For an island its size, Singapore has a lot
to offer the casual tourist. Shopping is a major pastime here, and the many
malls around are testament to that. Hit Orchard Road for a 2.2km stretch of
shopping, particularly during the Great Singapore Sale – which may prove to be
as much an exercise in self-control as exercise for your legs. If you’re
travelling with family, there are many activities to choose from. Bring the
kids to the Singapore Zoo and Night Safari, or head out to Sentosa Island and
go ride-crazy at Universal Studios. At night, check out the restaurants along
Clarke Quay, or head to Marina Bay Sands to catch the spectacular Light and
Water Show, city skyline, and world-class luxury casino. Balancing deftly, the
government directs society’s traffic with utopian efficiency: graffiti-free
trains run on time, traffic jams make front-page news and crime is something
you see on TV. Orchard Road is ground
zero for your credit card. Jump on the super-slick MTR subway and you’ll be
there before you can say ‘Versace’. Salvatore Ferragmo, Gucci, Jean-Paul
Gaultier, Louis Vuitton…The big boys compete for ever-brighter street presence
and mega-mall domination. Home to the vast Takashimaya department store,
city-sized Ngee Ann City (391 Orchard Rd) is the mall to end all malls.
Singapore is a destination that never fails to astound you. Let us discuss the
best places to visit in Singapore.
Marina Bay
It’s hard not to be awed by the audacity of
Marina Bay, the project that has transformed downtown Singapore’s seafront over
two generations. An exorbitantly ambitious piece of civil engineering, it
entailed the creation of three massive expanses of reclaimed land and a barrage
to seal off the basins of the Singapore and Kallang rivers from the sea. The
result is a seaside freshwater reservoir with a crucial role in reducing
Singapore’s dependence on Malaysian water supplies. The Marina Bay Sands casino
resort dominates the area, with its museum and rooftop restaurants, and it is
inevitably the focus of any visit to the bay, along with the extravagant new
Gardens by the Bay next door. Close to the Padang, the Theatres on the Bay arts
complex are worth a detour for its skyline views, with more of the same
available from the oversized Ferris wheel that is the Singapore Flyer.
Sentosa
Sentosa is an island just off the southern
coast of Singapore. Formerly known by the rather unattractive name of Pulau
Belakang Mati ("The Island After Death" in Malay) and the centrepiece
of Britain's unsuccessful "Fortress Singapore" strategy in World War
II, Sentosa has been rebranded and resculpted into one big tourist attraction,
popular among Singaporeans as a quick island getaway. The new jewel in the
crown is Resorts World, an enormous complex comprising a Universal Studios
theme park, Singapore's first casino, shopping malls and hotels. The small
southern islets of Kusu Island, St. John's Island, the Sisters Islands and
Pulau Hantu are managed by Sentosa. Various plans to develop them have not come
to action and they remain off the beaten track, but by no means undiscovered.
Little India
Of all the old districts of Singapore, the
most charismatic has to be Little India. Here Indian pop music blares from
shops, the air is perfumed with incense, spices and jasmine garlands, Hindu
women promenade in bright saris, a wealth of restaurants serve up superior
curries – and there are a couple of busy temples to visit, too. The district’s
backbone is Serangoon Road, dating from 1822 and hence one of the island’s
oldest roadways. Its south-western end is a kaleidoscopic of Indian life,
packed with restaurants and shops selling everything from nose studs and ankle
bracelets to incense sticks and kumkum powder. Here you might even spot a
parrot-wielding fortune-teller – you tell the man your name, he passes your
name onto his feathered partner, and the bird then picks out a card with your
fortune on it.
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