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How to Get Around

System Map of Rail Network

https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html Latest system map pdf here: https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/tel3_sm-en.pdf

Search for fare and information with the SimpleGo Travel Guide.

https://www.transitlink.com.sg/travel-guide/

• SBS Transit/SMRT Bus transit: https://www.transitlink.com.sg/eservice/eguide/service_idx.php

Singapore’s MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) and bus systems have an extensive network of routes that will help you zip around the city. Most of our popular attractions are just a short walk away from an MRT station, making our trains a great way to get around. 

Our bus routes are also some of the most scenic, allowing you to indulge in the lush greenery and beautiful architecture of our ‘city in a garden’. All public buses are wheelchair accessible and open strollers are allowed. Please approach our friendly bus captains if you need assistance. Do take note that you may be required to fold your stroller if the bus has too many passengers. You can refer to the the SBS Transit, SMRT, Go-Ahead Singapore, and Tower Transit Singapore websites for more information and guidelines.

Visitors can use the following payment options for their respective MRT or bus journeys:

Click here for information on payment options for public transport.

For more useful information—including traffic news, journey planning and nearby transport services—download the MyTransport app (available for iOS and Android).

1For non-cash payments on buses, remember to tap in and out on the reader located at the front and rear exits of the bus when you board and alight respectively.

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Singapore Tourist PassLooking to explore as many attractions as you can? Purchase a Singapore Tourist Pass— a special EZ-Link stored-value card—for unlimited travel between one and three days.

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By taxi or ride-hailing apps

Taxis are comfortable and especially handy if you want to go to places not accessible by the bus or MRT. Cabs here are metered, but there may be surcharges depending on when, where and which company’s taxi you board.

To get a rough idea of the final fare, check with the driver on the surcharges and ask for a receipt at the end of the trip. You can also check out this website for a quick and easy comparison.

You can hail a taxi by the roadside at most places, or by queuing for one at a taxi stand, which you’ll find at most malls, hotels and attractions.

Alternatively, you may use one of the ride-hailing applications available in Singapore to book a ride from your preferred pick-up point to your desired destination. Some options available include Grab, Gojek, Ryde and TADA.

By Bicycle

Cycling around our sunny island is a great way to get your dose of Vitamin D and enjoy the green spaces that dot our city.

Singapore boasts a well-connected network of cycling paths, and you can rent shared bicycles from licensed operators.

Feel free to bring your foldable bike onboard our trains and buses, but check if they’re too bulky. You can find guidelines for cycling in Singapore here.

Singapore Visitor Centre

If you need assistance or have any queries, drop by one of any of the seven Singapore Visitor Centres.

The visitor centres boast a range of helpful services and information. You’ll be able to plan your itinerary, get tips on must-see attractions, purchase tickets for sightseeing, book accommodation and even pick up a souvenir (or two).

Singapore Changi Airport

Departure flight information

https://www.changiairport.com/en/flights/departures.html

Arriving flights

https://www.changiairport.com/en/flights/arrivals.html

Transit guide

https://www.changiairport.com/en/maps.html

Airport map

https://www.changiairport.com/en/maps.html

Getting to the Airport

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide/transport/getting-to-the-airport.html

Transfer between terminals and Jewel

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide/transport/transfer-between-terminals-and-jewel.html

Shop, Dine, Relax and do more

Dine

https://www.changiairport.com/content/cag/en/dine/local-and-global-cuisines.html

Shop

https://www.changiairport.com/content/cag/en/shop/world-class-shopping.html

Facilities and Services

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide/facilities-and-services.html#/filter?tab=all

Passenger Guide

https://www.changiairport.com/en/airport-guide.html

Singapore public transportation guide

You can refer to the the SBS Transit, SMRT, Go-Ahead Singapore, and Tower Transit Singapore websites for more information and guidelines.

