i'm goig to singapore from feb11-14 what places should i visit?

Question

what places are interesting? where do we find cheap but good quality places to shop?

Answer 1

sungei road
real cheap

Answer 2

Reference said it all...

But the Must-Go-to-place during this period will be Chinatown, where the Chinese New Year street market will be on (CNY is just round that weekend). but going during the evening will be recommended.

Most shopping mall will be having sales during that period as well. bargain hunting is good at chinatown, better quality (slightly pricier) stuff will be found at major stores like Robinsons, JohnLittle, Isetan, Tangs, Metro, etc along Orchard Road.

Other Must-not-miss place...
Sentosa
Zoo
Hawker Centre for cheap & good local food

Answer 3

Hello I suggest a walk along Singapore River for a glimpse at nite life and the chinese new year mart at chinatown...And the hawker centres....

Answer 4

Visit Sentosa Island - Also opt for a start cruise out on sea journey.

Travel by MRT (Metro Rail). Visit Chinatown for shopping as well as mustafa bazar.

Additionally:

While you can find a place to practice nearly any sport in Singapore — golfing, surfing, scuba diving, even ice skating — due to the country's small size your options are rather limited and prices are relatively high. For watersports in particular, the busy shipping lanes and sheer population pressure mean that the sea around Singapore is murky, and most locals head up to Tioman (Malaysia) or Bintan (Indonesia) instead. See also Habitatnews [41] and WildSingapore [42] for news and updates about free tours and events.

Singapore has recently been experiencing a spa boom, and there is now plenty of choice for everything from holistic Ayurveda to green tea hydrotherapy. However, prices aren't as rock-bottom as in neighbors Indonesia and Thailand, and you'll generally be looking at upwards of $70 even for a plain one-hour massage. Good spas can be found in most five-star hotels and on Orchard, and Sentosa's Spa Botanica also has a good reputation. There are also numerous shops offering traditional Chinese massage, which are mostly legit, and "health centres", which are mostly not.

On the cultural side of things, Singapore has been trying loosen up and attract more artists and performances. The star in Singapore's cultural sky is the Esplanade theatre by the Riverside, a world-class facility for performing arts like classical music. Pop culture options are more limited and Singapore's home-grown arts scene remains rather moribund, but any bands and DJs touring Asia are pretty much guaranteed to perform in Singapore. Advance tickets for almost any cultural event can be purchased from SISTIC [43], either online or from any of their numerous ticketing outlets, including the Singapore Visitor Centre on Orchard Rd.

Shopping is second only to eating as a national pastime, which means that Singapore has an abundance of shopping malls, and low taxes and tariffs on imports coupled with huge volume mean that prices are usually very competitive. Most stores are open 7 days a week from 10 AM until 9 PM, although smaller operations (particularly those outside shopping malls) close earlier — 7 PM is common — and perhaps on Sundays as well. Keep an eye out for the Great Singapore Sale [44], usually held in June-July, when shopping centres pull out all stops to attract punters.

* Antiques: The second floor of the Tanglin Shopping Centre on Orchard and the shops on South Bridge Rd in Chinatown are good options if looking for the real thing (or high-quality reproductions).

* Books: Borders at Wheelock Place and Kinokuniya at Ngee Ann City, both on Orchard, are the largest bookstores in Singapore.

* Cameras: Peninsula Plaza near City Hall has Singapore's best selection of camera shops.

* Computers: Sim Lim Square (near Little India), for the hardcore geek (and slightly cheaper prices), and Funan IT (Riverside), for lesser mortals.

* Electronics: Very competitively priced in Singapore. Funan IT (Orchard) and Mustafa (Little India) are good choices. Avoid the tourist-oriented shops on Orchard Road, particularly the notorious Lucky Plaza, or risk getting ripped off. For any purchases, remember that Singapore uses 220V voltage with a British-style three-pin plug.

* Ethnic knick-knacks: Chinatown has Singapore's heaviest concentration of glow-in-the-dark Merlion soap dispensers and ethnic gewgaws, mostly but not entirely Chinese and nearly all imported from somewhere else.

* Fabrics: Arab Street and Little India have a good selection of local fabrics like batik.

* Fashion, high-street: Ngee Ann City (Takashimaya) and Paragon on Orchard have the heaviest concentration of branded boutiques.

* Fashion, youth: Most of Bugis is dedicated to the young, hip and cost-conscious. Some spots of Orchard, notably the top floor of the Heeren, also target the same market but prices are generally higher.

* Fakes: Unlike most South-East Asian countries, pirated goods are not openly on sale and importing them to the city-state carries heavy fines. Fake goods are nevertheless not difficult to find in Little India or even in the underpasses of Orchard Road.

* Food: Jason's Marketplace in the basement of Raffles City (Orchard) is perhaps Singapore's best-stocked gourmet supermarket with a vast array of imported products, but Takashimaya's basement (Orchard) has lots of small quirky shops and makes for a more interesting browse. For a more Singaporean (and much cheaper) shopping experience, seek out any neighborhood wet market, like Little India's Tekka Market.

* Hi-fi stereos: The Adelphi (Riverside) has Singapore's best selection of audiophile shops.

* Music: The three-story HMV in the Heeren on Orchard is Singapore's largest music store.

* Scuba gear: The Concourse shopping mall in Bugis has a good selection of dive shops in the basement.

* Sports goods: Queensway Shopping Centre, off Alexandra Rd and rather off the beaten track (take a cab), seems to consist of nothing but sports goods shops. You can also find foreigner-sized sporty clothing and shoes here.

* Tea: Chinatown has plenty of tea shops, and there are some high-end stores for both Japanese and Chinese varieties in Takashimaya's basement, but Time for Tea in Lucky Plaza (Orchard) may have the best prices.

* Watches: High-end watches are very competitively priced. Ngee Ann City (Orchard) has dedicated stores from the likes of Piaget and Cartier, while Millenia Walk (Riverside) features the Cortina Watch Espace retailing 30 brands from Audemars Piguet to Patek Philippe, as well as several other standalone shops.

Check out the following site for a great list.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Singapore