A fun-filled family weekend at Mimosa Leisure Estate
She drove us wild! Carla, my 16-year-old sister, sat there behind the wheel, giggling and looking every bit amused. She would hit the gas harder sometimes and with each step on the pedal, the golf cart went, well, pretty crazy.
That afternoon, she wanted nothing more than to drive my family around a verdant golf course that took us through scenic sights of mountains and lakes. At 86 hectares, this 36-hole championship golf course can become anyone’s favorite playground. This golf course, which is part of the 188-hectare Mimosa Leisure Estate, provided an enjoyable weekend escape for me and my family recently.
When choosing a weekend getaway, you really don’t have to look far. Did you know that you can have the most memorable summer vacation ever by simply using your Citibank credit card?
All year-round, Citibank presents its cardholders with over 400 holiday, dining, and entertainment offers to choose from. That’s discounts, complimentary gifts, upgrades, and so much more that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Among Citibank’s most exciting offers for summer is a 40-percent discount on villa rates at the Mimosa Leisure Estate in Clark Field, Pampanga. And a lot of satisfied guests say that if you stay at Mimosa once, you’ll simply find yourself going back again and again.
For me and my sizable brood, a standard two-bedroom villa was just perfect. The villa is designed bungalow-style with wide archways that take you from the living room to the lanai area and into the bedrooms. And at just P3,630 a night with your Citibank credit card instead of its published rate of P6,050, this villa is definitely a good weekend getaway deal, especially with everything else the Mimosa Leisure Estate has to offer.
The indulgent getaway experiences at Mimosa with Citibank include an exclusive Citibank cardholders’ rate of P2,310 for a superior executive suite one-bedroom villa instead of the published rate of P3,850 as well as a perfect-for-honeymooners deluxe executive suite one-bedroom villa that comes with a Citibank exclusive rate of just P2,610 instead of P3,850.
If you must golf, then go and golf. The 36-hole golf course of the Mimosa Golf and Country Club is something of a challenge to tackle. You can play along the rolling mountains or tee off right by the lake. But if you’re not that golf crazy, get off the course and on to a lot of other fun things in store for you and the rest of your brood here.
“Mimosa can be whatever you want it to be,” says Mimosa Leisure Estate general manager Noli Reyes.
At Mimosa Leisure Estate, you can be on your feet all day, what with all the fun things you can do around the place. You can play basketball and badminton. You can go swimming. If you want to lounge around, you can hang out in Mimosa’s video arcades. The adults can try their luck at the Casino Filipino Mimosa.
And when all this fun and excitement leave you feeling tired, just book a massage or treatment at the Mimosa Serenity Spa to rejuvenate your body and mind.
Now, food is as much a delight here at the Mimosa Leisure Estate. In fact, it’s one of the reasons why golfers take time out from their game all too frequently. Today, you can enjoy an all-fresh Japanese seafood buffet for lunch at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club’s Verandah Cafe at just P550+ per person. The Verandah Cafe offers a Fisherman’s Catch seafood buffet every Friday at only P675+ per person.
And then there’s the Mimosa Cafe that serves Asian and Continental cuisine. Grab a pizza or a sandwich or try the cafe’s Filipino specialties such as adobong manok/baboy, sinigang, kare-kare, and a variety of pancit dishes. Mimosa Cafe also serves hearty breakfast plates, like its Montevista breakfast that’s served with tapa, longganisa, and more. For those craving something sweet for breakfast, the cafe has its waffle combo, served with crisp strips of bacon and scrambled eggs.
Right by the poolside is Mimosa’s al fresco bar, which is popular for its hearty, meaty barbecues, plato wraps (flat bread wraps), smoothies, and the all-time favorite halo-halo for the summer.
And if all that food still isn’t enough for you, you can check out the many restaurant outlets inside the Mimosa Leisure Estate. These include the Japanese Zen Restaurant, the Yakiniku Korea House, The Red Crab for seafood and steak and the Yats International Club for a fine wining and dining experience.
Now, isn’t all this making you really hungry for a weekend adventure at Mimosa, made more fun — and affordable — by Citibank?
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Mimosa Leisure Estate is located in Clark Field, Pampanga, about an hour-and-a-half drive from
