Tips & Tricks
Sentosa Island – this is a popular island resort within Singapore, attracting some 5 million visitors a year. Its attractions include a 1.2 mile long sheltered beach, Fort Siloso, two golf courses, two five-star hotels, and the Resorts World Sentosa (which includes the Universal Studios Singapore theme park). Sentosa’s biggest attraction, Imbiah Lookout, offers […]
Singapore Flyer (30 Raffles Avenue, Singapore) – this is the world’s largest observation wheel (165 meters), which offers its riders 360-degree views of Singapore. Those in a mood to splurge can participate in the Moët Chandon Champagne Flight (a private capsule where participants can take in the spectacular skyline at sunset with a flute […]
Sentosa Golf Club (27 Bikit Manis Sentosa Island, Singapore) — The Sentosa Golf Club is the place to get a golf fix while travelling with children to sunny Sentosa. The club, highly regarded as one of the best golf destinations in Asia, is home to two magnificent championship 18-hole par 72 golf courses – Serapong […]
Singapore Zoo (80 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore) – over 3,000 animals from 316 species in their natural spacious habitats await visitors here. One note worthy activity is the “Elephants at Work and Play” show – which demonstrates how elephants are used as beasts of burden in south-east Asian countries. The “Fragile Forest” section has the […]
Robertson Quay — the most laidback of the three quays along the Singapore River, this largely residential estate has become a real entertainment enclave with bars, restaurants, cafés, performing arts houses and art galleries. It’s quite a change from its historical roots as an area filled with offices and warehouses, populated by early settlers […]
Snow City (21 Jurong Town Hall Road, Jurong, Singapore) – since Singapore has tropical weather all year round, many of the visitors to this winter theme park are locals who rarely (if ever) been to a country that experiences real winter weather. Schoolchildren come here just to build snowmen, as well as stage snowball fights. […]