Checkout: Hotel Fort Canning Singapore
Singapore has launched its latest advertising campaign, urging Australians to Get Lost in Singapore.
What the Singapore Tourism Board really means is that it wants people to go beyond the traditional icons like Raffles Hotel and Orchard Road, and the new icons – the integrated resorts at Marina Bay and Sentosa Island – to discover new and enlightening experiences. Hotel Fort Canning fits the bill.
Where General Arthur Percival, leader of the British Far East Command, surrendered Singapore to the Japanese in 1942, a fine hotel in now perched among the greenery of Fort Canning Park.
A country club in a previous life, the renovated 1926 heritage property is just a seven minute walk from Orchard Road and about 10 minutes from the buzz of Clarke Quay on the Singapore River.
Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore, built his first residence on Fort Canning Hill, previously know as Forbidden Hill by Malays who believed the site was the ancestral home of former kings.
Four archaeological pits in the lobby, which contain 14th and 19th century artifacts unearthed at Fort Canning Park, provide further historical links.
Amenities at Hotel Fort Canning tick all the boxes for leisure and business guests: free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel, iPod docking systems and smart TV in the rooms, daily evening drinks in the private lounge from 6pm-8pm for all house guests and an iPad-driven 24-hour concierge services.
Some rooms have a bathtub on the verandah to take in the views of the Fort Canning Park, a tribute to the rituals of cleansing once popular with the princesses who lived on Forbidden Hill.
There are two restaurants at Hotel Fort Canning: Gattopardo (southern Italian) and The Glass House (modern Asian), complemented by the Tisettanta Lounge for cocktails.
Meetings and event facilities throughout the hotel and surrounding parklands include The Battle Box bunker where General Percival surrendered.
Ian Jarrett
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