Travel Guide to Singapore

Singapore:

Cost: Free to wander. Food: $$-$$$$

Funky Fact: Singapore is one of the world’s greenest cities.

1. Marina Bay Sands 

One of the most famous architectural marvels. The Marina Bay Sands was built in 2010 and has 2,500 rooms. Its a 7 star hotel, known for its extravagance and luxurious hotel rooms. You can even add on a butler service! The hotels boasts stunning city views from the sky deck and is home to the worlds longest infinity pool. Only hotel guests can access the top floor. Starting room price is $442.80 (USD) a night.

2. Spectra – A Light & Water Show

This nightly light show is an immerse symphony of playful fountains, colorful virtual projections, and lasers through mist. It’s a daily show put on infant of the Marian Bay Sands at 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

3. Gardens Rhapsody 

A garden like no other in the world. Take a night time stroll behind the Mariana Bay Sands and watch Garden Rhapsody in the Supertree Grove. It a nightly light show dazzling visitors at 7:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. In the Supertree Grove visitors can marvel at the 12 massive tree-like sculptures covered in plants, vines and rainbow color changing LED lights. The Garden Rhapsody is set to music that echos around the park along with a stunning light she that is a must see.

4. Merlion

The Singapore Tourism Board developed the Merlion in the 1960s. it was the brainchild of designer Fraser Brunner. He fused 2 historical parts of Singapore to create the unique creature. Half of the Merlion is a fish, this represents the beginnings of the port city as a humble fishing village. The creatures head shows the city’s original name of Singapura (lion city in Sanskrit). Located along the bay walk, visitors can watch the fountain Merlion watching over the city.

5. Helix Bridge 

An excellent site for Science fanatics, It opened in 2010. Its modeled after the structure of DNA. While walking the bridge illuminated letters c and g, as well as a and t glow in pathway set pin lights These letters represent the building blocks of DNA: cytosine, guanine, adenine, and thymine.

6. Shiseido Forest Valley

Located in the Changi Airport this indoor garden is like nothing else. Tis garden is home to over 2,000 trees and 100,000 shrubs. Take a stroll down the many winding paths and enjoy the tranquil sounds of soft music, playfully illuminated shrubs and small cascading river water falls trickling around you.

7. Rain Vortex

Not to be missed if you are visiting the Changi Airport. This is world tallest indoor waterfall. Standing 7 stories tall the Rain Vortex concept began in 2014. The water fall is funneled trough a pump room that sits inconspicuously at the B3 car park them pumped up and around the exterior via small tubes, then falls as rain, back down to the pump room.

8. The Slide @T3 and T4

Airports arn’t known for fun, but the Singopore airport was determined to add in a little fun when constructing slides in Terminal 3 and 4. To gain access to the slides, visitors must spend a minimum of $10 in Changi Airport.

9. Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple

Check out the charm in Little India and the Hindu community’s most important monuments. Its speculated that Little India developed around 1828. The population of Indian immigrants here were originally British imported convicts, that were forced laborers. The British built roads using convicts imported from India. Today, this thriving neighborhood is filled with temples, charming shops, and restaurants.

10. Rainbow shutters on the MICA Building

Today he MICA Building is one of the most colorful instagram spot in Singapore. The building has over 900 windows, painted in colorful hues. Originally, it was the Old Hill Street police station.

11. Singapore Botanic Gardens

Check out the Singapore Botanic Gardens rotating plant exhibits and see the Seed Bank. The Seed Conservatory is a non-permanent exhibit in the garden is a metal pavilion with blooming baskets of native and common imported plants. This Seed Conservatory showcases over 700 plants.

12. Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

This youth and performing art center has a futuristic exterior design. The amorphous armadillo like geometric spines glow a warm gold at dusk and in the evening. It sports 7,000 triangular aluminum sunshades over its glass exterior. The building is referred to at The Durian.

13. Mirror Balls

While Walking along Clarke Quay you’ll pass the Museum of Ancient Civilisations. In front of the Museum is a Public arts work by Baet Yeol Kuan. This fascinating sculptural installation lets visitors reflect on the beauty of the city around them.

14. Clarke Quay

Named after Sir Andrew Clarke, Clarke Quay is a charming riverside neighborhood. Its the perfect place to go for an evening stroll and stop in a one of the trendy night clubs for a drink. in the early 1800s, the Clarke Quay area was composed of warehouses and docks for the loading and unloading of cargo.

15. Haji Lane 

One of the narrowest street in Singapore is actually an old back alley. Today, it’s lined with colorful shophouses. This street was built in 19th century and is home to charming and quirky small cafes, trendy bars, shopping and funky boutiques. be on the look out for unusual street art.