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Raffles Hotel Singapore Half Day Tour
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Duration:
4 hours
Price:
$42 (USD)
The colonial history of Singapore can be viewed on the congested half day tour. The landing site of Sir Stamford Raffles has the great memorial namely Raffles hotel along with the Raffle’s landing site. This 4.5 hours afternoon will be great experience for you. The afternoon can start with the tea buffet in the Tiffin Room of Raffles’ hotel, or you can enjoy the tea in the Chinese bakery. After this, the next stop will be Pewter factory where you will reach by going on the cruise in Singapore River starting from Clarke Quay.
The name of Sir Stamford Raffles is very important in the Singapore history. Being the first one to establish the British colony in 1819, his dream came true. Now Singapore is the important international port along with the trading focus point in Far East. In Singapore Raffles hotel, you can view through your own site seeing by viewing the history here by watching the exhibition here. The best place to visit here is the great Raffles Hotel.
Among the other things that represent the Raffles hotel with the best include the bumboat. This boat is the river cruise, and it goes up and down in the river giving the great tour to the people. These days, the route of bumboat is the through many great places. Going through the Singapore River, Chinese shop houses, past colonial building, and finally to the modern Sky scrapers of Singapore business district. The final stop of the cruise is at the Clarke Quay which is the festival village on the end of Riverside. To view the history and the role of the Pewter to the establishment of the trading port, you can also visit Pewter gallery and see the demonstrations called Pwetersmithing.
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