Singapore Top Attractions for First-Time Visitors

Merlion Park is a famous landmark and one of the top tourist attractions in Singapore. Widely used as a mascot and national icon of Singapore, the Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. The Merlion's fish body symbolises Singapore's humble beginnings as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which comes from the same root as the word tasek ('lake' in ...

Chinatown's maze of narrow roads includes Chinatown Food Street, with its restaurants serving traditional fare like Hainanese chicken rice, noodles and satay. Souvenir shops and indie boutiques dot the area, offering clothes, crafts and antiques, while Club Street is full of trendy wine bars. Cultural institutions here include the 1827 Sri Mariamman Temple and the ornate Buddha Tooth Relic Temple ...

The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden The largest of the gardens is the Bay South Garden at 54 hectares designed by Grant Associates. Its Flower Dome is the largest glass greenhouse in the world. (Wikipe...

The Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay within the Downtown Core district of Singapore. At its opening in 2010, it was the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion (US$6.88 billion) including the land cost. It is owned by the Singaporean subsidiary of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. (Wikipedia)

Universal Studios Singapore is a theme park located within Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It features 28 rides, shows, and attractions in seven themed zones. It was a key component of the Genting Group's bid for the right to build Singapore's second integrated resort. On 8 December 2006, the Singapore government announced that the consortium had won the bid. Construction of t...

Orchard Road, often known colloquially as Orchard, is a major 2.5 km –long road in the Central Area of Singapore. A famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area of Singapore, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, restaurants and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. The Orchard Planning Area is a planning area as specified by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. It ...

Cloud Forest is one of the two conservatories at Gardens by the Bay (the other is Flower Dome) and one of Singapore's most impressive attractions. At 35-meter tall, Cloud Forest is an indoor mountain covered in lush vegetation shrouding a breathtaking waterfall. Housed under a magnificent greenhouse-like glass dome, the Forest include a wide range of plantations from tropical highlands up to 2,000...