Singapore: A Comprehensive Travel Guide to the Lion City

Discover the vibrant city-state of Singapore, a melting pot of cultures, modern marvels, and natural beauty. Explore iconic landmarks like Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay, and Universal Studios Singapore. Immerse yourself in the bustling streets of Chinatown and Orchard Road, and experience the thrill of the Singapore Night Safari. This comprehensive guide provides insights into the best places to visit, stay, and eat, along with transportation options and tips for planning your perfect Singapore adventure.

SINGAPORE DESTINATION
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Introduction
The interest of moving around from place to
place is one of the biggest virtues a person
should have. All the humans and animals
have being gifted by this ability of
travelling. Humans nowadays have an
extraordinary interest of seeing,
experiencing, and learning from the things
that they have seen and experienced. These
are the specific reason that makes the
journeys and voyages of human beings more
enjoyable and inspirational. Saint Augustine
of Hippo once said, “The world is a book
and those who do not travel read only one
page.” From the start of the human
civilizations, they have been roaming from
time to time for varieties of reasons. There
were many problems and barriers while
travelling despite the humans traveled not
only because they needed to but at some
times, they loved to travel.
Tourism in Singapore has very much
contributed to its financial economy.
According to the survey in the year 2017, it
has been seen that Singapore has attracted
about 17.4 million of international tourists,
which is equal to three times the population
of Singapore. According to the Travel and
Tourism Competitiveness Report of 2017,
Singapore has been ranked 13th out of the
136 countries and 3rd best tourist place in
Asia.
Figure 1: Singapore as a travel spot
What to do in Singapore?
Singapore is the kind of country that attracts
tourists from every age group. The country
has some of the most attractive and beautiful
places, activities to do, and plenty of trips
that can be enjoyed with the family.
Singapore places to visit are mentioned as
follows:
Marine bay Figure 2: Marine Bay, Singapore
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Marine Bay is one of the most peaceful
places to visit in Singapore. Many of the
spectacular things can be done in Marine
Bay. After the rapid development of
Singapore, the whole area of Marine Bay
has undergone a transformation after which
there is an increased number international
tourist. There are spectacular light works at
night that illuminates the whole area around
the place. The place offers many things to
do since the area has Science museum,
Casino and various shopping, dining and
nightlife options.
Clarke Quay
The Clare Quay of Singapore is well known
for having bars, restaurants, boutique and
nightclubs a6t the riverside. This place in
Singapore has witnessed a stream of tourists
who like to party all day long.
Figure 3: Clarke Quay, Singapore
Universal Studios Singapore
Figure 4: Universal Studios, Singapore
Universal studios Singapore is the first
amusement park that has been established in
the country. There are more than 20 themed
attractions that having being pulling
audiences from all over the globe. There are
more than 100 land rides and water rides in
which the families can enjoy spending time
with their children.
Gardens by the Bay
This is a huge, colorful, and futuristic park,
which is located in the bay areas of
Singapore. The park has been awarded as
World Building of the year in the World
Architecture Festival in 2012. Some of the
most important areas to visit in this place are
immersive skywalk over the gardens, over-
sized seashell shaped greenhouses manmade
chilly mountains and hundreds of plants and
trees that makes this place an attractive
place to visit Singapore.
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Figure 4: Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Chinatown
Chinatown is one of the most renowned
places to visit in Singapore. This is because
the place is great area for shopping due to
cheapest souvenirs location in the country.
This is the only place in the country that
attracts the tourist towards the main Chinese
foods and dishes. The place is filled with
number of restaurants. It also consists of
some other attractions such as Thian Hock
Keng Temple, Buddha tooth Relic Temple,
Eu Yan Sang Chinese medical hall and
Maxwell Road Food Centre.
