About Us

Step back into Philippine rural life at Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort.

Founded in the 1880s by Don Placido Escudero and his wife, Doña Claudia Marasigan, the plantation started as a sugarcane farm until their son, Don Arsenio Escudero, shifted the crops to coconuts in the early 1900s. An agro-industrial pioneer, Don Sening transformed the farm into a self-sustaining coconut plantation with the aid of the country’s first hydroelectric plant and desiccated coconut factory. This later paved the way for Villa Escudero, which he and his wife, Doña Rosario Adap, built in 1929.

Their children would open the estate to the public in 1981, becoming a popular tourist destination for locals, returning overseas Filipinos, and foreign visitors. The resort showcases the Philippines’ rich cultural heritage, offering a window of its history, cuisine, customs, and natural beauty only two hours from Manila.