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Four floors of…….
Only kidding.
Cable car over to Sentosa, and the pool at the top of Marina bay hotel
GibbosEmpire
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Gardens by the bay, the hawker stalls for proper Singaporean food, Little India. I was there for about 5 months a while back, expect to pay about $10 to 15 a pint if you drink. It's like a melting pot of cultures and food, I loved it but there's definitely something abit fabricated about it.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Night safari at the zoo, you'll get an hour or two away from the bars of Boat Quay and Clarke Quay.
It's a great place to spend time, it's hot and humid.
It's a great place to spend time, it's hot and humid.
Middlesbrough123
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I watched some thing on YouTube a while back , there a market area where you can get decent food for a more realistic price compared to other parts of the place .
Brian Marwood
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Probably Newton Circus? Go to any housing block and there will be a hawker within which will be reasonably priced.
I used to live there so let me know what you and the wife like to do and I will help however I can.
Andy_W
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3 x 400ml "pints", for £54, that's my first memory of Singapore.
Lovely place though, and cracking food.
Brian Marwood
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We used to pay £6-8 per pint when I lived there in the local places.
Andy_W
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I think that was in a food court/ area where there's loads of restaurants as we eat there too.
It definitely wasn't an "in the know" place, it was probably the most obvious place we could have went to get a drink, probably the same as having a pint in Leicester square.
It's still not my record mind, that was ~£20 for a bottle of beer in Val D'Isere (probably works out as a £30 pint), no wonder the place was empty. My mates vodka and coke was £28! The happy hour places were more like £4/£5 mind (and rammed).
AcklamAngel
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Would second cable car over to Sentosa, bar at top of Marina Bay Hotel. Raffles Hotel definitely for a Singapore Sling and Clarke Quay great area for food and drinks Hope you enjoy
Hope you enjoy
Centralscrutinizer
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Just looked up the last Singapore thread and copied/pasted what I put 
Bali Lane/Arab Street area with Sultan Mosque. Interesting area for food/souk style shops.
Emerald Hill off Orchard Road. Nice area of bars.
Go up Mount Faber on the cable car. Nice to be there when the sun goes down.
Asian Civilisations museum. Very interesting, they have free guided tours and a good cafe. Something to do during the day when it's too hot.
Long Bar at Raffles for a Singapore sling and free nuts.
The Buddha tooth relic temple in China Town, this has been mentioned already. Main temple at ground level but if you go upstairs there's the actual tooth relic area.
Bulkhaul office on Beach Road. Pop in and say you know Steve Gibson.
Orchard Towers for an eye opening couple of beers
Bali Lane/Arab Street area with Sultan Mosque. Interesting area for food/souk style shops.
Emerald Hill off Orchard Road. Nice area of bars.
Go up Mount Faber on the cable car. Nice to be there when the sun goes down.
Asian Civilisations museum. Very interesting, they have free guided tours and a good cafe. Something to do during the day when it's too hot.
Long Bar at Raffles for a Singapore sling and free nuts.
The Buddha tooth relic temple in China Town, this has been mentioned already. Main temple at ground level but if you go upstairs there's the actual tooth relic area.
Bulkhaul office on Beach Road. Pop in and say you know Steve Gibson.
Orchard Towers for an eye opening couple of beers
brattleboro
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raffles for high tea,was nice and the zoo of course daytime zoo,or nightime zoo,sentosa island was nice too
Acklam_Lad
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Marina bay for the view and a drink on the top. ( book in advance)
Shopping centre under/across the other side for luxury brands
Resort world is ok for tourists
Vivo city for a cheaper more mainstream shopping centre
Do the SKAI bar for a meal on the night for the view. It’s the best in Singapore imo
East coast Lagoon for street food
Shopping centre under/across the other side for luxury brands
Resort world is ok for tourists
Vivo city for a cheaper more mainstream shopping centre
Do the SKAI bar for a meal on the night for the view. It’s the best in Singapore imo
East coast Lagoon for street food
Jonny Ingbar
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Jealous!!!
