Lonely Planet Pocket Singapore

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Lonely Planet's Pocket Singapore i is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Marvel at Gardens by the Bay, savour the street food and experience vibrant nightlife; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Singapore and make the most of your trip! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Singapore: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out Singapore map (included in print version), plus over 17 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Holland Village, Tanglin Village, Orchard Road, Sentosa, Southwest Singapore, Little India, Kampong Glam, Chinatown, CBD, Tanjong Pagar, Marina Bay, the Quays, the Colonial District and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Singapore, an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Singapore with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei guide for a comprehensive look at all that the region has to offer.About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

Sujets

• Singapore
• Singapour

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• EAN13: 9781837580422
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

Contents

Plan Your Trip

Top Experiences
Dining Out
Bar Open
Treasure Hunt
For Kids
History & Culture
Show Time
Tours
Under the Radar
Festivals
Views & Vistas
Four Perfect Days
Need to Know
Singapore Neighbourhoods

Explore Singapore

Colonial District, the Quays & Marina Bay
Little India & Kampong Glam
Orchard Road
Holland Village, Dempsey Hill & the Botanic Gardens
West & Southwest Singapore
Sentosa Island
Chinatown & the CBD
Joo Chiat (Katong)

Worth a Trip

Singapore Zoo
Night Safari
Tiong Bahru
Geylang
Pulau Ubin

Survival Guide

Before You Go
Arriving in Singapore
Getting Around
Essential Information
Language
Behind the Scenes
Our Writer

COVID-19
We have re-checked every business in this book before publication to ensure that it is still open after the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 will continue to be felt long after the outbreak has been contained, and many businesses, services and events referenced in this guide may experience ongoing restrictions. Some may be temporarily closed, have changed their opening hours and services, or require bookings; some unfortunately could have closed permanently. We suggest you check with venues before visiting for the latest information.
Top Experiences

1 Find Treasures at the Asian Civilisations Museum
Magnificent collection of pan-Asian treasures.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Clear Your Mind at Gardens by the Bay
Singapore’s high-tech futuristic garden.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Wander the National Gallery Singapore
World’s leading collection of Southeast Asian art.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Walk With the Animals at Singapore Zoo
A world-class tropical wonderland.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Spot Leopards at the Night Safari
An exciting nocturnal adventure.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Relax in Singapore Botanic Gardens
Spectacular gardens.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Time Travel at the Chinatown Heritage Centre
Step into the past.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Get Your Thrills at Universal Studios
The city’s biggest, busiest amusement park.

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Singapore Top Experiences
1 Take in Stunning Vistas at Southern Ridges
Singapore’s most picturesque jungle trek.

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Dining Out

Singaporeans are obsessed with makan (food), whether it’s talking incessantly about their last meal to feverishly posting about it online. From eye-wateringly priced cutting-edge fine dining to dirt-cheap mouth-watering hawker fare, Singapore’s cultural diversity has created one of the world’s most varied culinary landscapes.

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Hawker Grub
Hawker centres are usually standalone, open-air (or at least open-sided) structures with a raucous vibe and rows upon rows of food stalls peddling any number of local cuisines.
Often found in malls, food courts are basic-ally air-conditioned hawker centres with marginally higher prices, while coffeeshops, also called kopitiams, are open-shopfront cafes, usually with a handful of stalls.
Wherever you are just dive in and get ordering . Local wisdom suggests stalls with the longest queues are well worth the wait.

The Next Generation
As the older generation of hawkers barrel towards retirement, a new breed of innovative hawkers are taking up the challenge of dishing out great meals on the cheap. You’ll find everything from Japanese ramen and Mexican street food, both with Sing-aporean twists, to old-school British fare and flavour-hit traditional sock-brewed kopi (coffee).

Fancy Fare
Singapore’s restaurant scene is booming. From the ever-growing list of local and international celebrity-chef nosheries to a new breed of midrange eateries, delivering sharp, produce-driven menus in more relaxed settings, the options are endless. Clusters of big-hitters have transformed the areas around Chinatown’s Amoy St and Keong Saik Rd into dining ‘it’ spots.

Best New-Gen Hawkers
Timbre+ A hawker hub with food trucks, craft suds and live tunes.
A Noodle Story Ramen with a Singaporean twist in Chinatown.
Coffee Break Singapore kopi meets hipster flavours at this Chinatown drink stall.

Best Hawker Eats
Maxwell Food Centre Chinatown’s most tourist-friendly hawker centre.
Chinatown Complex The hard-core hawker experience.
Lau Pa Sat Worth a visit for its magnificent wrought-iron architecture alone.
Takashimaya Food Village A fabulous basement food hall on Orchard Rd.
Ya Kun Kaya Toast Historic hang-out serving Singapore’s best runny eggs and kaya (coconut jam) toast.

