Spellbound in Puzzle land

Roaming around in Tagaytay is our first plan to raised up our boredom. Then suddenly, something pop in my mind along the road. It's the Puzzle Land (Puzzle Mansion). A place where we can find the Guinness World Record holder of thousand jigsaw Puzzle. Gina Gil Lacuna a 61 year old, friendly, very eloquent and gracious Lola holds the record-breaking puzzle collection. A Total of 1,050 puzzles (as of July 28, 2013) in different sizes, colors, themes and dimensions (3D and 4D puzzles) are displayed at the Puzzle Mansion, located in Cuadra Street along Barangay Asisan in Tagaytay City. Nanay Gina also conducts personal tour and tells story about her collections. Every puzzle has a story, history and character. Her first ever one, the 5000-piece Disney puzzle she bought for her son 27 years ago. It was her first masterpiece. She bought it during her trip in Hong Kong. From then on she thought she could start putting pieces of jigsaw puzzles together. 

She beat the reigning Brazilian Luiza Figueiredo in the Guinness World Records for having the largest collection of Jigsaw Puzzles in the World. Aside from Lacuna’s huge jigsaw puzzle collections, the Puzzle Mansion also has hotel-like amenities such as a swimming pool, a 400-square-meter function room and a 24-hour café. 

Quick Fact: 

• Puzzle Mansion started as a summer house in Tagaytay. It is open to the public after the Guinness World Record ceremony (November 29,2012). They decided to open this to the public because some people wanted to see the puzzles, they wanted to spend almost the whole day looking at each paintings. 
• Aside from the application fee to challenge an existing Guinness World Records holder, you have to spend at least 2 million pesos to bring the Guinness World Record organization here to validate your application and to spend on the actual awarding ceremony. 
• 32,000-piece puzzle is her biggest puzzle piece. PUZZLE 

MANSION Address: Purok 4 Cuadra St. Barangay Asisan, Tagaytay City, Philippines Telephone: +632 661-0019 Mobile: +63 905 225-0229 Email: puzzlemansion@gmail.com Facebook: Puzzle Mansion Bed & Breakfast Website: http://thepuzzlemansion.com/ Operating Hours: Monday to 

Friday: 7 am to 7 pm Saturday and Sunday: 7 am to 8 pm Entrance Fee: P100 (including kids)