We are looking to add Singapore to our holiday and would love to hear your experience or highlights with Toddlers

You have enquired on Portofino, Singapore, Mallorca, the South of France, and beaches in general, with a one and four year old. Perhaps you should get a guidebook (or four) and come up with a plan that is less spread out and vague. Where are you coming from? How long is your vacation? Budget? You do know that Singapore is half a world away from Europe?

Apologies if it’s come across vague it’s a big holiday covering lots of ground. We are spending 8 weeks abroad leaving from Australia, through Singapore and over to Europe. Hence why we have so many questions!

Aha! The Australian start explains Singapore, which is now logical, while the 8 weeks explains how the multiple locations are will work. Depending on where you will want to be in Europe, a car may be equally a burden as well as a benefit compared with trains and local buses.

Yes! The 24 hour travel time from Australia to Europe means we come less frequently but stay for a longer amount of time to make the travel worth it. I definitely agree with the car in some ways it’s easier to just load everything you need into the car and drive and stop as you need too but I’ve had lots of different experiences driving in Europe hence why I’m asking about it so much. (Milan highways, Greek rocky/mountain roads and everything in between - some roads that I wouldn’t travel on again with kids!!)

" some roads that I wouldn’t travel on again with kids!!"

There is one road in California that I would not drive again, period!

AJPeabody, is that the Nacimiento-Fergussen Rd going from the Mill Creek Bridge on Hwy 1 on to the Hunter- Liggett Military base & Mission San Antonio de Padua? Many years ago, We were visiting my sister who worked at Ventana Inn . There had been a slide that closed off part of the highway, so for weeks she'd been suggesting that route to people who wanted to cut across to/from I-5 inland. She had no idea!
If you pull up a map of the F-Nacimiento Road you'll see that it is one squiggle turn after another. What the map doesn't show is that it's a steep, one lane road with no guardrails and steep cliffs on the South edge of the road. We did not speak for the whole time it took to cross the mountain; it was that scary! Luckily we didn't meet anyone coming toward us. I can't imagine reversing up there. Luckily it was re-paved shortly before we drove it, so at least the road was smooth.