Best Fusion & Western
Neon Pigeon Japanese izakaya share plates in Keong Saik.
Super Loco Customs House Mexican street food with a killer Marina Bay Sands view.
Butcher Boy Wow-oh-wow Asian-inspired creations for meat lovers.

Best Celeb-Chef Hot Spots
National Kitchen by Violet Oon Much-loved Peranakan favourites from the Julia Childs of Singapore.
Odette Modern French from Gallic superstar Julien Royer.
Iggy’s Orchard Rd’s most desirable culinary address helmed by Aitor Jeronimo Orive.
Burnt Ends Extraordinary barbecued meats from Australian expat Dave Pynt.
Waku Ghin Refined Japanese by acclaimed chef Tetsuya Wakuda.

Bar Open

From speakeasy cocktail bars to boutique beer stalls to artisan coffee roasters, Singapore is discovering the finer points of drinking. The clubbing scene is no less competent, with newcomers including a futuristic club in the clouds, a basement hot spot fit for the streets of Tokyo, and a techno refuge in Boat Quay.

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Cut-Price Drinks
Singapore is an expensive city to drink in. A beer at most city bars will set you back between S$10 and S$18, with cocktails commonly ringing in between S$20 and S$30. That said, many bars offer decent happy-hour deals, typically stretching from around 5pm to 8pm, sometimes starting earlier and finishing later. Those who don’t mind plastic tables can always swill S$7 bottles of Tiger at the local hawker centre.

Kopi Culture
Single-origin beans and siphon brews may be all the rage among local hipsters, but Singapore’s old-school kopitiams (coffeeshops) deliver the real local deal. Before heading in, it’s a good idea to learn the lingo. Kopi means coffee with condensed milk, kopi-o is black coffee with sugar, while kopi-c gets you coffee with evaporated milk and sugar. If you need some cooling down, opt for a kopi-peng (iced coffee). Replace the word kopi with teh and you have the same variation for tea. One local tea concoction worth sipping is teh tarik – literally ‘pulled tea’ – a sweet spiced Indian tea.

Best Wine Bars
Ginett Buzzing bar pouring possibly the cheapest glass of French plonk in town.
Que Pasa Classy little wine bar with an Iberian vibe in heritage Emerald Hill Rd.

Best Cocktails
Tippling Club Boundary-pushing libations from the bar that raised the bar.
28 HongKong Street Passionate mixologists turning grog into greatness.
Native Surprising ingredients and clever twists in trendy Amoy St.
Manhattan Long-forgotten cocktails are given a new lease on life in this Orchard Rd heavyweight.

Best Clubs
Zouk A multivenue classic west of Robertson Quay.
Headquarters by the Council Thumping techno and house beats in this Boat Quay shophouse.
Taboo Hot bods and themed nights at Singapore’s classic gay club.

Best Beers
Level 33 The world’s highest craft brewery with a bird’s-eye view of Marina Bay below.
Smith Street Taps A rotating cast of craft suds in a Chinatown hawker centre.
Druggists Twenty-three taps pouring craft brews in trendy Jalan Besar.

Best Coffee
Chye Seng Huat Hardware Superlative espresso, filter coffee, on-site roasting and classes.
Nylon Coffee Roasters A small, mighty espresso bar and roaster in Everton Park.
Coffee Break Singapore kopi meets hipster flavours in this Amoy St hawker stall.

The Singapore Sling
There’s no denying the celebrity status of Singapore’s most famous drink. Created by Raffles Hotel barman Ngiam Tong Boon, the Singapore sling first hit the bar in 1915. The recipe, once a tightly held secret, has long been out and now many Singapore bars peddle a modern twist on the original

Treasure Hunt

While its shopping scene might not match the edge of Hong Kong’s or Bangkok’s, Singapore is no retail slouch. Look beyond the malls and you’ll find everything from sharply curated local boutiques to vintage map peddlers and clued-in contemporary galleries.

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Retail Road Map
While mall-heavy Orchard Rd is Singapore’s retail queen, it’s only one of several retail hubs. For electronics, hit tech mall Sim Lim Square. Good places for antiques include Tanglin Shopping Centre, Dempsey Hill and Chinatown. For fabrics and textiles, scour Little India and Kampong Glam; the latter is also known for perfume traders and indie-cool Haji Lane. For independent fashion, design and books, explore Tiong Bahru.

Bagging a Bargain
While Singapore is no longer a cut-price electronics nirvana, it can offer savings. Know the price of things beforehand, then browse and compare. Ask vendors what they can do to sweeten the deal; at the very least, they should be able to throw in a camera case or memory cards. Sim Lim Square mall is known for its range and negotiable prices, though it’s also known for taking the uninitiated for a ride, not to mention for occasionally selling ‘new’ equipment that isn’t quite new: a quick internet search will bring up blacklisted businesses. The best deals are on computers and cameras, with prices