MY FAMILY OF TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN AGED 5, 7 AND 9 ARE HEADING TO SINGAPORE IN JULY. I WANT TO COMBINE A SINGAPORE BREAK AT SOMEWHERE KID-FRIENDLY ON SENTOSA ISLAND, HOTEL RECOMMENDATIONS WELCOME, WITH A TRIP TO LEGOLAND IN MALAYSIA. HOW DO WE GET THERE AND CAN WE BOOK A PRIVATE TRANSFER?
E. CARTER, BUNDANOON
Sentosa Island is all about family entertainment and whichever hotel you choose, those kids will be well catered for.
The Shangri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort & Spa www.shangri-la.com would be my pick of the accommodation, with the Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa singaporeresortsentosa.com and the Capella Singapore capellahotels.com close behind.
Sentosa's family-friendly attractions include the S.E.A. Aquarium, Nature Discovery, Adventure Cove Waterpark and the Universal Studios entertainment complex. The island gets crowded on weekends with families from Singapore and Malaysia, so keep this in mind when planning your daily activities.
YourSingapore yoursingapore.com, the country's official tourism website, has plenty of information to help you plan your trip.
LEGOLAND is not too far away from Sentosa Island, just the other side of the Johor Strait, which separates Singapore from Malaysia. WTS Travel wtstravel.com.sg operates a bus service to LEGOLAND, departing from the Newton Circus Car Park in Singapore, close to the Newton Circus MRT Station. Alternatively, Travel Delight traveldelight.biz does private two-way transfers and the price for your family is just slightly higher than the WTS Travel service bus.
Singapore schools will be on holidays in July and you might want to avoid LEGOLAND over the weekend, when many families visit.
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