Love Singapore, a divergence of Asian cultures, with a British colonial flavour (in a positive way of course).
Gardens at the Bay is a must (if you can do the light show on an evening that's a bonus).
Try a Hawker market, Maxwell was my favourite. Very cheap and all freshly prepared.
Chinatown great, as is Little India.
Views from cable car to Sentosa amazing and I'm not a lover of heights.
Emerald Hill for bars, but if start away from Clarke Quay, hated that bit, very touristy.
Love Singapore, a divergence of Asian cultures, with a British colonial flavour (in a positive way of course).
Gardens at the Bay is a must (if you can do the light show on an evening that's a bonus).
Try a Hawker market, Maxwell was my favourite. Very cheap and all freshly prepared.
Chinatown great, as is Little India.
Views from cable car to Sentosa amazing and I'm not a lover of heights.
Emerald Hill for bars, but if start away from Clarke Quay, hated that bit, very touristy.
Will be in Singapore in a few weeks, go every other year for a long weekend, sometimes nip over to Bali also, but not this time.
Sentosa is great if you have kids. One big fun park island with rides and over priced food. The cable car is a good way to get there. If on a budget there are a few (man made) beaches for a dip that don’t cost anything.
For first timers you should do a river cruise and a walking tour. We did one around Little India pre covid that ended in an Indian food market, great curry.
Need to experience a hawker centre for food. But for first timers I would avoid peak periods around lunch and evening..like from 5 till quite late. At peak times these places can be mayhem. Eating from 11 to 12.30 or 4 to 5.30 can be more relaxing if you don’t mind early eating. We usually got to the Maxwell hawker near Chinatown, or Satay by the Bay near the Gardens by the Bay. So many food places though…
Raffles …meh…..unless staying there overrated…and Singapore sling not all that great. Nice colonial history though without the oversized duck lip bling crowd at the Marina Bay hotel. Nice views from the top though but at the bottom a shopping centre like anywhere else…
Botanic Gardens are a nice way to kill a few quiet hours and relax in the shade. If I go your war time history canning fort is worth a look to see where the Brits surrendered to the Japs. By the way…Changi pow museum out near the airport closed for yeeeaaarrrrsss. I think it is finally open again but not quite in same location. There is a replica of the chapel the pows built and some very grim reading.
MRT is an easy ride from the airport. We often stay at the Crowne plaza at Changi. The airport is a destination in itself and worth a few extra hours.
Flying out to Singapore 5th April..can’t wait…it’s like a euro city break type vibe for me living in Sydney…
Sentosa is great if you have kids. One big fun park island with rides and over priced food. The cable car is a good way to get there. If on a budget there are a few (man made) beaches for a dip that don’t cost anything.
For first timers you should do a river cruise and a walking tour. We did one around Little India pre covid that ended in an Indian food market, great curry.
Need to experience a hawker centre for food. But for first timers I would avoid peak periods around lunch and evening..like from 5 till quite late. At peak times these places can be mayhem. Eating from 11 to 12.30 or 4 to 5.30 can be more relaxing if you don’t mind early eating. We usually got to the Maxwell hawker near Chinatown, or Satay by the Bay near the Gardens by the Bay. So many food places though…
Raffles …meh…..unless staying there overrated…and Singapore sling not all that great. Nice colonial history though without the oversized duck lip bling crowd at the Marina Bay hotel. Nice views from the top though but at the bottom a shopping centre like anywhere else…
Botanic Gardens are a nice way to kill a few quiet hours and relax in the shade. If I go your war time history canning fort is worth a look to see where the Brits surrendered to the Japs. By the way…Changi pow museum out near the airport closed for yeeeaaarrrrsss. I think it is finally open again but not quite in same location. There is a replica of the chapel the pows built and some very grim reading.
MRT is an easy ride from the airport. We often stay at the Crowne plaza at Changi. The airport is a destination in itself and worth a few extra hours.
