Chinatown, Singapore
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The Chinatown Hotel is a part of Singapore's conservation plan, preserving the old world charms even in this age of extreme modernizations of cities. The hotel preserves the typical structures of old Chinatown yet serves the best of all the modern facilities. Featuring an elegant d‚cor and a warm hospitality, the hotel welcomes all for a vacation that will be in chiseled in your fondest memories for years to come.
This 3 Star hotel in Singapore has 42 rooms. Each of them well furnished, brightly lit, air conditioned and with the latest IDD telephone system. The rooms are painted in pastel hues of peach and mauve with newly re-furbished attached bathrooms and one can enjoy house-keeping and laundry services. The Business Centre in the lobby has every thing from telefax, photocopying, computer with internet access and secretarial services.
The concept of Chinatown Hotel in Singapore was introduced in the 19th century by Sir Stamford Raffles. According to his instructions to the Singapore Town Planning Committee, houses were designed uniformly,
Chinatown Hotel is situated in the heart of Chinatown, a place which is known for its rich history and the beautiful old Chinese buildings . Large sections of it fall under national heritage sites officially designated for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Chinatown has a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, which is named as the Chinatown MRT Station, in the middle of Pagoda Street (no traffic zone) and runs a service in the vicinity, as well as several public bus routes which connects it into the Singapore's transportation system. The location of Chinatown Hotel is very good. It is not a difficult task to access the Hotel.
Walking for five minutes one can easily spot the Outram Park Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System. A stone's throw away is the world famous People's Park. One can shop here till he drops as there are numerous shops and malls . People's Park Complex, Chinatown Point, OG People's Park, Pearl's centre, Tea Chapter, Bee Cheng Hang, fragrance, Lim Chee Guan are some of the best known places where one can go for unrestrained shopping. There are also a number of good restaurants within walking distance. One can get restaurants according to his taste as there is no scarcity of restaurants which provide Italian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, to Taiwan, local and fast food.
There are a number of places near this Boutique Hotel in Singapore which can be visited for a sight seeing. Out of them Chinatown Heritage Center requires a special mention. It is a beautiful museum which features records on the Chinatown existence and the tales of those people who had migrated to this place. Jamae Mosque is yet another remarkable place as it stands out as the oldest mosque of Singapore.It is an Indian style mosque built by Tamil Muslim. Sri Mariamman temple is the oldest temple and is a major tourist draw. Thian Hock Keng Temple is the oldest Hokkien temple with a vibrantly colored and luxuriant fa‡ade imported from Scotland, England, Netherlands and China.
