Lonely Planet Singapore

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Description

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Singapore is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Shop til you drop along Orchard Road, explore futuristic gardens and a world-class zoo, and sample some of the best hawker food in Asia -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Singapore and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Singapore Travel Guide: Full-colour maps and images 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, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - food, shopping, architecture Free, convenient pull-out Singapore map (included in print version), plus over 30 colour maps Covers Colonial District, the Quays, Marina Bay, Orchard Road, Sentosa Island, Little India, Chinatown, Holland Village and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Singapore , our most comprehensive guide to Singapore, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for just the highlights of Singapore? Check out Pocket Singapore, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei guide for a comprehensive look at all the region has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, 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, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category '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) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Sujets

• Singapore
• Singapour

Informations

• Publié par: Lonely Planet
• Date de parution: 01 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781787012387
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 35 Mo

Extrait

Singapore

Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to Singapore
Singapore's Top 10
What's New
Need to Know
First Time Singapore
Top Itineraries
If You Like...
Month By Month
With Kids
Like a Local
For Free
Guided Tours & River Cruises
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment & Activities
Shopping

Explore

Neighbourhoods at a Glance
Colonial District, Marina Bay & the Quays
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Sports & Activities
Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar & the CBD
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Activities
Little India & Kampong Glam
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Sports & Activities
Orchard Road
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Eastern Singapore
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Sports & Activities
Northern & Central Singapore
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Holland Village, Dempsey Hill & the Botanic Gardens
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Shopping
Activities
West & Southwest Singapore
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Sports & Activities
Sentosa Island
Sights
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Sports & Activities
Islands & Day Trips from Singapore
Pulau Ubin
Southern Islands
Pulau Bintan
Tanjung Pinang
Penyengat
Sennggarang
Tanjung Pinang
Penyengat
Senggarang
Johor Bahru
Sleeping

Understand

Understand Singapore
Singapore Today
History
People & Cultures of Singapore
Architecture
Singlish: A Primer

Survive

Transport
Arriving in Singapore
Getting Around
Directory AZ
Custom Regulations
Discount Cards
Electricity
Emergency
Health
Internet Access
LGBTIQ Travellers
Medical Services
Money
Opening Hours
Post
Public Holidays
Taxes & Refunds
Telephone
Time
Tourist Information
Travellers with Disabilities
Visas
Singapore Maps
Colonial District & The Quays
Marina Bay
North Central Singapore
Chinatown
Chinatown, Tanjong Pagar & CBD
Little India & Kampong Glam
Northeast Singapore
Eastern Singapore
Orchard Road
Holland Village
Southwest Singapore
West Singapore
Sentosa Island

Table of Contents

Behind the Scenes
Our Writer
Welcome to Singapore

Capitalising on its melting pot of cultures, Singapore is finally getting some spark, and is fast becoming one of Asia’s hit-list destinations.

Here, There, Everywhere
Whizzing around Singapore can take a matter of minutes, thanks to one of the world’s most efficient and widespread public transport systems. Hankering for a roti prata breakfast in Little India, but want to visit the temples in Chinatown before lunch? No problem, you’ll be there in a jiffy using the sparkling MRT system – and why not stop at Marina Bay for a spot of shopping on your way? Plus, with new metro lines opening practically every two years, this tiny island just keeps on becoming easier to explore.

The Island of Feasting
Food in Singapore is taken very seriously. From cheap hawker fare to Michelin-starred fine dining, food-enamoured Singaporeans will line up for it, Instagram the hell out of it and passionately debate whether it is ‘die, die, must try’ – Singlish slang for ‘to die for’. Don’t fret about finding a place to chow down, as each neighbourhood is home to local hawker centres and coffeeshops dishing up some of the island’s best meals for just a couple of bucks. Simply follow your nose or join the longest queue – whatever morsels lie at the end, they are almost guaranteed to be scrumptious.

A Green City
The concrete jungles that once dominated Singapore’s skyline are slowly giving way to green skyscrapers, which look more like living ecosystems than business hubs. Fervently working towards its ‘City in a Garden’ dream, the nation is ploughing money into becoming more sustainable and well, green. Head out of town a little and you’ll find plenty of walking trails, treetop jungle bridges, wildlife galore and the city's green jewel, the Unesco World Heritage–listed Singapore Botanic Gardens: these are the lungs of Singapore.

Shopping Frenzy
When the sweltering outdoor heat gets too much, Singaporeans love ducking inside for a spot of retail therapy and a good dose of air-conditioning. Orchard Rd is the queen of shopping malls: with all the high-street brands, plenty of high-fashion houses, and a few discount outlets thrown into the mix, everyone’s needs (and more often wants) are catered for here. If you prefer your shopping a little less mass-market, head out to local neighbourhoods for independent designers, quirky art galleries, bustling markets, Chinese medicines, Persian carpets and a sari or two.