Figure 5: Chinatown, Singapore
Singapore Night Safari
The Singapore night safari is one of the
unique and attractive places and is known to
be a leading conservation and research
centre all over Asia. The place is a zoo to
the nocturnal animals which is 59 exhibits
and 1000 in numbers. The animals that are
worth watching in this place are Himalayan
Griffon Vultures, greater one-horned rhinos,
wildebeests and gazelles.
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Figure 6: Singapore Night Safari, Singapore
Places to stay in Singapore
The tourist who are new to Singapore or are
planning to visit the place should need to
decide at first the places they want to stay.
Figure 5: Orchard Road
Orchard Road is very efficient for the
people who have great desire for shopping
since the area is full shopping malls and cute
cafes. Some of the famous hotels that are
located in this area are Mandarin Orchard
Singapore, Grand Park Orchard and Pan
Pacific orchard Hotel.
Figure 6: Hotels in Orchard Road
People who likely to decide to visit Marine
Bay can stay in the hotels such as Pan
Pacific orchard Hotel, Marina Mandarin
Singapore, and The Ritz-Carlton, Millennia
Singapore that has posh bedrooms and
quality amenities such as swimming pools,
golf grounds and others.
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Figure 7: Hotels near Marine Bay,
Singapore
The tourist who likes to party and go to
nightclubs can consider staying in the hotels
such as Novotel, Park Regis, and Park Hotel
in Clare Quay, Singapore. These hotels are
full of rejoice and extraordinary lighting all
over the building and includes amenities
such as swimming pools, luxurious
bedrooms, and others.
Figure 8: Hotels near Clarke Quay,
Singapore
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Location of Singapore
The geographical location of Singapore is at
the southern tip of the Malaysian peninsula.
Singapore includes the island of Singapore
and there are 63 islets, which is located in
the territorial water bodies. The country is
located in between the island of Malaysia
and Indonesia. The area has configurable
size equal to 647.5 sq km where 90% is land
and the rest of it is a water bodies that is
comes in the territory of the country.
Singapore is a lowland terrain and a natural
preserved area.
Transportation to Singapore
The tourists who comes to visit Singapore,
mostly comes through Mass Rapid Transit
(MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT). There
are also options for the international tourists
to travel across Singapore in the Air-
conditioned buses. There are many other
options and Singapore travel packages that
offers best transportation options to the
travelers.
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Singapore places to visit:
Singapore tour packages offer number of
places of travel for the tourists. One can plan
their Singapore Holidays in the most
comfortable months of the year. The Sentosa
Island can be the ultimate choice for the
tourists. An afternoon tour to the Sentosa
Island with an entrance to the Tiger Sky
Water and the Mysterious Island leaves
the tourists spellbound. The visitors visiting
the Island are left perplexed with too many
options for both the panoramic view of the
island and the enchanting cable car rides.
One can opt for a cable ride all over the
Keppel harbor and can witness cultural
shows.
 Madame Tussauds
One can also visit Madame
Tussauds, a wax museum located in
the Sentosa Island has been one of
the most attractive places for the
tourist and travelers. This is an
integral among Singapore places to
visit.
 Universal Studious
One of the must visit in the
Singapore Tour is the Universal
Studios. Universal Studios is one of
the most enthralling places to visit in
Singapore. One can experience the
3D adventure and make their most
favorite films come so lively and
thrilling with the innovative
technologies used in Universal
Studio. Tourists can thrill themselves
with the crate ride all along the
wildest river in Madagascar. The
seven areas with the theme including
Ancient Egypt, Hollywood and the
Sci-Fi city one can experience a
mythical tour of the world in the
space within a few hours.
 S.E.A Aquarium
One cannot plan their Singapore
holidays without thinking of their
visit to the S.E.A Aquarium. This is
the large aquarium with more than
800 species of varieties of marine
life.
Garden by the Bay is a colossal and
sprawling nature park with an area
span of 101 hectares, nearby the
Marina Reservoir.
