Singapore Travel Guide
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A city as small as Singapore can be toured in just three days, many would say, but to see all the highlights and get beneath the skin of this charming place definitely warrants a longer stay. A tour planned around the major districts allows one to appreciate its history, people and rich cultural diversity in an optimal period of time. Here is the best of … Read Singapore introduction
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Singapore Turf Club
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This racecourse is the venue for events like the Singapore Airlines International Cup, Singapore Gold Cup Singapore Derby and Lion City Cup. The four-storey grandstand at the Singapore Turf Club can accommodate 30,000 race-goers, …
Raffles Hotel Singapore
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Its heyday might have been around 1912, but this all-suite hotel has become a Singapore icon. This is where tourists flock to savor the Singapore Sling, and …
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I like the government, the people and there Airline ..Singapore Airline the best in the world and their service..It awsome...small country with great leadership..
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Introduction
Singapore has traded in its rough-and-ready opium dens and pearl luggers for towers of concrete and glass, and its steamy rickshaw image for cool efficiency and spotless streets, but you can still recapture the colonial era with a Singapore Sling under the languorous ceiling fans at Raffles …
Not to miss
Imperial Herbal Restaurant Feeling a little heaty? Have your pulse checked, tongue examined and physical ailments remedied and your body rebalanced with a precise prescription of herbal soups, double-boiled chickens and other more esoteric ingredients. Coriander Leaf An exercise in fusing …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 4430000 Area : 683km² Longitude / Latitude : 103.83 / 1.26 Currency : Singapore Dollar (SGD) Weights & Measures system : Metric Electricity : 230V, 50Hz President : Sellapan Rama Nathan Prime Minister : Lee Hsien Loong
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there Most airlines fly into Singapore's heavily trafficked Changi International Airport. The best way to get from the airport into the city (20km/12mi away) is by train, but there is also a wide choice of bus and taxi services. Singapore is the southern terminus of Malaysia's rail …
Environment
Singapore is a city, an island and a country. Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore on the Singapore River, which is still the heart of the city, encompassing the central business district and the popular entertainment and dining precinct along the quays.
History
Recent History Economically, the Southeast Asian region's late-'90s downturn (a euphemism if ever there was one) hit Singapore as hard as anywhere else - in one three-month period in late 1998, unemployment doubled. The city-state is slowly bouncing back, however, and on the street things are …
Weather
Singapore is one giant sauna at any time of the year. November to January are the wettest months, but the other months are not exactly dry either. From March to September there is a distinct lack of refreshing winds. Generally, expect temperatures to average around 31°C (88°F) during …
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Singapore City Guide
Advanced and multicultural, the vibrant city-state of Singapore fuses traditional Asian and European cultures with the advantages of modernity and progress. Dazzling skyscrapers and restful parks coexist with the click of mah-jongg tablets and the Muslim call to prayer. Safe and well …
The Gateway to South-East Asia
Connected to the southern tip of Malaysia by a causeway, Singapore is often thought of as the gateway to South-East Asia. It has certainly been one of the region's economic successes.
Overview of Singapore
I could spend a lifetime exploring Singapore. I'm in awe of the cultural mysteries and exotic beauty of the city's old mosques and temples. As I pass the facades of buildings that mark history, I get nostalgic for old tales of colonial romance. Towering overhead, present-day Singapore glistens …
Overview
Connected by a causeway to peninsular Malaysia, Singapore measures only 622 sq km, yet it is home to more than 3 million people. For the most part, their ancestors arrived only within the past 200 years, coming from China, India, Malaysia, and Europe to form one of the world's most vibrant ethnic …
It may be known for outlawing the dropping of chewing gum,
but Singapore is where Asia's different strands meet and mingle - and that's good news, especially for food lovers. Singapore was wrenched from historical obscurity by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, when he recognised the potential of this quiet, but strategically located, South East Asian …
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