huge variety of sights eeing (Sightseeing in Singapore)

Member Name: emma_ski

Product:	Sightseeing in Singapore
Date:	08/06/09 (12 review reads)
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Advantages: clean, safe, cheap, variiety

Disadvantages: occassional rip off taxi

I have been to Sinapore twice, first time as a teenager and secondly while backpacking around the world, both times have been very different experiences of sightseeing around the city!

Ofcourse one fo the most popular places to visit is the Raffles hotel, this is very posh and a great place to visit for an hour or two. Make sure you enjoy a singapore sling while your sitting in the sunshine!

Another great place to visit in sinapore is the night zoo/safari. This is so random! seeing (or not seeing) the animals in the dark. It's a bit scary hearing the Roars and bushes shake but it was a brilliant evening and i would definitely recomend you do this tour!

Another great sight of Singapore is the shopping! including little India and china town. My favourite was shopping in china town, where you can pick up all sorts of oriental bits such as cushions and chop sticks and ofcours a kimono or too! Shopping is very cheap in Singapore just remember to barter for your good! walking awayt usual makes the price come down dramatically :P

My top recommendation in realtion to sight seeing in singapore is Sentosa island. This can be reached by cable car, which gives you beautiful views over the city and the island.
On the actualy island there are many beaches all of which have clear blue waters and white sand, with many cute tavernas.
Also there is a butterfly garden, which is really good experience, there are butterflys as big as your hand flying about in there! You have to pay to get it but its dirt cheap and worth it! you also spot a few other things like colourful plants and lizards.
There is a giant stone 'Merlion' which is posted on many tourist things around the island. This looks a great place to visit, although to be honest a little dissapointing, the view is nice from the top though!
For the best view head to the Carslberg tower, this is dead centre of the island and turns slowly so you get a 360 view of the island and over singapore.
Be warned, the cable cars get busy on the return jounery and they sometimes 'reccomend' getting off half way to get a taxi, if you do get off half way, the taxi is stupidly expensive, so i'd reccomend waiting at the other end to save the money!

Sinapore is a beautiful city and a very easy place to sight see! Majority of people speak fluent English and it is a very safe place to travel, just be careful of rip-off taxi's! There are many other palces to see in Singapore which i have yet to visit, but look forward to exploring them all!

Summary: amazing place to visit!