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To TAGAYTAY by Car:
Option 1: via SLEX Sta. Rosa Exit, the most popular and easiest, is a straight drive all the way to Tagaytay Public Market (and right smack into Tagaytay Econo Inn) where you turn right going to Tagaytay city proper and Nasugbu/Balayan/Lemery Batangas or left going to People's Park in the Sky. Usual travel time from Makati CBD is 1.5 hours.
Option 2: SLEX Greenfields Exit, an alternate route to Tagaytay that pass by Pramana, Nuvali, Eton City and Paseo de Sta. Rosa, ideal to avoid traffic buildup on Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay National Road on Saturday mornings thus making it the fastest route to Tagaytay on weekends.
Option 3: SLEX Southwoods exit then Governor's Drive in Carmona going to Dasmarinas. Turn left on Maguyam Road just before the Shell Station to your left.
Option 4: Roxas Boulevard, Baclaran, Coastal Road, Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas via Aguinaldo Highway. Not recommended due to presence of heavy traffic made worse by SM Dasmarinas and Robinsons Palapala. At the end of Aguinaldo Highway is the Tagaytay Rotonda (roundabout) where a statue of Ninoy Aquino, a BPI with ATM, Days Inn, Max's Restaurant and 7-11 store as landmarks.
Option 5: Another route for the adventurous to Tagaytay is via Daang Hari that passes by Molino, Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas and Silang. It bypasses the traffic chokepoint of Bacoor rotonda but not SM Dasma and Robinsons.
To TAGAYTAY by Bus:
If you're going to Tagaytay via public transportation, request the driver to drop you off at your destination if along the way or at Tagaytay Rotonda (landmarks: Ninoy Aquino monument, BPI, Max's, 7-11, BDO, Chowking) where you can ride jeepneys or tricycle to your target place.
JAM Transit has trips to Tagaytay, Balayan, Batangas, Lemery. Jam Transit
terminal is at Taft Avenue corner Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue accessible from LRT
Buendia station.
Crow Transit (Crow bus terminal at the corner Taft Ave & EDSA right below MRT
Taft Avenue station and walking distance from LRT EDSA station, same terminal as
Erjohn & Almark and Genesis behind Sogo Hotel and MacDonalds) has buses to
Nasugbu/Calatagan/Balayan in regular schedules.
BLTB (EDSA, Malibay, Pasay City) has buses every 15 minutes to Nasugbu, Balayan
or Calatagan Batangas that pass by Tagaytay
Kirby Bus to Tagaytay from Lawton
San Agustin bus with signboard "Mendez-Tagaytay" from Harrison Plaza on Vito Cruz
(Pablo Ocampo) or Baclaran via Coastal Road, Aguinaldo Highway to the towns of
Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas and Silang before reaching Tagaytay. (note this is a
slow route due to lots of chokepoints in Cavite)
Saulog Bus Lines with signboard "Mendez-Tagaytay" from Harrison Plaza in Manila
or Baclaran via Coastal Road, Aguinaldo Highway to the towns of Bacoor, Imus,
Dasmarinas and Silang before reaching Tagaytay (note this is a slow route due to
lots of chokepoints in Cavite)
To SONYA'S GARDEN:
First, look for appropriate buses to Tagaytay or Nasugbu on the How to Get to Tagaytay then follow directions below.
Commute to Sonya's Garden is easy though with three rides: a bus, a jeepney and a tricycle ride. First ride a Bus to Tagaytay or Nasugbu, Batangas and request the conductor to drop you off at Alfonso Crossing on the highway. Transfer to a jeepney to take you to Buck Estate then ride a tricycle to Sonya's Garden. You can request the tricycle driver to fetch you at an appointed time to avoid the hassle of waiting for one on your return trip. (Current fares not available due to memory gap of Tutubi's friend)
If you are already touring Tagaytay, you can ride jeepneys that pass by Buck Estate then transfer to a trike to Sonya's Country Bed and Breakfast.
Driving Directions to Sonya's Garden:
According to Sonya's Garden's official website: "From South Superhighway
exit Santa Rosa and turn right towards Tagaytay. Upon reaching main
Aguinaldo highway, turn right toward Nasugbu, Batangas. Go past Tagaytay
Rotonda and proceed for 10km. After Splendido Golf course and Sunrise
Hill make a right turn on the Buck Estate. Drive for 2km and watch out
for Sonya's on the left side. Use the first gate and drive towards the
end of the driveway and make a right towards parking lot."