A melting pot of cultures and “City in a Garden".....
Singapore is a multicultural garden city where 21st Century skyscrapers sit side by side with a rich colonial past.
This is a city-state with an infectious energy, renowned for its sensational shopping malls, street markets and mouth-watering cuisine. Enjoy a Michelin-starred meal, the cheapest in the world and space-age botanic garden where towering supertrees epitomise the modern vision of the city, its riverside setting and beautiful green spaces only add to the charm.
Fervently working towards its ‘City in a Garden’ dream Singapore has an abundance of history and incredible architecture, it’s a cosmopolitan outdoor dream; from its sky-rise greenery to the iconic treetop walkways, what once was a high-rise concrete jungle has today transformed itself into one of Asia's greenest cities. Gardens by the Bay, Singapore's 21st-Century space-age nature park is a 250-acre urban masterpiece that symbolises the city's contemporary vision.
Singapore's Botanic Gardens is one of the most famous of its kind throughout the world. Open since 1859 as an ornamental park where fêtes and flower showers were held, the park has been instrumental in the role of making Singapore a 'Garden City'. Get an early start to beat the heat and see the locals practising t' ai chi.
Wander down Orchard Road for shopping utopia onto the ultra-modern Marina Bay to the cultural wonderlands of Chinatown and Little India, Singapore's wide range of districts enchant with their different personalities.
On the banks of the Singapore River, the colonial region of Riverside (also known as the Civic Region) is where the British Statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles landed and first founded the city of Singapore in the early 19th Century.
On the south bank of the river, you'll see the skyscrapers of the central business district and plenty of bars, clubs and restaurants at Boat Quay. On the north bank, colonial buildings blend with modern structures at Clarke Quay. Lined by historic warehouses from a time when the Singapore River was the city's centre of trade, the area is now a popular entertainment destination. Some of the warehouses and traditional Chinese junk ships have been restored to their former glory and are today home to bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
Singapore is the perfect destination for...
- Its multicultural heritage and a fantastic mix of Chinese, Malaysian, Indian and western nationalities
- Enjoying cocktails and the most famous hotel in Singapore that epitomises the island's colonial history Raffles Hotel Singapore
- Seeing a mind-defying building and Singapore's most iconic hotel for the world's largest rooftop infinity pool, the Marina Bay Sands and the Singapore skyline at night
- Meandering in the space age super park of Gardens by the Bay with its Supertree Grove, Cloud Forest and the 114-foot indoor waterfall
- Visit Thian Hock Keng, a.k.a. Tianfu Temple, Singapore’s oldest Buddhist temple with its elaborate architecture and traditional southern Chinese style built without using a single nail
Singapore is best experienced as a part of a stopover, either at the beginning or end of your trip, a major hub within South East Asia it is perfect for visiting most countries.
You can also easily pair it with other countries such as Cambodia and Malaysian Borneo in your Cochoa Travel tailor-made itinerary.
Enquire today for your journey to Singapore!
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