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Municipality in Batangas, Philippines
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Mabini is a municipality in Batangas lying on a peninsula overlooking Batangas and Balayan Bays, and considered the birthplace of Philippine's scuba diving industry. Its beach resorts are not far from Manila. Though largely a destination for middle-class locals, it also gets quite a few foreigner visitors, especially divers.
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The resort provides complete diving equipment and houses a restaurant and bar. There are about 185 steps down to the resort from the parking lot. Porters will carry your luggage up and down, but you have to climb all of those stairs, which can be strenuous.
Air-conditioned rooms, with cable TV, hot water and views of the beachfront or the mountains. Cottages are also available. There are also an outdoor swimming pool with slides, and natural hot spring baths.
Small Filipino-themed beach resort. Scuba diving available on site.
By bus or jeepney
There are no buses to Mabini; instead, the Batangas-Mabini (BW-05) jeepney route connects most points in town, including the downtown, Anilao, Talaga, and Masasa, from the Grand Terminal where buses…
You can get around by tricycle, which is a common mode of transportation for short distances.
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