Makabata Guesthouse & Cafe

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This training hotel provides at-risk youth with a chance to get a start in the hospitality industry. But it's more than just a feel-good story. Rooms boast an impressive traditional-meets-modern design, capiz-shell windows offsetting boutique wash basins and plasma TVs. Most rooms have balconies overlooking a colourful local neighbourhood, 700m south of Remedios Circle. The cafe serves tasty light bites.

Discounts offered to volunteers and NGO workers. It's run by the Balay Tuluyan Foundation, a children's rights organisation supported by the Planet Wheeler Foundation.


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