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Singapore itinerary, 22 days: the whole city-state, hotels and bookings
22 days sequenced Morning / Afternoon / Evening / Hotel.
22 days €119
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Travel in Singapore: day-by-day itineraries
An equatorial city-state with something of the laboratory about it: the luminous supertrees of Gardens by the Bay, the infinity pool of the Marina Bay Sands, Chinese, Indian and Malay quarters answering each other a few metro stops apart, and the best street food in the world in UNESCO-listed hawker centres. Green, safe, proverbially clean, Singapore is savoured in three or four days, a perfect stopover or a destination in its own right.
- Capital
- Singapore
- Currency
- Singapore dollar (S$)
- Language
- English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil
- Direct flight
- ≈ 13 hr from Paris
- Time difference
- +7 hr in winter, +6 hr in summer
Itineraries
Our trip ideas in Singapore
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Singapore in 8 days: the colonial city and the southern shore, day by day
Eight days from the Civic District to Sentosa: the Battlebox, the National Gallery, the conservatories of Gardens by the Bay, New Year's Eve at Marina Bay, Chinatown and Telok Ayer, the Art Deco of Tiong Bahru, the Southern Ridges and Fort Siloso.
8 days €39
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Singapore in 14 days: islands, forests and kampongs, day by day
Fourteen days from the southern islands to Pulau Ubin: Little India and Kampong Glam, the Unesco-listed botanic gardens, the primary forest of Bukit Timah, the five Mandai parks, the mangroves of Sungei Buloh and the last village on the main island.
14 days €39
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The right season
When to go in Singapore?
One degree from the equator, Singapore lives at 31 °C all year round, with a stormy shower almost daily in the late afternoon. From November to January, the north-east monsoon makes the rains longer; February to April is the driest spell. In practice, the city is visited twelve months out of twelve, air conditioning and covered arcades doing the rest.
- January : In-between
- February : Ideal
- March : Ideal
- April : Ideal
- May : Pleasant
- June : Pleasant
- July : Pleasant
- August : Pleasant
- September : Pleasant
- October : Pleasant
- November : In-between
- December : In-between
- Ideal
- Pleasant
- In-between
- Avoid
Quick guide
Understanding Singapore
Getting around
The MRT, clean and icy with air conditioning, covers the island; you enter simply by tapping your contactless bank card. Grab fills in for night rides. Walking remains the best way to feel the neighbourhoods.
Money
The Singapore dollar (S$). Everything is paid by card, including most hawkers now. A high budget for the hotel, a tiny one for eating: a hawker feast costs S$5. No tipping.
Language
English is official and universal, tinged with the delicious Singlish. Mandarin, Malay and Tamil complete the official quartet.
Useful apps
Grab for rides, a contactless bank card doubles as a transport ticket, Chope to book restaurants and Klook for reduced-price attraction tickets.
Accommodation
The boutique hotels in the shophouses of Chinatown and Kampong Glam have more charm than the towers of Marina Bay, for half the price. The well-kept capsules help small budgets.
Etiquette
The fines are no folklore: no chewing gum, no jaywalking, no food on the metro. Return your tray at the hawker centre and reserve your seat with a packet of tissues, that is the local chope.
The iconic places
Gardens by the Bay
Marina Bay
The 50 m Supertrees and their vertical gardens, plus two spectacular conservatories. The free light-and-sound show at 7:45 pm is a fixture.
Marina Bay Sands
Marina Bay
Three towers, a ship laid on top, the most photographed infinity pool in the world. The SkyPark can be visited even without sleeping there.
Chinatown
Outram
Pastel shophouses, the Buddha Tooth Relic temple and historic hawker centres: the Chinese heart of the island.
Little India
Serangoon Road
Dravidian temples, jasmine garlands, saris and biryanis: a sensory plunge into South India, two metro stops away.
Botanic Gardens
Tanglin
160 years, 60 hectares and a collection of 60,000 orchids: the only tropical garden on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Sentosa
Sentosa Island
The leisure island: beaches, Universal Studios, a giant aquarium. Reached on foot, by cable car or by monorail.
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- Gardens by the Bay : The Supertrees and their conservatories
- Marina Bay Sands : The mythical infinity pool
- Merlion : The half-lion half-fish emblem of the bay
- Chinatown : Shophouses and the Buddha Tooth temple
- Little India : Tamil temples and spices
- Kampong Glam : The Sultan Mosque and Haji Lane
- Botanic Gardens : The UNESCO-listed orchids
- Sentosa : Beaches and theme parks
- Jewel Changi : The tallest indoor waterfall in the world