 Night Safari
The Singapore Travel Packages offer
the mesmerizing and adventurous
tour to the Night Safari which is the
first world nocturnal zoo. The
nocturnal zoo has a magnetic pool
for the Singapore Tourists. One
cannot think of planning their
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Singapore tours without a visit to this
place.
 Orchard Road
The retail heart of Singapore is the
Orchard Road with lucrative discounts in
the retail outlets and departmental stores,
luxury hotels and upscale boutiques. The
Singapore tours of the visitors remain
incomplete without their visit to these
high street funs of the country. Emerald
Hill Road is thronged with Chinese
baroque and pubs. The Cuppage Terrace
is the centre of attraction for the al fresco
bars and eateries.
 Singapore Flyer
The one picture that enchants millions of
people to come and visit Singapore is the
Singapore Flyer. This is a huge Ferris
wheel in Singapore, which is considered
as an observation wheel.
 Merlion Park
The Merlion is the popular Singapore
icon hat has become the patent logo of
the country. The tourist visualizes the
half lion and half fish figure while they
book their travel with the Singapore
travel packages. To many people, this is
the best part of their Singapore
places to visit.
 Marina Bay, Singapore
The Marina Bay Singapore is a bay,
which is situated in the central part of
the country and is surrounded by the
Marina East, Downtown core, and
Marina South and the Straits View. This
is one of the most interesting Singapore
places to visit.
 Clarke Quay
This historical river quay is worth
visiting and the beauty of the place
mesmerizes the traveler’s. The beautiful
and panoramic view of the Singapore
River with the presence of the Clarke
Quay is a revelation for the tourists. The
Singapore Travel Packages must
incorporate this place of visit.
 Singapore Zoo
The Singapore zoo previously known as
the zoological garden is another must
visit place for the tourists. The zoo has
varied species of animals like the
Somatran Orangutan, Mandrill,
Hamadrays Baboons.
 Garden by the Bay
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This is a colossal and colorful park
situated in Singapore’s bay area. This
has been acknowledged as the World
Building of the year in the architecture
Festival held in 2012.
 China Town
China Town is the tourist’s paradise
where the Singapore tourist can visit
Chinese eateries and get into the
shopping spree. A Singapore tour gets
more interesting and enthralling with
shopping in the pagoda Street.
 Raffles Hotel
The enormous hotel has a colonial touch
and has been considered as very
significant Singapore landmarks.
Famous visitors like Michael Jackson,
Queen Elizabeth II, and Elizabeth Taylor
were spellbound with the exquisite arena
of the hotel with a hundred years of
history.
Best time to visit
The tourist seasons or the peak season in
Singapore is the months in between the
summer and the winter. The climate is
extremely charming in this time and this is
the best time to opt for Singapore tours. A
travel becomes comfortable and soothing
only when planned in those seasons that are
very pleasant and heartwarming. Singapore
is known to have either a dry or a wet
season. The Singapore travel packages have
lucrative offer for their travelers. The dry
season that last from March until August
and the wet season is in between September
to the month of February. Both the time is
good for the tourists to take a Singapore
tour. During the rain the tourist can enjoy
the indoor attractions like the shopping in
the Orchard Road, giving a thrust to the taste
buds by planning a trip to the China Town
and the tourists can also loiter lavishly in the
museums of the place.
Attraction near Singapore
A travel visiting Singapore can also visit
their neighboring countries like Philippines,
Bangkok, Thailand, Indonesia, and
Cambodia. Bangkok has been known for
the world famous beaches and street food.
Bangkok is also the ultimate destination for
the tourist. Bali is one of the most attractive
places in Indonesia that can never dissatisfy
their tourist with unfathomable beaches and
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serene beauties. The architecture of the
pagodas in Cambodia can hardly avoid any
traveler’s eyes. The AngkorWat is the most
popular temple complex in Cambodia is
considered to be the world’s biggest
religious monument. Philippines, which are
the home for 7000 islands, can keep their
tourists engrossed with their pristine beaches
and awe inspiring natural wonders.
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