay at this classy mountain lodge costs around $75 or something like Php 3375 a night per room, inclusive of nice, warm, and spacious room and bed, a nice toilet and bath with hot and cold shower fixtures, cable TV, landline, and free breakfast. South Drive Manor, Baguio gives us only the best.

We cannot ignore mentioning the restaurant of South Drive Manor, Baguio, with its ample and huge glass window panels to capture the beauty of the woods and city outside, plus the superb cuisines served: Filipino Korean, Italian, and American. The lobby has homey features with soft, dark colored sofas contrasting the light toned walls. In addition, the friendly and responsive hotel staff makes us feel at home.

Though out there in the mountains and hidden by sprawling gargantuan pine trees, South Drive Manor, Baguio is nonetheless easily reached from the city proper. From Session Road in a cab we can get to it in a mere 10 minutes or less. It is also accessible to the city market, SM Pines Hotel, Maharlika Livelihood Complex, Burnham Park, Sunshine Garden, among others in within the city square.

Public jeepneys are also available, specially those plying routes to the Philippine Military Academy and Camp John Hay. Other tourist sites near South Drive Manor, Baguio are Mines View Park, Wright Park, and Mansion House. With this hotel, we get class, a bit of privacy, and access.

The City of Pines doesn’t feel like it in most lodging venues, but South Drive Manor, Baguio gives us an authentic feel of a Pines City, and more.