Zen Marie

Zen Marie Zen Marie is a mountain retreat in Tanay, Rizal, designed for stillness, slow living, and intentional experiences.

It offers private stays, a serene dipping pool, and curated food inspired by fire, stone, and nature — by appointment.

18/05/2026
The old hardwood doors stand heavy and grounded, carrying the texture of time, while the soft warm light above gives the...
16/05/2026

The old hardwood doors stand heavy and grounded, carrying the texture of time, while the soft warm light above gives the space a sacred, almost cinematic atmosphere. Native Filipino architecture blends with subtle Japanese influence: capiz-style details, dark aged timber, symmetry, and silence.
Framed by lush palms and plants, the perspective from below makes Zen Marie feel grand yet intimate — like entering another world where the noise of the city no longer exists and replace by the sound of countryside lifestyle. The shadows, the reclaimed wood, and the surrounding greenery create a mood of mystery, calmness, and emotional depth.

Calmness indeedMountain stay in Tanay book via Air BNB
12/05/2026

Calmness indeed

Mountain stay in Tanay book via Air BNB

Respect to HSO for bringing their energy
08/05/2026

Respect to HSO for bringing their energy

08/05/2026

A solo traveler from Denmark found her quiet escape here in Tanay.
Mountains by day.
Stillness by night.

Some places are not meant to be rushed.

04/05/2026

🌿 A private stay in Tanay

This dipping pool was never part of the original plan.It started as a thought…a quiet corner beside the rock, where wate...
04/05/2026

This dipping pool was never part of the original plan.

It started as a thought…
a quiet corner beside the rock, where water naturally wanted to rest.

No contractors. No perfect blueprint.
Just hands, time, and a vision that refused to stay on paper.

Each stone was placed with intention.
Each curve followed the shape of the land—not the other way around.
The tiles weren’t chosen for perfection, but for how they would feel when water touched them.

The wood beside it—aged, weathered—wasn’t replaced.
It was kept. Because here, nothing pretends to be new.

Surrounded by leaves that grow freely,
fed by the same mountain that breathes life into this place,
the pool doesn’t feel built…

It feels discovered.

Like it has always been here—
just waiting for someone to listen closely enough to bring it out.

And when you step into it,
you don’t just cool down…

you become part of the silence
that created it

This space feels like it wasn’t built in one lifetime—it was gathered.The capiz windows were once part of an old house t...
04/05/2026

This space feels like it wasn’t built in one lifetime—it was gathered.
The capiz windows were once part of an old house that had already seen generations pass. They used to open to a different morning, a different family, a different set of dreams. Now, when light passes through them, it’s softer—filtered not just by shell, but by memory. Every glow inside this room is a borrowed sunrise from the past.
The narra floors beneath your feet carry a quiet weight. They are not just wood—they are time, pressed and polished by years of footsteps that no longer echo here. Each creak is not a flaw, but a whisper… as if the floor itself remembers stories it refuses to forget. You don’t walk on it—you walk with it.
The old chairs were never meant to match, yet somehow they belong together. One may have been a grandfather’s favorite seat, another a forgotten piece in a provincial home. Now, they sit here side by side—like strangers who found peace in the same place. When someone rests on them, it’s not just comfort… it’s continuation.
And then there’s the wall—alive, layered, restless.
That mural didn’t come from a single artist. It came from miles of walking—through the streets of Tokyo, the quiet corners of Kyoto, the stillness of Fuji, the warmth of Nara, and the pulse of Osaka. Each piece was carried home, not as decoration, but as fragments of moments that couldn’t be left behind. It’s not a wall—it’s a map of where the soul has been.
Together, nothing here is new.
And that’s exactly why everything feels alive.
Because this place wasn’t designed—it was remembered

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Mamuyaw Road , Barangay Santo Niño, Tanay Rizal
Tanay
1980

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