{"id":5520,"date":"2017-07-23T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T00:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=5520"},"modified":"2017-07-21T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T06:33:35","slug":"the-grounds-resort-in-antipolo-live-like-a-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/07\/23\/the-grounds-resort-in-antipolo-live-like-a-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grounds Resort in Antipolo: Live like a Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t need to go that far or to go to New Zealand just to experience what it feels like to stay and inside a Hobbit house. Look no further as <strong>The Grounds Resort<\/strong> in Antipolo has made it possible for everyone to live like Bilbo Baggins from <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy and <em>The Hobbit<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n<p>Located at\u00a0<span class=\"_50f4\">Herbal Park in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_50f4\">Antipolo, Rizal, The Grounds Resort is a rustic and cozy resort perfect for people who would like to escape the crowded city life. They also cater events such as weddings, maternity shoots, pre-nuptials shoots and birthdays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5521\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17634501_400492640316984_7707851263530504965_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17634501_400492640316984_7707851263530504965_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17634501_400492640316984_7707851263530504965_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17634501_400492640316984_7707851263530504965_n-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The Grounds Resort famous hobbit house<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5523\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17799220_400493870316861_4478129031574485880_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17799220_400493870316861_4478129031574485880_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17799220_400493870316861_4478129031574485880_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17799220_400493870316861_4478129031574485880_n-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Inside the hobbit house, you can relax and have a cup of hot tea<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The resort offers amenities such as swimming pool and an outdoor bed stationed nearby the pool is their\u00a0hobbit house. These small houses are seen in the movies, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit and fans have been gushing and raving about them.<\/p>\n<p>The original Hobbit house is called Hobbiton. It was built in March 1999 and as filming commenced in December that year. The set was then rebuilt in 2011 for the feature films \u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d, \u201cThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug\u201d, and \u201cThe Hobbit: There and Back Again\u201d. \u00a0It is now a\u00a0permanent attraction\u00a0and tours are held.\u00a0Matamata, home of the\u00a0Hobbiton Movie Set, it is about a\u00a02-hour drive from Auckland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"635\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5524\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17861813_400493186983596_1232916943155874712_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17861813_400493186983596_1232916943155874712_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17861813_400493186983596_1232916943155874712_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17861813_400493186983596_1232916943155874712_n-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>A private sanctuary for those who want to relax<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"634\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5522\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17522537_402517890114459_9181361115762269328_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17522537_402517890114459_9181361115762269328_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17522537_402517890114459_9181361115762269328_n-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/17522537_402517890114459_9181361115762269328_n-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Take a swim or a dip at the edge of the pool.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Grounds Resort will definitely charm you, you can spend an entire afternoon dip at their pool or stay in their hobbit house. Although a private resort, they can entertain up to 30 guests. They&#8217;re rates changes especially during the peak season which are June, November, and December.<\/p>\n<p>Visit their Facebook page or call them at 0915-589-5237 for bookings and reservations. They are located at\u00a0<span class=\"_50f4\">P. Oliveros St. Ticzon Herbal Park,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_50f4\">Antipolo, Rizal and they are open daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Grounds Resort<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_50f4\">Address: P. Oliveros St., Ticzon Herbal Park,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_50f4\">Antipolo, Rizal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contact number: 0915-589-5237<\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegroundsresort\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Grounds Resort<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Images Source: The Grounds Resort Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This resort is the perfect place to be for a weekend getaway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,65],"tags":[239,637,638],"class_list":["post-5520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rizal","category-resort","tag-antipolo","tag-the-grounds-resort","tag-hobbit-house"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5534,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5520\/revisions\/5534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}