Singapore has a lot to offer travelers, and so much to do that you’d be hard pressed to see it all even in a vacation that lasts two weeks. However, if you’re really strapped for time and want to see everything that you can in a day, one writer fit a full schedule of sightseeing in Singapore into a single 24-hour period.
She started off with an afternoon tea with a Singaporean servant, talking about the rise of the country’s tourism industry as well as other growth areas while enjoying the historical Fullerton Building. Today a luxury hotel, the Fullerton Building used to be one of the bastions of Singaporean independence, housing several government entities during the 1960s. Completed by the British in 1928, the Fullerton Building is located by the Singapore harbor and represents colonialist dreams of the United Kingdom. It is a fitting and beautiful old building to try and understand Singapore’s colorful and, at times, rancorous history.
Singapore itself is a place of many cultures, all of them artfully blended in various neighborhoods around the city-state. Though these various quarters are representative of the melting pot of Singapore, many of them are undergoing a rebranding that is on par with the rest of the country’s leap into modernism as well as art and cultural appreciation. For example, the Arab quarter, replete with gorgeous arches and architecture, is the place to shop for vintage clothing, homewares, and more. Wherever the writer found herself, she was able to enjoy loads of retail opportunities.
The writer also enjoyed a river tour of Singapore on a traditional bumboat. She was able to take in the art of Singapore’s glittering high rises, as well as the stunning architecture of the ArtScience Museum, which takes on the shape of a blooming flower, as well as the art center nicknamed, aptly, the Armadillo because of its unique shape.
The writer took in some lunch by grabbing some pandan cake in a street stall. Singapore increasingly has the reputation of a foodie culture, but she didn’t want to waste time in a restaurant, preferring to continue her explorations with the cake and kopi, a traditional Singaporean coffee.
A traveler would need much more time than one day to fully immerse themselves in Singapore’s vibrant culture, including its recent art boom and opening of National Gallery Singapore. Many say that a visitor needs more than one day in the new museum alone.
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Read more about the author’s day of Singaporean experiences by visiting http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-3555142/Have-Singapore-fling-Pack-luxury-art-history-shopping-single-day-amazing-city.html.