Singapore Travel Guide

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To arrive in Singapore is to step into a world where the call to prayer competes with the bustle of capitalism; where old men play mah-jongg in the streets and white-clad bowlers send the ball flying down well-tended cricket pitches; where Chinese fortune-tellers and high-priced management consultants advise the same entrepreneur. This great diversity of lifestyles, cultures, and religions thrives within the framework of a well-ordered society. Singapore is a spotlessly clean—some say sterile—modern metropolis surrounded by green, groomed parks and populated by 4 million orderly and well-regulated people, including many foreigners.

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Singapore Hotels

Over the years Singapore has been transformed from a popular vacation destination to a conventioneers' mecca teeming with tour groups and delegates. Singapore's...read more

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Singapore Restaurants

Other cultures might prize atmosphere, decor, and service over food, but in Singapore, the food's the thing. Bistros, eating houses, fine restaurants, and...read more

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Things To Do in Singapore

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  • Holidays

    Singapore has 11 public holidays, of which only four (new Year's, Labour Day, National Day, and Christmas) fall on fixed dates. The rest are religious... Read more

  • Orchard Road

    If "downtown" is defined as where the action is, then Singapore's downtown is Orchard Road. Here are some of the city's most fashionable shops... Read more

  • The Arab District

    Long before the Europeans arrived, Arab traders plied the coastlines of the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia, bringing with them the teachings of... Read more

  • Little India

    Indians have been part of Singapore's development from the beginning. Although Singapore was administered by the East India Company, headquartered... Read more

  • A Good Walk: Colonial Singapore

    Start from Collyer Quay and Clifford Pier, where most European colonists and Asian immigrants first set foot on the island. Leaving Clifford... Read more

  • Short History of Singapore

    Modern Singapore dates its nascency from the early morning of January 29, 1819, when a representative of the British East India Company, Thomas... Read more

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