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Travel Guide : Little India, Singapore


Here, I want share for travelling in Singapore. When decide for travelling to Singapore, first of all, plan where to stay. There are several location for looking for to stay. For the budget traveler, Little India area / district is one of the best choice, cause this area have benefit area, such as:


Location


Little India area / district is in the center of Singapore. In Little India area spread budget class hotels and backpacker class are pretty much scattered, ranging from the Great Road, Serangoon Road and streets such as around Dickson Street and Kitchener Street.



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Food & Culinary

Little India area presents a wide range of culinary at a relatively reasonable price in Singapore. The best culinary here is India and Arab food and some western cafes. For culinary India, we can try  variety of parata (bread cane) which was served with a typical Indian curry, and we could also try a thicker Naan bread or biryani rice and nasi lemak (Lemak Rice).


Interesting Place 


In Little India area, there are spots as a destination place for tourism such as Mustafa shopping center, Post Museum and the Methodist Church. For those who want to shop souvenir India, we could try to go to Tekka Market. As for the gadget of electronic, we can go to Sim Lim Plaza.


Transportation


Mode of transportation to reach the Little India area, when we use MRT (Mass Rapid Transport) the nearest MRT station is Farrer Park MRT station and Little India MRT Station. When we want to try bus, there are several bus stops, The Verge bus stop and Tekka Ctr bus stop near the Tekka Market, Little India Stn bus stop near Little India MRT station and Broadway bus stop, BEF Tau Hoe Hotel bus stop and Opp Veerasamy Rd bus stop are more closer to the road Syed Alwi where there is Mustafa Centre.

Accomodation: 

For lodging in Little India, there are  a lot of alternatives to stay. Cheap hotels and hostel we can found in Little India area.


The Recommend hotel


ParkRoyal on Kitchener Road Hotelthe hotel is a 4 star hotel located in the Kitchener 181, Singapore. Kitchener Road is close to the Mustafa Centre, and is very easy to find food corner because many scattered Indian food (halal food) around the Mustafa center, stores such as mini market (including Seven-Eleven), Money Changer and the various store for daily needs.

Wanderlust Hotel, Wonderlust hotel is a 4 star and is located on the Dickson street, located in the middle of Little India area, so for culinary scattered around the hotel, especially India and Arab culinary specialties. For fans of Indian food, adequately met at this location.

Moon Hotelhe hotel is a 4 star hotel and is also in Dickson street, as Wonderlust hotel, full of culinary India and close to Tekka Market. At the Dunlop widely spread mobile phone and electronics stores whose price is quite competitive when it compared to Sim Lim Plaza.

Interesting hotel


Interesting Place : Hotel Fortuna is very close to the shopping center Mustapa Centre.

Transportation : Hotel Fortuna is located in the Owen road so it's pretty close to the center Mustapa, a strategic place as well as from the Farrer Park MRT Station (about 0.5km) for exploring Singapore. Meanwhile, if we selected combination of modes of transport between MRT and bus, the nearest stop is a stop Sinivasal Sri Perumal bus stop and Broadway bus stop on the road Serangoon. But if the main destination is Mustapa center, use MRT then stop in Farrer Park MRT station is the closer place to the hotel.

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1 comments:

Hi. Thanks for sharing your visit to little india. I plan to get there this year and stay at Madras Singapore hotel.

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