Raffles Plaza

... /05 Monday Singapore We headed into town and had breakfast in a lovely bakery attached to a supermarket (at the bottom of Raffles City Plaza). We then went back to Raffles Hotel and visited the museum there - it has a nice collection of stuff charting ...

Arrived Raffles 27 December. Unpacked, and went out to the seafood restaurant at Raffles and had a lovely meal. Carol had stingray for her starter - thunderbirds are gone. Then went to the Long Bar and littered the floor with peanut shells, tried the ...

... in the rather plush surroundings. However at 10 English for 2 small beers I ensure that I ate them out of monkey nuts. Raffles has a rather unusual trait in that it allows visitors to the long bar to consume monkey nuts and discard the spent shells on ...

... a holiday when you get upgraded to suite, the position we were lucky enough to find ourselves in on arrival at Raffles Plaza hotel in Singapore. The suite as expected was the size of our previous London flat. Singapore was everything I ...

... s'est rendu compte qu'on etait pas au bon Raffles (l'hotel ou le cocktail a ete invente au debut du XXe siecle) mais au Raffles Plaza. On ne pouvait pas partir sans decouvrir ce bar mytique dans le plus ancien hotel de la ville! Apres un casse dalle au ...

... plethora of shops, markets and plazas that Singapore has to offer. We started with brunch at Raffles Hotel and then commenced shopping at Raffles Plaza. From there it was off to Sim Lim Plaza to check out computer software and hardware. I made a couple of ...

... ) to Merlion Park. There is a huge Merlion statue on the waterfront, but not much of a park. Then we headed over to Raffles plaza, the shopping complex next to the Raffles Hotel. It had some pretty cool fountains inside which kept us amused for a good 10 ...

... fountain and then wandered back to catch the bus back into town. We were both pretty hungry by this stage, and so headed across to Raffles Plaza on the MRT to grab a bite to eat. Then we walked to Suntec City with the intention of having a look around, ...

... we headed out to explore what Singapore has to offer. From Little India we made our way on foot through the famous Raffles Plaza and down towards the area now termed the 'Colonial District' where the original British designed City Hall, Parliament House ...

... the last 30 hours so im off to bed. DAYS.......... Did a mission into the CBD, have some cool building around Raffles plaza, also visited a nice museum on Asia. Visited Chinatown and the river district, the subway system makes touring around very ...

... food as much as we did.  Our first night, we celebrated our 1-year anniversary in style on the 70th floor of Raffles Plaza, eating at a very nice restaurant called the "Equinox."  We definitely splurged, but it was well worth it.  ...

... to Raffles and then get dinner at the top floor of the Swisshotel to take in the views by night.   We walked across to Raffles and managed to get through the front door, we soon left though after seeing the prices of dinner at the piano bar, but ...

... the flight, Singapore has a dream airport, and we were efficiently ferried to our pleasant hotel, the Grand Plaza Park Hotel City Hall, which is a short walk from Raffles and not far from Chinatown. After check in (John and I had a double, and Erin ...

... ended up having a steak and more wine and beer too while we were there.  Singapore slings should only be drunk at the Raffles ....because they are pretty hideous and really sweet.  Got a lift back from a comedy cabbie who told jokes all the way ...

... cooked right in front of him too.  By this time it was still raining, but I wanted to make my way back over to the Raffles Shopping Mall which I had come across earlier - OH MY GOODNESS, think Cabot Circus x 10.  I made my way back here on ...

... in the Tiffin room. Yes it was nice and yes a little bit posh but not as good as the "Ritz" in London....Sorry Raffles. We had scones, mini lemon merangue, sandwiches and madelines. We had about 10 cups of coffee each because they kept filling our cups ...

... then we all went to Sentosa Island. Public transport was really easy. After a day at the island, we went for a refreshing drink at Raffles, as you do if in Singapore! We threw peanut shells over the floor and then travelled to Orchard Rd to see the most ...

Flying in via Dubai was quite exhausting... but finaly I got to the ...