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Russian citizens may enter the territory without a visa in Singapore in case of transit to a third country and can not be there for more than 96 hours.How can you spend a wonderful time?Experts Joerg-Uwe albig, Julia Vishnevets Christoph Pfaff advised:

Day One

10.00 «Marina Bay Sands»

Once in Singapore, it is difficult to understand, it is Asia or Europe.Asian culture here, the official language is English, the past colonial and modern buildings.The new symbol of the island nation - the hotel "Marina Bay Sands", like an ironing board.Hotel and entertainment complex towers over the artificial harbor "Marina Bay".From the park on the roof and a giant swimming pool at 200 meters offer breathtaking views: from one side to the business district, on the other hand to Indonesia

Bayfront Avenue10, www.marinabaysands.com

12.00 Museum of Science and Art

JustIt looks unusual new museum of science and art in the neighborhood.White building open like a lotus flower.The museum's exhibits help understood the connection between science and art, such as aircraft Leonardo da Vinci.

museum is open seven days a week from 10 am to 10 pm, tickets can be booked in advance on the website www.entertainment.marinabaysands.com

13.30 Dream shopaholic

area along Orchard Road - the shopping center of the city.It replaces another one boutique.Mods are sent to the nine-mall 313 @ Somerset in search of clothes and music CDs.Shopaholic's dream - a shimmering "ION Orchard."On the 56th floor you can enjoy a panoramic view.The tower houses the more than 300 stores of famous fashion designers and jewelry.

Orchard Turn 2, www.ionorchard.com, www.313somerset.com.sg

16.00 One of the best restaurants in the world

restaurant "Andre" is considered one of the best in the world and is famous for its French cuisine and delicacies.Chef Andre Chiang converts food into art.Cheap Asian dishes can be enjoyed in "Singapore trailer."The new restaurant quarter from the Ferris wheel reminds visitors of Singapore 1960.Retro Posters are invited to try the Thai noodles and satay.

Bukit Pasoh Rd.41, www.restaurantandre.com

Raffles Avenue 30, www.singaporeflyer.com/food-trail

17.30 history of the country

National History Museum on the island of Sentosa - another wonder of wonders of Singapore.Behind the door begins long corridors of man-made jungle.Among the vines are seen signs "turf monkey's tail" and "Caution!Poisonous snake".Visitors to the museum from all the forces of pull, come, screaming and jumps.

There are many wax figures representing different periods in the history of the people of the country.Here Singapore - Freeport: hear the sound of waves, the cries of the sailors, the creaking of the ship's masts.Here Singapore - British colony, in the brightly lit windows of the palace flash elegant Victorian silhouettes.That period of the Japanese occupation of Singapore: black and white shocking chronicle the horrors of war.Here in 1965, Singapore became independent on the wall flaunts a huge inscription: "The Birth of a Nation."That left the newspaper Straits Times - and to this day the main and almost the only media outlet in the country.Newspaper huge, the whole wall, and black and white photographs in her moving and talking.

Images of Singapore, the museum is open from 9 am to 7 pm seven days a week

21.00 Where to stay?

new hotel "Vanderlust" (translated from German - "wanderlust") is situated in the quarter "Little India," where a lot of restaurants and colorful stalls.On the design of the hotel worked several designers, so the 29 rooms in a former school building are decorated in different styles, from pop art to origami.Among the colonial architecture of the Chinese district looks quite nice hotel "1929".The design of the rooms used by the hippie style and modern motifs.

Keong Saik Road 50, www.hotel1929.com

Dickson Road 2, wanderlusthotel.com

second day

10.00 Sentosa Island

biggest competitor the new recreation area "Marina Bay" - Sentosa.Green Island in the south is striking in its nature parks and attractions, beaches and golf courses.You can get there on the treadmill - travelator, or by cable car.

www.sentosa.com.sg

12.00 Merlion

The island can be seen from afar the 37-meter statue of the progenitor of Singapore - creature with a lion's head and a fish tail.Not the royal son, not a British colonizer, namely mythical beast Merlion with his strict and open eyes was proclaimed in 1972, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's official symbol.

13.00 «Bukit Timah»

Reserve "Bukit Timah" is located in the city center on the area of ​​1.63 square kilometers.Here lie the rainforests, and smells like a greenhouse - land, raw leaves and chlorophyll is incessantly pop cicadas.The reserve roam flocks of monkeys that break tree branches, dig in fallen leaves and cover the footpaths, arranging them fleeting sex orgy.No pets Singapore would have been unthinkable.

15.00 Bird Park, the Dolphinarium and the Zoo

Five of the twenty city's main attractions recommended on the site of the Tourism Council of Singapore, one way or another connected with animals."Dolphin Lagoon" on the island of Sentosa attractions invites you to "swim with dolphins", "Underwater World" and "dive with sharks."The bird park "Jurong", the largest in the world, visitors are taught to handle falcons.Natural Park "Sungei Buloh", located in swampy, marshy area, promises an exciting meeting with the Asian water monitors.A renowned Singapore Zoo invites you to an audience, imagine to yourself the king of beasts.It collected 315 species, 16 percent of which are endangered.

Mandai Lake Road 80, www.zoo.com.sg

Russian citizens may enter the territory without a visa in Singapore in case of transit to a third country.To do this:

1. hold a valid passport, a confirmed flight ticket from Singapore to a third country, the documents required for entry into a third country (including a visa), and sufficient funds to stay in Singapore;

2. stay in Singapore no more than 96 hours.

Site Singapore Embassy http://www.mfa.gov.sg/moscow-russia

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