1. Singapore’s MRT (Mass Rapid Transit): 4 types of tickets

   1. Standard ticket: Card-sized tickets (multiple tickets) can be used for up to 6 rides per ticket. Each time, you specify your destination, deposit the corresponding fare into your card at the ticket vending machine, and then pass through the ticket gate, and there is a 10 cent discount on the 6th purchase, which is a unique system. If you only want to ride a few times on one free day during your tour, a standard ticket will be sufficient.
   2. EZ-link card: A rechargeable IC card. It is sold at the ticket office inside the station, and a deposit of S$5 + fare of S$7 = S$12 is required at the time of purchase. Unfortunately, the deposit cannot be returned, but if you use the card, you can save about 3-4% on the fare. It can also be used on route buses. This will be a great benefit for those who are planning to stay in Singapore for a long time or who plan to come to Singapore again in the future.

   You’ll be able to purchase these at Passenger Service Centres in train stations, any SimplyGo Ticket Office or convenience stores such as 7-11, Buzz and Cheers.

   3. Singapore Tourist Pass (STP): Unlimited rides on MRT, LRT, and buses. Among the several passes for tourists, this one is popular if you are looking to use public transport at a bargain price. Sold at major stations, there are three types of passes depending on the number of days. 1 day = S$10, 2 day = S$16, 3 day = S$20, each with an additional S$10 deposit. However, the deposit can be refunded within 5 days of purchase. If you travel around the center with a standard ticket, the average fare per trip will be around S$1-2. As a rough estimate, if you use the MRT more than 6-7 times a day, the Tourist Pass may be a better deal.

   The Pass can be bought at the SimplyGo Ticket Office at selected MRT stations listed here.

   4. You can use your foreign-issued Mastercard® and Visa contactless bank cards2, as well as your mobile wallets for the payment of public transport fares in Singapore. No registration is required.

   Children above 0.9m in height and below 7 years old can apply for a Child Concession Card at SimplyGo Ticket Office to travel for free on basic bus and train services.
   Children below 0.9m in height accompanied by a fare-paying commuter can automatically travel for free. For more information on Child Concession Cards, please visit SimplyGo website.
   Click here for information on payment options for public transport.

2. Bus Route buses that cover almost all of Singapore. You can pay in cash, but you have to pay the exact amount, so it’s much more convenient to have a tourist pass or ez-link card. If you pay with cash, the first ride starts at S$1.70 but if you use an ez-link card, you get a discount from S$0.92.
   There is also a discount if you transfer from MRT to bus or from bus to bus within one hour, and if you use an ez-link card, the discount will be automatically deducted.

   Travellers may also opt to pay in cash on buses. Please prepare the exact fare as no change will be given.

3. By taxi or ride-hailing apps  Grab, Gojek, Ryde and TADA are some famous.

   To get a rough idea of the final fare, check with the driver on the surcharges and ask for a receipt at the end of the trip. You can also check out this website for a quick and easy comparison.

4. By Bicycle: Singapore boasts a well-connected network of cycling paths, and you can rent shared bicycles from licensed operators.
   Feel free to bring your foldable bike onboard our trains and buses, but check if they’re too bulky. You can find guidelines for cycling in Singapore here.

Gay guide

https://mytripnavi.com/gay/singapore.pdf

Find more at other cities

https://mytripnavi.com/maps/all
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Singapore foods/gourmet you must try

Famous food top 5

You can’t visit Singapore without trying at least some of the items on this list, preferably at a hawker center!

1. Hainanese Chicken Rice - Tasty chicken with tastier rice. Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chilli sauce and usually with cucumber garnishes. It was created by immigrants from Hainan in southern China and adapted from the Hainanese dish Wenchang chicken.
2. Chilli crab and/or pepper crab: Chilli crab is a Southeast Asian seafood dish that is widely associated with the cuisines of both Malaysia and Singapore. The widely known version of chili crab today could be traced back to the 1950s in Malaysia and Singapore.
3. Hokkien Mee: Hokkien mee, literally “Fujian noodles”, is a series of related Southeast Asian dishes that have their origins in the cuisine of China’s Fujian province.
4. Roti Prata: Roti canai or roti prata, also known as roti chanai, roti chennai and roti cane, is an Indian flatbread dish found in several countries in Southeast Asia, especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
5. Kaya Toast: Kaya toast is a dish consisting of two slices of toast with butter and kaya, commonly served alongside coffee and soft-boiled eggs. In Singapore, the dish is commonly consumed for breakfast.