Chinatown | SHAUN EGAN / GETTY IMAGES ©


Why I Love Singapore
By Ria de Jong, Writer
Small enough to feel intimate yet big enough to retain a degree of mystery, Singapore is a place I love discovering again and again. The city sometimes feels like it's travelling at a breakneck speed into tomorrow with its futuristic architecture, high-speed efficiency and shiny image, but you only need to take a small step off the main drag – into bustling village markets, smoky Chinese temples and heritage shophouse-lined streets – to get a dose of its rich history and culture. Then there’s the food: nothing stills my beating heart quite like a perfectly grilled satay and an ice-cold Tiger Beer.
Singapore's Top 10

Hawker Food
1 Fragrant chicken rice, rich and nutty satay, sweet and sour rojak, spicy barbecue sambal stingray: Singapore's hawker food is the stuff of legend, and celebrity chefs, from Anthony Bourdain to the late New York Times writer Johnny Apple, have raved about the dazzling array of cheap, lip-smacking dishes available – you'll even find one- and two-starred Michelin stalls! There's really no better way to get into Singapore's psyche than through its cuisine, so roll up your sleeves and get ready to sweat it out over steaming plates of tried, tested and perfected local favourites.
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Singapore's Top 10

Asian Civilisations Museum
2 Travel back through time at this engrossing ode to Asia's cross-cultural connections, developed through Singapore's position and history as a port city. Having recently undergone a radical transformation, the galleries are like visiting a sprawling, glittering attic, heaving with ancient pottery, religious sculptures, silver tea sets, whimsical puppets and mystical weaponry. You'll find the region's most comprehensive collection of pan-Asian treasures within its walls, and the recently recovered treasures from the Tang Shipwreck need to be seen to be believed.
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Singapore's Top 10

National Gallery Singapore
3 The breathtaking National Gallery Singapore is the newest jewel in the crown of Singapore's art and museum scene. Art-lovers could spend hours wandering the world-class collection of 19th-century and modern Southeast Asian art housed across two of the city's most iconic heritage buildings, while kids are kept busy at the Keppel Centre for Art Education. Some of Singapore's newest, highly acclaimed restaurants are also tucked within the gallery's wings, and the rooftop bar delivers jaw-dropping views along with its impressive cocktail list.
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Singapore's Top 10

Gardens by the Bay
4 Spanning a whopping 101 hectares, Gardens by the Bay is Singapore's hottest horticultural asset. The $1 billion 'super park' is home to almost 400,000 plants, not to mention awe-inspiring contemporary architecture. Two giant conservatories rise beside Marina Bay like futuristic shells, one home to ancient olive trees, the other to a towering, tropical mountain. To the north are the Supertrees: futuristic, botanical giants connected by a commanding Skyway and glowing hypnotically each night during the Garden Rhapsody sound-and-light show.
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Singapore's Top 10

Singapore Botanic Gardens
5 Singapore's Garden of Eden is the perfect antidote to the city's rat-race tendencies. At the tail end of Orchard Rd, it's a sprawling oasis laced with elegant lakes and themed gardens, and no shortage of perfect spots for picnics and people-watching. Stroll through the orchid gardens, looking out for Vanda Miss Joaquim, Singapore's national flower, or cool down in a rare slice of ancient rainforest. The Singapore Botanic Gardens are also home to a dedicated Children's Garden, free guided tours and free opera performances at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage.
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Singapore's Top 10

Night Safari
6 As evening closes in, the Night Safari uses open-concept enclosures to get visitors up close and personal with nocturnal creatures such as leopards, free-ranging deer and handsome Malay tigers. Begin your nocturnal adventure with the high-energy, fire-spinning Thumbuakar Performance, held in the Entrance Courtyard. You can also check out giant pandas in the newer River Safari located nearby.
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Singapore's Top 10

Orchard Road
7 What was once a dusty road lined with spice plantations and orchards is now a 2.5km torrent of magnificent malls , department stores and speciality shops. You'll find every brand imaginable, from emerging local designers to global high-street heavyweights and coveted European couture. Indeed, you can shop until you drop, pick yourself up, and continue spending some more. When you've stashed your purchases back at the hotel, duck out to Emerald Hill for Peranakan architecture and happy-hour bar specials.
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Singapore's Top 10

Little India
8 The most atmospheric of Singapore's historic quarters is as close as it gets