Things To Do In Singapore

Singapore is a confluence of races and cultures, a city of contrasts.  It throbs with a unique blend of cultures past and present, local and adopted, all fused together to produce a hybrid found nowhere else.

Singapore boasts of fine restaurants, great shopping havens, interesting heritage and culture, and some of the finest sightseeing activities in the world.  Here are some travel tips on things to do in Singapore.

1.  Eat kaya (egg-and-coconut jam) with a cup of coffee at Chi Mee Chin, an old hole-in-the-wall confectionery on East Coast Road.

2.  Ride the Singapore Flyer.  The world's newest and tallest observation wheel up to 165 meters high.

3.  Shop at Orchard Road and have an ice cream from mobile stores.

4.  Visit Suntec City's gigantic bronze fountain, standing on four 13.8 metre legs.

5.  Try fish reflexology at Sentosa's Underwater World.

6.  See the Hindu temples at Little India.

7.  Visit Kampong Glam, once the seat of Malay royalty.

8.  Wine and dine at Tanglin Village, once an army camp, now a collection of restaurants and antique shops.

9.  Shop at Mustafa, a 24-hour six-storey shopping centre.

10.  Taste the infamous king of fruit, durian.

11.  Visit the architecturally stunning Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

12.  Spend a whole day at Sentosa Island Resort.

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