Raffles Hotel and Museum

While retaining a lot of its grand historical features, the hotel has the Raffles Museum on site which is a point of interest for both in-house and non-staying guests. The museum exhibits many period items from 1880 to 1939, including silver, china, letters, and many 19th-century photographs of Singapore and Southeast Asia. 

Today’s Raffles Hotel offers luxurious facilities such as a spa, courtyards, a Victorian-style theatre, and an events facility, and has simply become one of the most desirable high-end hotels in Asia for sophisticated travellers. Over the years it has won many awards and has gained high respect from hospitality industry partners. 

Authors Somerset Maugham and Rudyard Kipling were among Raffles Hotel’s famous guests, together with Elizabeth Taylor, Queen Elizabeth II, and the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. 

Many visitors come for the Long Bar experience and they can be sure to enjoy the best Singapore Sling in town. After all, the famous gin-based cocktail was invented here sometime around 1915 by a Hainanese bartender, so they’ve had almost 100 years of experience at making them.