Start the morning with a visit to little india. Want to know the little known short cut route to get to little india from singapore plaza parkroyal ?
The usual way for many first time visitors would be to turn left in front of plaza parkroyal. Then walk along the beach road to get to little india. Though it is a longer way, here is a another route which is shorter and offers an equally unique experience.
On the right side to singapore plaza parkroyal hotel is the conncourse building. It is a unique looking building. You simply cannot miss it. A perpendicular road stretches from the main road in front of it. Take that road and walk straight in the opposite direction to the concourse building. After ten to fifteen minutes walk you will pass the malabar mosque. Another five to ten minutes and it is little india.
You know you have reached the center of little india business acitivity when you see the parkroyal hotel building on kitchener road or the mustafa center. Markets, small shops , indian restaurants occupy the area around the mall. The singapore parkroyal hotel presence on kitchener road is prominence. Anchor your bearing to singapore parkroyal hotel and it is quite hard to get lost .
Do you want some singapore dollars changed?Mustafa mall offers competitive rates for foreign exchange. Possibly one of the most competitive rates in town.
Angullia mosque stands across the street from the mustafa serangoon plaza. Walk against the one way traffic between serangoon plaza and the mosque. Many more little shops and markets waiting for you to explore.
Walk further , Tekka mall ends unofficially the little india zone. Across from the tekka mall is singapore albert court hotel. In front of the hotel is a tower clock. Go to the albert court front entrance . Walk in a straight line in the opposite direction to the clock in front of albert hotel. This leads you to bugis market. Go through the market and it is bugis junction shopping mall.
For more info on how to explore the city on foot see article -how to explore singapore as easy as abc just remembering the alphabet 't'.
Connected to bugis junction , is singapore intercontinental hotel. Around the left corner from the hotel main entrance , walk pass the national library, it's singapore raffles hotel.
From the raffles hotel, look up and it 's singapore tallest hotel , the swisotel hotel singapore. Singapore Swisotel is visible from almost anywhere around the raffles city area. It is quite easy to know where you are in the area. Just look up and you see the singapore swisotel hotel .
Connected to singapore swisotel is raffles city shopping mall. Linking raffles city shopping mall to marina square shopping mall is the underground citylink mall. On the other side of singapore swisotel is singapore river and the the esplanade. Take a bumboat ride along the river and visit the merlion park .
Want to know the little known secret how to tell where singapore parkroyal hotel is from anywhere in the area without a map nor knowing even a street name?
Here's how.
On one side of singapore swisotel hotel, it looks as if the building is cylindrical in shape. But from the other side it looks flat . Well if you look singapore swisotel hotel from the top it resembles a semicircle and a triangle with their flatsides attached. The triangle points the sultan mosque direction. Across the street from the mosque is the singapore parkroyal hotel on beach road. Follow the swisotel triangle direction. It's only fifteen to twenty minutes walk to your hotel.
The sultan mosque is one of the oldest mosques in singapore. Some call the area arab street area . Some call the area kampong glam . Around the mosque are traditional shops and many local restaurants. The restaurants mainly serve local malay , turkish or middle eastern food. Some are originals . Some, mixed with creativity blended with local taste.
This short itinerary could take you the whole day. You can also combine it with the open top bus.
Angullia mosque stands across the street from the mustafa serangoon plaza. Walk against the one way traffic between serangoon plaza and the mosque. Many more little shops and markets waiting for you to explore.
Walk further , Tekka mall ends unofficially the little india zone. Across from the tekka mall is singapore albert court hotel. In front of the hotel is a tower clock. Go to the albert court front entrance . Walk in a straight line in the opposite direction to the clock in front of albert hotel. This leads you to bugis market. Go through the market and it is bugis junction shopping mall.
For more info on how to explore the city on foot see article -how to explore singapore as easy as abc just remembering the alphabet 't'.
Connected to bugis junction , is singapore intercontinental hotel. Around the left corner from the hotel main entrance , walk pass the national library, it's singapore raffles hotel.
From the raffles hotel, look up and it 's singapore tallest hotel , the swisotel hotel singapore. Singapore Swisotel is visible from almost anywhere around the raffles city area. It is quite easy to know where you are in the area. Just look up and you see the singapore swisotel hotel .
Connected to singapore swisotel is raffles city shopping mall. Linking raffles city shopping mall to marina square shopping mall is the underground citylink mall. On the other side of singapore swisotel is singapore river and the the esplanade. Take a bumboat ride along the river and visit the merlion park .
Want to know the little known secret how to tell where singapore parkroyal hotel is from anywhere in the area without a map nor knowing even a street name?
Here's how.
On one side of singapore swisotel hotel, it looks as if the building is cylindrical in shape. But from the other side it looks flat . Well if you look singapore swisotel hotel from the top it resembles a semicircle and a triangle with their flatsides attached. The triangle points the sultan mosque direction. Across the street from the mosque is the singapore parkroyal hotel on beach road. Follow the swisotel triangle direction. It's only fifteen to twenty minutes walk to your hotel.
The sultan mosque is one of the oldest mosques in singapore. Some call the area arab street area . Some call the area kampong glam . Around the mosque are traditional shops and many local restaurants. The restaurants mainly serve local malay , turkish or middle eastern food. Some are originals . Some, mixed with creativity blended with local taste.
This short itinerary could take you the whole day. You can also combine it with the open top bus.
