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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

In Singapore, there is a broad selection of somewhere to stay options to ensure a comfortable stay to the guests coming here. From luxury star Hotels in Singapore
to the budget options, one could travel around a great variety. Singapore is one of southeast Asia’s largest aviation hubs Singapore Airlines and its regional subsidiary SilkAir, Singapore is also home to Tiger Airways and Jet star Asia, which took over Valuair. This city connects to other country by air direct or round trip. A wealthy and diverse style of architecture in Singapore’s a lot of museums, houses, shopping complexes, and huge office buildings depict the city’s sincerity towards implementation the best of the West with the flavor of the Orient. Sentosa is one of a total of 64 islands in Singapore. Located to the south of the country, Sentosa Island can be reached by ferry, taxi, and car or by road.

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Singapore, island nation located in the south east of Asia with a exciting mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian cultures combination beautifully together to give it a friendly feel for the global tourist. A Singapore vacation offers many rigid to believe experiences for the visiting guest. An amazing mixture of age-old civilization and beliefs and modern, contemporary styles, Singapore is a complex land where nature and progressive achievements are balanced agreeably. Whether you are looking for enormous shopping, stimulating nightlife, tongue-tickling cuisine or a holiday destination
that you will actually appreciate in the sense of miscellaneous activities, Singapore is where the fun is! Here are alternative sights that should be added to several schedules once you’ve deboarded your Singapore airfares. There are various tourist attractions in Singapore. Visitors can increase on the historical, natural, and cultural holiday attractions here. The important places to see in and around in Singapore are Sentosa Island, Jurong Bird Park, Chinatown, The Asian Civilization Museum and the various temples and churches. Chinatown is most popular for tourist. Trip one of the oldest Chinese temples of Singapore, “The Thien Hock Kheng Temple”, which is an exceptional timber structure and is more than 150 years old. “Chinatown Heritage Center”, tracing the journeys, beliefs and legends of early Chinese migrants is another popular spot.

The island, Singapore’s recreational area, offers several attractions for visitors of all ages such as the Butterfly Park, Insect Kingdom and Dolphin Lagoon. Swimming and sun bathing are also popular along the beach front on sand brought over from Indonesia.
by : Priya Singh

 
 
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Singapore is the epitome of fusion of the East and the West, from serene gardens to sleek skyscrapers and from exotic ethnic enclave to efficient business centre. It is counted as one of the best holiday destinations with friendly and welcoming people and state of art infrastructures. Passport and visa are must for the foreigners visiting Singapore, whether it is for tourists’ purpose or for some business purpose.

Singapore, a dynamic city, is rich in color and contrast with a blend of art, architecture, cuisines and culture. The people of Singapore are descendants of immigrants from China, Malay, Srilanka and India. Though all these have acquired the identity of Singaporeans, but they follow the customs, festival and practices of modern and traditional mix.

Some of the popular places of interest in Singapore are mentioned below

Night Safari

It is one of the well known attractions of Singapore, where you can come across one eyed rhinoceros or hear the howls of a pack of striped hyenas. It is a habitat for 1200 animals with more than 100 exotic species. It is a wild adventure for the tourist to explore.

Jurong Bird Park

It is the largest bird park of South east Asia, providing habitat to more than 8000 birds of 600 species form different parts of the world. It is the world’s largest collection of South American Toucans and Southeast Asian Hornbills and the world’s second largest penguin exhibit. It also organizes daily shows of birds of prey, Jurong Bird Park All Star Bird Show, Breakfast with birds and Penguin feeding time.

National Museum of Singapore

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It is one of the architectural gems with each of its two levels representing Greek Classical architecture and reconstruction of historical scenes and events displaying development of Singapore from sleepy fishing villages to the present day metropolis. Another exhibition shows the world of Chinese family with elaborate Peranankan finery and furnishing. One of the other famous attractions in it is Children’s discovery gallery, which manifest Singapore’s cultural heritage and performing arts. Beside it, Singapore offer number of museums to entertain tourists.

Singapore Zoological Gardens

Singapore zoo is haven for both visitors and animals. There are more than 2000 creatures in landscaped enclosures, thus replacing cages. Some of the special attractions included in it are interaction of kids with animals, thus enjoying excellent playgrounds, penguin gallery; air conditioned polar bear, miniature railway and six island primate garden.

by:Nancy Eben

 

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