Famous Sweets

Pineapple Tart: is a small, bite-size tart filled or topped with pineapple jam, commonly found throughout different parts of Southeast Asia such as Indonesia (kue nastar), Malaysia (Baba Malay: kueh tae or kuih tair, Malay language: kuih tat nanas), Brunei and Singapore in various forms.

Famous Drinks

Kopi: Kopi, also known as Nanyang coffee, is a traditional coffee beverage found in several Maritime Southeast Asian nations. Often brewed to be highly caffeinated in strength, it is commonly served with sugar and/or milk-based condiments. This drink originated from the British Malaya era, with Hainanese cultural roots.

Singapore food trivia

• It's tasty: in Singapore you say “Shiok!”

• Chicken curry without any chicken? In singapore, the curry made by chicken is called “curry chicken”, and the soup is called “chicken curry”. If you order “chicken curry”, then they will bring you the curry without chicken.

• Peranakan cuisine Nonya cuisine is also known as Peranakan(meaning"local born") cuisine.

1. Ayam Buah Keluak: Ayam buah keluak is a traditional Peranakan dish consisting of chicken, tamarind gravy and buah keluak nuts. It is normally served with rice. It is also one of the favorite dishes of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Lee Hsien Loong.
2. Otak Otak: Otak-otak is a Southeast Asian fish cake made of ground fish mixed with spices and wrapped in leaf parcels. Otak-otak is traditionally served steamed or grilled, encased within the leaf parcel it is cooked in, and can be eaten solely as a snack or with steamed rice as part of a meal.
3. Beef Rendang: Rendang is a rich and tender coconut beef stew which is explosively flavorful and beef rendang is the most popular rendang.
4. Popiah: Popiah is a Fujianese/Teochew-style fresh spring roll filled with an assortment of fresh, dried, and cooked ingredients, eaten during the Qingming Festival and other celebratory occasions.
5. Kueh Pie Tee: Kueh Pie Tee is a thin and crispy pastry tart shell kuih often filled with a spicy, shredded Chinese turnips, sweet mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and prawns. It is a popular Peranakan dish, that is often consumed during Chinese New Year or tea parties.
6. Laksa: Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coconut soup or a broth seasoned with sour asam.

Other Singapore famous foods

• Curry Laksa - Delicious spicy coconut milk soup noodles

• Asam Laksa - Different type of laksa in sour-ish soup

• Beef Rendang - Tasty tender beef in sauce and spices

• Char Kway Teow - Best fried noodles w/shrimp in tasty sauce

• Nasi Goreng - Malaysian fried rice w/egg

• Nasi Lemak - Rice with all the things

• Kang Kung Belacan - Morning glory in shrimp paste

• Roti Canai - Indian influenced pancake w/curry

• Bak Kut Teh - Peppery spicy pork broth with pork, eat with rice and dark soy sauce

Breakfast

• Go to a Kopitiam (traditional coffee shop) and have: kopi (coffee with condensed milk), kaya toast and soft eggs (tip: dip the toast in the eggs)

Dessert

• Kuih - Malaysian cakes come in all sorts of types, my absolute favorite is Kuih Lapis!

• Cendol - Hard to describe but basically a lot of delicious things floating in coconut milk & sugar

• Ice Kachang - Crushed ice with more delicious things and condensed milk

Singapore foods/gourmet you must try

Famous food top 5

You can’t visit Singapore without trying at least some of the items on this list, preferably at a hawker center!