Flying out to Singapore 5th April..can’t wait…it’s like a euro city break type vibe for me living in Sydney…
SouthStandSY
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Spectra light show
Cardiffdaffs
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Singapore had limited appeal to me. Full of high end shopping malls and reminded me of Canary Wharf but as mentioned above the cable car to Sentosa to see the giant Lions head and lay on the beach was about the highlight.
SmallTown
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As everyone else has said, cable car over to Sentosa, do the southern ridges walk to get there too, very nice.
Night safari is excellent, do it once on foot and once in the "train" as the train goes a different route and you see different things.
Visit a hawker stall: Lau Pa Sat is the big tourist one, but nearby Newton food centre is more "proper" Whilst you're in Chinatown visit the buddah tooth temple but find the elevators and go up a few floors it's way less busy and still spectacular
Long bar at Raffles for the Monkey nuts
Gardens by the bay. The giant greenhouses are amazing especially the larger sky forest one.
Fort Canning if you can cope with hills in the searing heat
If you want some nice real Singaporean food that isn't a hawker centre but isn't crazy expensive (for Singapore standards) one of the National kitchen by Violet Oon is worth a look.
Atlas bar for really poncey cocktails in a spectacular setting
Kampang Glan for a look at what old Singapore might have been like with it's tonne of shophouses, and pretty mosque
For authentic Singaporean breakfast go to a toastbox, but be prepared to queue, it's where the locals eat out
For something a bit more "benidorm" a night at Clarke quay.
Unlike the others I'm not sure I can recommend ce la vie at the top of Marina Bay Sands. Yes the view is spectacular but the drinks are poor and the prices are silly.
If you have time on the flight home the jewel at Changi is worth a a visit BUT as with much of Singapore the experience depends on how much cash you spend. If you don't be tickets to any of the access areas it's basically the metro centre with departure boards. If you spend to go on the attractions they are pricey but give you the best views and places, there's a nice chill cafe at the top that's great for a pre flight relax.
Singapore seems to be a re Marmite kind of place. I love it, in actual fact wanted to move there before I was married but to some it's essentially a giant, sweaty shopping mall in a jungle.
And of course, as obliquely mentioned above, if you're of the mind to, visit Orchard Place, AKA "The four floors of wh****" (Don't do this!)
Night safari is excellent, do it once on foot and once in the "train" as the train goes a different route and you see different things.
Visit a hawker stall: Lau Pa Sat is the big tourist one, but nearby Newton food centre is more "proper" Whilst you're in Chinatown visit the buddah tooth temple but find the elevators and go up a few floors it's way less busy and still spectacular
Long bar at Raffles for the Monkey nuts
Gardens by the bay. The giant greenhouses are amazing especially the larger sky forest one.
Fort Canning if you can cope with hills in the searing heat
If you want some nice real Singaporean food that isn't a hawker centre but isn't crazy expensive (for Singapore standards) one of the National kitchen by Violet Oon is worth a look.
Atlas bar for really poncey cocktails in a spectacular setting
Kampang Glan for a look at what old Singapore might have been like with it's tonne of shophouses, and pretty mosque
For authentic Singaporean breakfast go to a toastbox, but be prepared to queue, it's where the locals eat out
For something a bit more "benidorm" a night at Clarke quay.
Unlike the others I'm not sure I can recommend ce la vie at the top of Marina Bay Sands. Yes the view is spectacular but the drinks are poor and the prices are silly.
If you have time on the flight home the jewel at Changi is worth a a visit BUT as with much of Singapore the experience depends on how much cash you spend. If you don't be tickets to any of the access areas it's basically the metro centre with departure boards. If you spend to go on the attractions they are pricey but give you the best views and places, there's a nice chill cafe at the top that's great for a pre flight relax.
Singapore seems to be a re Marmite kind of place. I love it, in actual fact wanted to move there before I was married but to some it's essentially a giant, sweaty shopping mall in a jungle.
And of course, as obliquely mentioned above, if you're of the mind to, visit Orchard Place, AKA "The four floors of wh****" (Don't do this!)