Written by SeenThat on 14 Mar, 2009
The most popular resort in Singapore is located on an island just south of the city. It features a two-kilometer long sheltered beach, Fort Siloso, golf courses, five-star hotels, and the upcoming Resort Worlds at Sentosa, which includes the Universal Studios Singapore theme park. The…Read More
The most popular resort in Singapore is located on an island just south of the city. It features a two-kilometer long sheltered beach, Fort Siloso, golf courses, five-star hotels, and the upcoming Resort Worlds at Sentosa, which includes the Universal Studios Singapore theme park. The name means "peace and tranquility" in Malay, a strange choice for a place hosting five million visitors per year.The Island500 meters south of Singapore’s main island, Sentosa occupies an area of five square kilometers. Almost three-quarters of the island are covered by secondary rainforest in which native flora and fauna thrive; it features also a very long beach of white sands. The island is in the process of being enlarged.AccessBuses are the best way of reaching the island and moving around, but other options exist. A cable car links it with Mount Faber through Harbour Front. The Sentosa Express monorail has four stations on Sentosa and links the island with the VivoCity shopping mall. The mall can be reached by the Harbour Front MRT station of the North East MRT Line. Within Sentosa there are three bus services, named Blue, Yellow and Red lines, and a tram service called the Beach Train.
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Written by kylita on 06 Jul, 2006
Sentosa is a popular island resort, easily reachable from the city center. To get there, we took the MRT to HarbourFront Station and took the public bus across. A more scenic but much more expensive way to get there is to take the cable car…Read More
Sentosa is a popular island resort, easily reachable from the city center. To get there, we took the MRT to HarbourFront Station and took the public bus across. A more scenic but much more expensive way to get there is to take the cable car across. You are able to go to Sentosa for a day visit or even stay there overnight. While there, we swam with the pink dolphins at the Dolphin Lagoon, visited Underwater World, Siloso Beach, and rode the Sentosa luge, and chairlift. It is extremely easy to get around the island without a car, as there are 4 free bus lines that run frequently to all of the different attractions. It is a clearly a very touristy place (the Singapore locals we met said that they have never been there) although it had some great looking beaches. Only slight complaint was that the view from the beach was straight into the shipping lanes! If you're looking for a place to relax, this is it.Close