The Orchid Garden

Singapore for a day!

Question:

Take a taxi into town.  It’s going to be hot and muggy, so plan a lot of rest time.  Sneak into an air conditioned mall frequently.  Try the Botanical Garden and Orchid Park.  There is also a self-guided walking tour of part of the city starting from the Raffles Hotel.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, we have just one day in late July to ‘discover’ Singapore  ;o) Our flight gets in at 7.05am and leaves at 10.30pm. Any suggestions for what to see in this very limited time? We are a family of 4, with a boy of 14 and a girl of 9. Thanks, Robin.

Response:

Hi There, By all means take the kids to the zoo for Breakfast or Afternoon Tea with an Orang-utan. A delightful couple of hours and a wonderful zoo with many exotic animals.  City Tour of course to explore the sights and sounds of Singapore as well as the different cultures who make their home in this island nation.  Or Jurong Bird Park a huge walk-in aviary.  Your options are many! Regards, Carole Bradford www.cbtvl.com

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, we have just one day in late July to ‘discover’ Singapore  ;o) Our flight gets in at 7.05am and leaves at 10.30pm. Any suggestions for what to see in this very limited time? We are a family of 4, with a boy of 14 and a girl of 9. Thanks, Robin.

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Singapore is basically just a big city/financial center which is very clean and garden-like.  I was there for a day and basically walked around the city.  We realized too late that we could save a lot of money by buying 1-day trip tickets for using the buses and metrorail to get around. I’ve seen lists here of the top 20 things to see – I’m sure you’ll get it as well.  I suggest taking a taxi into town, buy one of the trip tickets and explore.  You can take the metro out of town to see the "country" and go to the zoo.  There many good food courts to eat at at almost all of the metro stops.  My impression of Singapore is that shopping and cell phones are the main attraction for the locals. Have fun.

there is a free tour run by the airport if you have a layover of at least 5 hours — don’t know if that is worth doing for you but it is something to inquire about. the only really good thing for tourists that I noted in a couple of weeks there was the food — which is magnificent — but it is a city — and doesn’t IMHO have a lot to offer a casual tourists — especially kids that age.  [although they would probably like the night safari zoo — which probably isn’t at its peak during the available hours for this group. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, we have just one day in late July to ‘discover’ Singapore  ;o) Our flight gets in at 7.05am and leaves at 10.30pm. Any suggestions for what to see in this very limited time? We are a family of 4, with a boy of 14 and a girl of 9. Thanks, Robin.

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Singapore is basically just a big city/financial center which is very clean and garden-like.  I was there for a day and basically walked around the city.  We realized too late that we could save a lot of money by buying 1-day trip tickets for using the buses and metrorail to get around. I’ve seen lists here of the top 20 things to see – I’m sure you’ll get it as well.  I suggest taking a taxi into town, buy one of the trip tickets and explore.  You can take the metro out of town to see the "country" and go to the zoo.  There many good food courts to eat at at almost all of the metro stops.  My impression of Singapore is that shopping and cell phones are the main attraction for the locals. Have fun.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, we have just one day in late July to ‘discover’ Singapore  ;o) Our flight gets in at 7.05am and leaves at 10.30pm. Any suggestions for what to see in this very limited time? We are a family of 4, with a boy of 14 and a girl of 9. Thanks, Robin.

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Hi, we have just one day in late July to ‘discover’ Singapore  ;o) Our flight gets in at 7.05am and leaves at 10.30pm. Any suggestions for what to see in this very limited time? We are a family of 4, with a boy of 14 and a girl of 9. Thanks, Robin.

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