Luxury holidays in Singapore
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Singapore
12 days · 11 nights
Singapore → Perlis → Penang → Singapore → Ubud → Jimbaran
You start with two days in Singapore, then board a luxury train for three nights north through Malaysia, stopping in Perlis and Penang. Back in Singapore you fly to Bali for slow days in the rice country around Ubud and a final stay on Jimbaran Bay.
Most travellers first see Singapore from the airport, and most underestimate it. Give the city a few nights and it opens up: kaya toast in a Tiong Bahru coffee shop, an afternoon in the Botanic Gardens and dinner at a hawker centre, where some of the best food in Asia comes on a plastic tray. Changi is one of the best-connected hubs in Asia, and everything works.
The neighbourhoods are the real draw. Peranakan shophouses line the streets of Katong, the gold dome of the Sultan Mosque rises over Kampong Glam, and Chinatown's temples sit a short walk from the towers of the financial district. At night, Gardens by the Bay lights up beside the water, and a rooftop bar above the bay makes a fitting finish.
Marina Bay is the postcard, but Chinatown and Kampong Glam show the city's character.
The waterfront skyline, the Supertrees and cooled domes of Gardens by the Bay, and evening light shows over the water.
Restored shophouse streets, temples and mosques, with hawker centres serving some of the best food in the city.
It is warm all year, with heavier rain at the turn of the year.
Wet and slightly cooler, with Lunar New Year lights in Chinatown in some years.
One of the drier, sunnier months, a good time for walking the city.
Warm and fairly dry, with short afternoon storms.
Hot and humid, with thunderstorms most afternoons.
Hot, with storms in the afternoon and clear mornings.
Warmer and a little drier, a good month for the gardens at night.
Mostly dry and hot, a good month for evenings on the waterfront.
National Day celebrations on 9 August, with fireworks over Marina Bay.
Warm and fairly dry, with occasional haze in some years.
Inter monsoon storms most afternoons, hot and humid.
The wet season begins, with heavy showers and Deepavali lights in Little India.
The wettest month, with festive lights along Orchard Road.
Changi has non-stop flights from Europe, the Gulf, North America and every major Australian city.
Bali is about two and a half hours away and Kuala Lumpur about one, both easy additions.
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