1. Hainanese Chicken Rice - Tasty chicken with tastier rice. Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chilli sauce and usually with cucumber garnishes. It was created by immigrants from Hainan in southern China and adapted from the Hainanese dish Wenchang chicken.
2. Chilli crab and/or pepper crab: Chilli crab is a Southeast Asian seafood dish that is widely associated with the cuisines of both Malaysia and Singapore. The widely known version of chili crab today could be traced back to the 1950s in Malaysia and Singapore.
3. Hokkien Mee: Hokkien mee, literally “Fujian noodles”, is a series of related Southeast Asian dishes that have their origins in the cuisine of China’s Fujian province.
4. Roti Prata: Roti canai or roti prata, also known as roti chanai, roti chennai and roti cane, is an Indian flatbread dish found in several countries in Southeast Asia, especially in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
5. Kaya Toast: Kaya toast is a dish consisting of two slices of toast with butter and kaya, commonly served alongside coffee and soft-boiled eggs. In Singapore, the dish is commonly consumed for breakfast.

Famous Sweets

Pineapple Tart: is a small, bite-size tart filled or topped with pineapple jam, commonly found throughout different parts of Southeast Asia such as Indonesia (kue nastar), Malaysia (Baba Malay: kueh tae or kuih tair, Malay language: kuih tat nanas), Brunei and Singapore in various forms.

Famous Drinks

Kopi: Kopi, also known as Nanyang coffee, is a traditional coffee beverage found in several Maritime Southeast Asian nations. Often brewed to be highly caffeinated in strength, it is commonly served with sugar and/or milk-based condiments. This drink originated from the British Malaya era, with Hainanese cultural roots.

Singapore food trivia

• It's tasty: in Singapore you say “Shiok!”

• Chicken curry without any chicken? In singapore, the curry made by chicken is called “curry chicken”, and the soup is called “chicken curry”. If you order “chicken curry”, then they will bring you the curry without chicken.

• Peranakan cuisine Nonya cuisine is also known as Peranakan(meaning"local born") cuisine.

1. Ayam Buah Keluak: Ayam buah keluak is a traditional Peranakan dish consisting of chicken, tamarind gravy and buah keluak nuts. It is normally served with rice. It is also one of the favorite dishes of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Lee Hsien Loong.
2. Otak Otak: Otak-otak is a Southeast Asian fish cake made of ground fish mixed with spices and wrapped in leaf parcels. Otak-otak is traditionally served steamed or grilled, encased within the leaf parcel it is cooked in, and can be eaten solely as a snack or with steamed rice as part of a meal.
3. Beef Rendang: Rendang is a rich and tender coconut beef stew which is explosively flavorful and beef rendang is the most popular rendang.
4. Popiah: Popiah is a Fujianese/Teochew-style fresh spring roll filled with an assortment of fresh, dried, and cooked ingredients, eaten during the Qingming Festival and other celebratory occasions.
5. Kueh Pie Tee: Kueh Pie Tee is a thin and crispy pastry tart shell kuih often filled with a spicy, shredded Chinese turnips, sweet mixture of thinly sliced vegetables and prawns. It is a popular Peranakan dish, that is often consumed during Chinese New Year or tea parties.
6. Laksa: Laksa is a spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia. Laksa consists of various types of noodles, most commonly thick rice noodles, with toppings such as chicken, prawn or fish. Most variations of laksa are prepared with a rich and spicy coconut soup or a broth seasoned with sour asam.

Other Singapore famous foods

• Curry Laksa - Delicious spicy coconut milk soup noodles

• Asam Laksa - Different type of laksa in sour-ish soup

• Beef Rendang - Tasty tender beef in sauce and spices

• Char Kway Teow - Best fried noodles w/shrimp in tasty sauce

• Nasi Goreng - Malaysian fried rice w/egg

• Nasi Lemak - Rice with all the things

• Kang Kung Belacan - Morning glory in shrimp paste

• Roti Canai - Indian influenced pancake w/curry

• Bak Kut Teh - Peppery spicy pork broth with pork, eat with rice and dark soy sauce

Breakfast

• Go to a Kopitiam (traditional coffee shop) and have: kopi (coffee with condensed milk), kaya toast and soft eggs (tip: dip the toast in the eggs)

Dessert

• Kuih - Malaysian cakes come in all sorts of types, my absolute favorite is Kuih Lapis!

