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Pinnacle@Duxton
For killer city views at a bargain S$5, head to the 50th-floor rooftop of Pinnacle@Duxton, the worlds largest public housing complex. Skybridges connecting the seven towers provide a 360-degree sweep of city, port and sea. Although a makeshift ticket booth was operating on our last
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Changi Village
The low-slung buildings are modern, but Changi Village still has a village atmosphere; the lively hawker centre next to the bus terminus is the focal point. Changi Beach (where thousands of Singaporean civilians were executed during WWII), lapped by the polluted waters of the Strai
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Reflections at Bukit Chandu
Atop Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill) and housed in a renovated colonial-era villa, this modest yet fascinating WWII interpretive centre combines firsthand accounts, personal artefacts, maps and historical footage to recount the brutal fall of Singapore. The focus is on the 1st and 2nd Ba
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Singapore Art Museum
Formerly the St Josephs Institution – a Catholic boys school – SAM now sings the praises of contemporary Southeast Asian art. Themed exhibitions include works from the museums permanent collection as well as those from private collections, from painting and sculpture to video art a
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Jurong Bird Park
Home to some 600 species of feathered friends – including spectacular macaws – Jurong is a great place for young kids. Highlights include the wonderful Lory Loft forest enclosure, where you can feed colourful lories and lorikeets, and the interactive High Flyers (11am and 3pm) and
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St Johns Island
Spooky St Johns has a chequered past: it was a quarantine for immigrants in the 1930s before becoming a political prison and later a rehabilitation centre for opium addicts. A prison-like feel still lingers, barbed-wire fences and watch towers dotting the landscape. Theres a small
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Istana
The grand, whitewashed, neoclassical home of Singapores president, set in 40 acres of grounds, was built by the British between 1867 and 1869 as Government House, and is open to visitors five times a year: on Labour Day (1 May), the Sunday before National Day (7 August), Chinese Ne
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Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Built in the 1880s, this national monument was the headquarters of Dr Sun Yat Sens Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in Southeast Asia, which led to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the creation of the first Chinese republic. Dr Sun Yat Sen briefly stayed in the house while touri
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Indian Heritage Centre
Delve into the heritage of Singapores Indian community at this showpiece museum. Divided into five themes, its hundreds of historical and cultural artefacts explore everything from early interactions between South Asia and Southeast Asia to Indian cultural traditions and the contri
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Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Singapore’s steamy heart of darkness is Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a 163-hectare tract of primary rainforest clinging to Singapore’s highest peak, Bukit Timah (163m). The reserve holds more tree species than the entire North American continent, and its unbroken forest canopy shelt
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Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
Take a few hours to explore the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore’s largest (12 buildings) and most stunning. ‘Don’t speak unless it improves the silence’ is the creed here, the resultant quiet a surreal counterpart to dragon-topped pagodas, shrines, plazas and lawns
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Fort Siloso
Dating from the 1880s, when Sentosa was called Pulau Blakang Mati (Malay for the island behind which lies death), this British coastal fort was famously useless during the Japanese invasion of 1942. Documentaries, artefacts, animatronics and recreated historical scenes talk visitor
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Sultan Mosque
Seemingly pulled from the pages of the Arabian Nights, Singapores largest mosque is nothing short of enchanting, designed in the Saracenic style and topped by a golden dome. It was originally built in 1825 with the aid of a grant from Raffles and the East India Company, after Raffl
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Gillman Barracks
Built in 1936 as a British military encampment, Gillman Barracks is now a rambling art outpost, with 11 galleries scattered around verdant grounds. Among these is New York’s Sundaram Tagore , whose stable of artists includes award-winning photographers Edward Burtynsky and Annie Le
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Kusu Island
By far the smallest of the three islands, Kusu is also the most pleasant. Step off the boat and into an area of picnic-friendly landscaped gardens, home to a small turtle sanctuary and the colourful Taoist Tua Pek Kong Temple . Further on is the beach , its shallow water ideal for
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Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
Also known as the Siong Lim Temple, this breathtaking monastery was established in 1898 and inspired by the Xi Chang Shi temple in Fuzhou, China. Two majestic gates frame the entrance, while further to the right is a seven-storey pagoda adorned with carvings. Inside the complex, sh
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River Safari
This wildlife park recreates the habitats of numerous world-famous rivers, including the Yangtze, Nile and Congo. While most are underwhelming, the Mekong River and Amazon Flooded Forest exhibits are impressive, their epic aquariums rippling with giant catfish and stingrays, electr
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Robertson Quay
The most remote and least visited of the quays is home to some of the best eateries and bars along the river, including Mexican It kid Super Loco and well-priced wine bar Wine Connection. The precinct is also home to the Singapore Tyler Print Institute , which hosts international a
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Fort Canning Park
When Raffles rolled into Singapore, locals steered clear of Fort Canning Hill, then called Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) out of respect for the sacred shrine of Sultan Iskandar Shah, ancient Singapuras last ruler. These days, the hill is better known as Fort Canning Park, a lush
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MacRitchie Reservoir
MacRitchie Reservoir makes for a calming, evocative jungle escape. Walking trails skirt the waters edge and snake through the mature secondary rainforest spotted with long-tailed macaques and huge monitor lizards. You can rent kayaks at the Paddle Lodge , but the highlight is the e
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