DISCOVER SINGAPORE: Attractions & Culture

According to Singapore legend, Srivijayan prince Sang Nila Utama landed on the island in the 13th century and, catching sight of a strange creature that he thought was a lion, decided to found a new city he called Singapura, Sanskrit for Lion City. More historical records indicate that the island was settled at least two centuries earlier and was known as Temasek, Javanese for Sea Town.

SINGAPORE ATTRACTIONS: PARKS: Fort Canning, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore Zoo, SHOP: Singapore Posters & Prints,

SINGAPORE PARKS & WILDLIFE

Fort Canning
Fort Canning is a small hill in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the central business district. The hill was recorded as Bukit Larangan prior to the arrival of Stamford Raffles in 1819, which means Forbidden Hill in Malay. Raffles was told of how local settlers were wary of ascending the hill ...

Jurong Bird Park
The Jurong BirdPark, is a tourist attraction in Singapore. It is a 20-hectare landscaped park, built on the western slope of Jurong Hill, and is located within the Boon Lay Planning Area of the Jurong district. The Jurong BirdPark is now a world-famous bird zoo wherein there are specimens of magnificent bird life from around the world ...

Singapore Botanic Gardens
Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 52 hectare botanical garden in Singapore that includes the National Orchid Garden which has a collection of more than 3000 species of orchids. It also has a mini rainforest trail, and a spice garden. It is located along Cluny Road and stretches between Napier Road and Bukit Timah Road ...

Singapore Zoo
Singapore Zoo, formerly known as Singapore Zoological Gardens, occupies 28 hectares of land on the margins of a reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. The zoo opened on 27 June 1973. Singapore Zoo is operated by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, along with Night Safari and Jurong BirdPark ...

SINGAPORE TRAVEL SHOP

Singapore Posters and Art Prints
AllPosters.com has an incredible variety of high quality prints and posters to choose from for Singapore. Choose from a variety of styles and sizes, with options for plain, mounted or framed prints. Play with virtually limitless framing options and see the results updated as you go ...