• Cendol - Hard to describe but basically a lot of delicious things floating in coconut milk & sugar

• Ice Kachang - Crushed ice with more delicious things and condensed milk

Experiences

I went to Singapore in January for a week. Came back with some knowledge.

• I stayed at Marina Bay Sands. Wasn’t worth staying all 7 days considering we only went up to the pool once. However, it was definitely worth experiencing. When I go again, I will stay for one night, spend the entire time in the pool, and stay at a cheaper hotel for the rest of the trip.

• I LOVED the heat and humidity. Not being sarcastic. It was great! However, I wanted to look super cute and stylish. Do yourself a favor and abandon this hope right now. You’re gonna be a ball of sweat and are most likely going to be walking a lot, plus the air conditioning is gonna turn all that sweat to ice instantaneously upon entering an establishment or the MRT. Next time, I’m going to experience SG by way of running shoes, athletic wear, and a light jacket.

• If you have a locked US phone, you’re not okay. I thought I’d be alright because SG has free wifi all over the place and I have a newer model smartphone but alas: to get access to the free wifi, they have to send you a text (in my case, this was costly). Next time, before I leave I’m getting an unlocked smartphone with GPS/maps and a currency exchange app.

• The tourist 1- and 3-day MRT/bus passes (http://www.thesingaporetouristpass.com.sg) are NOT worth it. I got one while my companion used a regular pass, and I got royally screwed. Also, I found customer service to be universally terrible outside of MBS with the only exception being taxi drivers. Which leads me to…

• TAKE THE GODDAMN TAXIS. They’re dirt cheap and they already know how to get to wherever you need to go. Save time and energy and headache. Let them drive you to the front door of wherever you want to be.

• Gardens by the Bay is better at night. I went during the day and was underwhelmed, though the flower domes were really inspiring. Also, I have a feeling the Marina Bay Merlions would have been more majestic during the day, but get there early, maybe before 9am if you can, because PEOPLE.

• Sentosa Island was the best day of my whole trip. We bought a Fun pass (http://www.sentosa.com.sg/state-specials/sentosa-fun-pass) that allowed us to do five attractions, so (1) Trick Eye Museum, (2) Madam Tussaud’s, (3) Images of SG or whatever– it’s a heavily sanitized but lighthearted guided tour of the history of SG, (4) Merlion, and (5) Skyline luge. DO THESE THINGS. Only thing I would have done different is taken the skyline ride to Mt. Faber and seen the Mt. Faber Merlion/happiness bell before coming back to Sentosa.

• Singapore Slings at the Long Bar at Raffles hotel are $31 SGD. Plus there’s an insane tax, which means that two Singapore Slings from this place ended up being close to $75 SGD. They were delicious but they don’t even let you keep the glass for that much. I don’t recommend drinking alcohol on your trip. Drink the water. Stay hydrated.

• The Saber Authority (http://www.thesaberauthority.com) was SO COOL. If you’re into Star Wars and can make it to a class, it’s well worth it.

• Souvenirs are basic and lacking in creativity, like SG only has one souvenir manufacturer and everything must be approved by committee. If you want keychains, shirts, wine openers, etc. you’re in luck. If you’re looking for a unique souvenir, you’ll be hard pressed to find one. I mean, all I wanted was a Merlion lucky cat statue of some kind. Did I find one? NoOOoOo. But had I wanted a 5lb Merlion paperweight, I would’ve been covered.

• Do not buy $32 SGD sunscreen from the Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands. What a crime.