Libra Homestay

Top choice in Manado


This lovely private home occupies a spacious whitewashed villa on a quiet street, where the kindly Chinese family looks after guests well. There are five rooms, all with air-con, cable TVs, desks and private bathrooms with hot water. It's in the south of the city, a five-minute walk from restaurants and 15 minutes to the waterfront.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Manado attractions

1. Public Museum of North Sulawesi

1.44 MILES

This museum features a large display of traditional costumes, and an exhibit illustrating traditional pottery-making. There are captions in English.

2. Kienteng Ban Hian Kong

1.84 MILES

The 19th-century Kienteng Ban Hian Kong is the oldest Buddhist temple in eastern Indonesia and it has been beautifully restored. The temple hosts a…

3. Waruga Opo Worang

8.64 MILES

Minahasans traditionally interred their dead in a squatting position in waruga stone sarcophagi shaped like houses sitting above ground right near their…

4. Traditional Market

9.76 MILES

Up the hill east of town is the colourful, chaotic, anything-goes traditional market you've probably heard stories about – and those stories are true…

5. Pantai Pangalisang

10.27 MILES

Forming much of the east coast of Pulau Bunaken, Pantai Pangalisang is a long stretch of walkable soft white sand tucked between a thick wall of mangroves…

6. Woloan Wooden House Builders

10.27 MILES

Here master craftsman build stunning Minahasa-style wooden homes to be disassembled and shipped to their new owners.

7. Pantai Liang

11.37 MILES

Suffering from erosion and rising sea levels, the beach at Liang has become a svelte, though pleasant, strip of white sand. At low tide, there's still…

8. Pulau Siladen

11.46 MILES

Located 3km east of Pulau Bunaken and the smallest island of the archipelago, Siladen boasts wonderful white-sand beaches and a wall of gorgeous corals…