Raffles Hotel
- Address:1 Beach Road, Singapore
- Admission:Free
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Sipping a Singapore Sling cocktail in the wicker and palm ambiance of Raffles Hotel is a Singapore must-do experience.
With its tropical garden courtyard and elegant galleried architecture, the terracotta-roofed white hotel has been a byword for colonial elegance since 1887. It was named after the founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Swags of famous names from Noël Coward to Somerset Maugham have stayed here, along with more recent stars like Michael Jackson and Beyoncé. You can learn more about the building’s history and see fascinating ephemera at the on-site Raffles Museum.
If you’re not staying here, dress up to experience high tea in the Tiffin Room, or order that Singapore Sling in the Long Bar. The hotel has a swag of other upmarket restaurants, cafes and watering holes.
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Viator were great. Their guides were friendly and knowledgeable, we were picked up on time and the communication was fantastic. A great experience!
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Raffles is the star of Singapore’s Colonial District, and is surrounded by the Raffles City shopping complex.
The closest MRT station is City Hall, just over Stamford Road.
