Vanya W.
Yelp
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!
This hotel is historic, and full of fantastic architectural detail. Our bathroom, for example, was built onto a glassed-in marble balcony with a beautiful view of trees and foliage (but still private enough I didn't feel exposed). The lobby itself was so comfortable and beautiful that I hardly wanted to leave it, but then grounds beckoned. My family (me, my husband and two daughters) had fun just jumping around the stones in their fish ponds and playing with the fish. No one bothered us about it either (we didn't harm anything or tease the fish).
What's better, the hotel is located in Fort Canning park, which quickly became my favorite spot in all of Singapore. Fort Canning park is unique in Singapore for being not only beautiful, but also tranquil AND full of surprises, from a resident artist carving wood sculptures in the park to a field lined with historic gravestones built into a brick wall. There is just too much of the odd, surprising, historic and interesting in that park to do more than scratch the surface here.
Stay at the hotel, order some of their (very good) hotel food take-away, and pic nic in Fort Canning Park. Really makes for an enjoyable day.
The hotel is pretty close to some of the biggest museums, too, so it is actually well situated for a tourist trip. If I ever get back to Singapore, I'm staying here. It's worth the money.