The Manilay Ancestral House was built decades ago, made out of authentic materials from the ruins of the old houses in Laguna and Batangas, and was brought to existence here in Gensan where piece by piece it was reconstructed, neat huh?
The house if filled with old artifacts and the antique collections of Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Manilay, from wood carvings, religious artifacts, furniture, jewellery and vintage appliances and cars, that were all acquired from the Manilays various trips around the Philippines. The ancestral house became their museum, that they opened to the public so they could get a glimpse of the past and have that certain feeling of how life was back then.
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| Vintage car models and vintage motorcycles and scooters |
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| Vintage Cars |
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| Vintage Chanel No. 5 bottle |
As soon as you step in the house, you’d find yourself oozing with
"Ohh!!!”’s and “Wooows”.
My eyes were out of control, not knowing what to look at first. But a few stuff definitely caught my eye, a vintage fire extinguisher, a fully functional non-electrical wooden fridge, a hair brush a handheld mirror made of silver, and a half empty Chanel No. 5 bottle, I screeched like a fangirl out of sheer amazement, I wanted to take a whiff off the bottle, wondered how it’ll smell like, just out of curiosity.
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| Vintage fire extinguisher |
Whenever you’re in Gensan, you definitely have to put this in your list. The Manilay Ancestral House is located at Purok Malakas, Barangay San Isidro, right behind Savemore.
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The Manilay Ancestral House was built decades ago, made out of authentic materials from the ruins of the old houses in Laguna a...
