Raffles The Plaza Hotel Singapore

... 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 expected and ...

... 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 ...

... . 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 minutes! It was ...

... 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, ...

... of Raffles Place, and to be exact, it's the Republic Plaza. One of the tallest building in Singapore, strategically located just nearby the Raffles Place MRT, and few steps away from Singapore's pride which I will tell you later here. Let's ...

... 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 the history of the Hotel - ...

... the pool if that takes your fancy. Clearing customs in about 2 minutes we hailed a cab to take us to our hotel in the CBD the Grand Plaza.   Driving down the main highway which is impressive in itself - think potted plant and manicured trees in the ...

... invaded and took control of Singapore.  After we saw the statue we decided to head to Raffles hotel to get Katie some medication for her foot, a Singapore Sling cocktail. The cocktail was first concocted in this very hotel so the perfect place to ...

... – despite the hotel was completely booked out due to the Singapore Airshow. We had initially booked with hotel with Singapore Airlines Tour agent – Tradewinds after purchasing our flights.  View from our room was breathtaking – ...

... work. This was a hole-in-the-wall place with plastic tables and chairs out on the footpath, but a great introduction to Singapore food. I ordered roast duck and noodles and a big bottle of Tiger beer for only SD4.50 - exceptionally cheap and very tasty - ...

... garden there and lots of fish - we bought some fish food and huge cat fish appeared from nowhere And we went to Raffles hotel last night for a Singapore sling - well that was the plan - ended up having a steak and more wine and beer too while we were ...

... I have now returned to said internet cafe and this is where I am now.  I now just have to check out of the hotel and the Singapore Stopover happy bus will pick me up at 06:30am tomorrow morning - I'm scared as to what the room bill will be though ...

... find my hotel easily. I've decided to treat myself for the next couple of nights and book myself a room at the 5-star Royal Plaza on Scotts hotel in Singapore. It only costs 50 quid a night - the same as the travel inn back home as I booked it on the ...

... was very impressed with Bruces mostache.....yes I was wondering as well. Of course our trip could not be complete without a famous Singapore Sling. At $28 each they should have been served in gold rim glasses but alas not so lucky. Went to the Long Bar ...

... . We settled into our room and headed for a walk of the area surrounding our hotel. We walked to the Raffles Hotel where the founder of Singapore built this hotel and also invented the Singapore Sling. The Long Bar didn't open for another hour and a half ...

... Alright! It's shopping time now and I haven't been to Chinatown so I guess it's a good way to learn a new thing about Singapore. I was thinking about cheaper keychains or fridge magnets and who knows perhaps I'm gonna find it there? So as usual, we went ...

... and the coconut trees. My god, this just shows you how organised these people are (I mean after all this is Singapore, everything runs like clockwork)...there were no coconuts on these trees. Now thats efficiency! We were actually both really psyched ...

... temples and the China Town underground train station MRT.   Sat 16th Aug- we took a city bus tour. Went from the Singapore Flyer through the cbd to a Chinese temple. Headed up through the public housing areas to a gem museum. This is where artists ...

... a mid-museum coffee/chocolate milkshake at another Indochine cafe, we completed the museum and walked via a cricket field and parks to Raffles Hotel. Checked out the lobby (unsuitably dressed but no-one seemed to mind) til we found the bars where everyone ...