Singapore Hotels with Wireless

The Raffles Hotel. The Raffles Hotel was built in 1887, after a 100-year time it was declared a monument of national importance. The hotel is one of the largest hotels in Asia of that epoch. It was a favorite place of Summerset Maugham, Rudyard Kipling, Josef Conrad and Charlie Chaplin. In 1991, after a 60-million of Singapore dollars repair works, the hotel got back its magnificence, for which it was famous in 1915. More than that, it managed to save the special charm, elegance and dignity, distinctive for that epoch.

The well-known 'Tiffin Room', located in the hotel, has the reputation of the place with the best cuisine in the city. The 'Bar & Billiard' has a cathedral ceiling, which makes the air quite cool, that's why it's so pleasant to have a drink there or to play billiard with your friends. In the new arcade take place 70 specialized shops, among which you may find a store with local good, some restaurants and a Victorian-styled theatre – Jubilee Hall. You should also pay your attention to the museum on the top floor. It tells about a hundred-year history of the hotel: the exposition contains vignettes and photographs of Charlie Chaplin and his brother, Elizabeth Tailor and Richard Barton, and also Noel Coward's diary, in which he tells about the death of his fellow traveler.
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