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Day 3: Singapore in one day: Gardens by the Bay, Fort Canning, Museum of Art and Science and Rhapsody Night Show

With this Singapore guide in one day We want to show you the route we follow during the day through some of the most interesting places in the city, making the most of all the available time, in Singapore in 6 days.

After starting the day early in the morning, at Marina Bay Sands, one of the icons of the city and probably the best accommodation in Singapore, we took the opportunity to work for a while and at 6:30, when there is practically no one, go up to the 57th floor where the infinity pool is located, to give us the first dip in this pool that has become part of the city's skyline and not without reason.

Infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands

We know that the Marina Bay Sands hotel pool is undoubtedly one of the great reasons to stay in this hotel and we understand that you want to enjoy it without many people. As we discussed earlier and in the post we published about the hotel, this is possible even if it does not seem like it to the naked eye. You just have to get up early and come early in the morning, something that on the other hand will allow you to have breakfast here, take a bath and start the route with completely renewed energies. Singapore in one day.
A good option if this is your first time in the city is to book this guided tour in Spanish or this free tour of Singapore Free!

And that is what we do, taking the opportunity to make a Photoshoot practically alone and having breakfast in the hammocks, a tray of fresh fruit for 10SGD, some pastries for 12SGD and American coffee for 5SGD, which we have to say, seems to us a fairly tight price considering the accommodation and the place where we are.

Breakfast at the infinity pool

Seeing that the day is very clear, for the forecast of these days in the city, we decided that the route of the day today Singapore in one day You can not start without approaching Gardens by the Bay, which although we met him yesterday, only represented a first contact, with which we understood the reason why this place is one of the essentials of the city.
So with this idea, when a few minutes past 9:30 in the morning, we leave the Marina Bay Sands hotel to cross directly through the MRT station and go to the entrance of the gardens, located in front of the hotel.

Gardens by the Bay, one of the places to see on a route through Singapore in one day

Recently built and opened in 2012, Gardens by the Bay or the Bay Gardens, have become one of the essential places to see in Singapore, thanks to its incredible super trees, which we are sure, will not leave you indifferent For many photos you've seen.

Gardens by the Bay

Being located next to the Marina Bay Sands, it is a perfect visit in combination with the hotel area and the bay, which you can do in the Singapore tour in 1 day, complementing it with a neighborhood like Chinatown, as we have done and as we will explain later.

How to go to Gardens by the Bay

If you are not staying at the Marina Bay Sands hotel the best option to go to Gardens by the Bay is with the MRT or Singapore subway, getting off at Bayfront station.
Once there, you must follow the indications that will take you to the entrance of the gardens, which are located behind the Marina Bay Sands hotel, between the sea and the east.

Another option is to opt for the Singapore tourist bus that runs through the city's tourist spots and allows you to get on and off an unlimited number of times. You can book it directly here.

Gardens by the Bay on the Singapore route in one day

What to see in Gardens by the Bay

Contrary to what it may seem, Gardens by the Bay is much more than super trees, although we all agree that these are usually the icons of the place. That is why we recommend you book, whenever you can, one morning to be able to make a complete visit to the area, as it is very worthwhile and will allow you to approach an incredible botanical park, with an architecture and design that you have rarely seen .

Garden area and Supertree Grove (super trees)

Without a doubt, this is the most visited and also most famous area, since there are the Supertree Grove or super trees and also different gardens, which are classified by theme and that like the super trees, can be visited for free.

Gardens by the Bay

Super Trees Gardens by the Bay

According to our experience, we would recommend you to start in this area, touring some of the gardens, and then approaching the central area, where the square is where you can see the impressive structures, known as super trees, which have become In all a symbol of the city.
This area is relatively small, so you can visit it in an hour or so, including stops in different areas to take pictures.

As data we can tell you that these structures, between 25 and 50 meters, were designed in such a way that they are perfectly sustainable and include photovoltaic cells, which allow them to collect enough energy for the night, perform the light and sound show, from which We will talk later. In addition, all are surrounded by more than 162,000 natural plants, more than 200 species and varieties of bromeliads, orchids, ferns and tropical flowers that give it that colorful and special characteristics.
18 of these super trees can be found in the Supertree Grove area, while the remaining two, you can see them in the area closest to the greenhouses, which we advise you not to miss since from there you have an incredible perspective with the Marina Bay Sands in the back

Super trees in Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay

Price: Free
Schedule:
Supertree Grove: 5 am-2am
OCBC Skyway: 9 am-9pm

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OCBC Skyway

Another of the places that you can not miss in Gardens by the Bay and on this Singapore route in one day is to walk along the OCBC Skyway, a walkway that connects through 128 meters, two of the super trees, with 22 meters high , from where you can enjoy a unique perspective of the gardens with the Marina Bay Sands on the horizon.
Keep in mind that both the climb and the descent to the trees is done by elevator and the route along the walkway is just over 100 meters, so it is a very quiet activity.

OCBC Skyway

Price: 8SGD
Schedule:
Supertree Grove: 5 am-2am
OCBC Skyway: 9 am-9pm

Gardens by the Bay light and sound show

In addition to the Spectra show, the Marina Bay Sands, which we talked about yesterday, if there is another show in Singapore that you can't miss, this is undoubtedly the Garden Rhapsody that takes place every night at Gardens by the Bay.
We recommend you get here before sunset, as as the sun begins to hide, the super trees begin to light, giving away some really incredible images, which seem taken from any science fiction movie.

Gardens by the Bay light and sound show

As data, we will tell you that the show is of light and sound, it is changing according to the time of the year and 68 audio speakers are used during each show, which perfectly recreate a show in which you will seem to be in a room and listen Live music from different places.

Price: Free
Hours: 2 times a day: 7:45 pm and 8:45 pm

Keep in mind that although the schedules do not coincide with the Spectra show and the location is very close, it is unfeasible to see one and then the other, since both overlap. The only option to see them both one day is that the visit coincides with a Friday or Saturday and you can go to see Spectra at 10pm.

Gardens by the Bay light and sound show

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Greenhouses

The only payment area in Gardens by the Bay, in addition to the OCBC Skyway, are its two large greenhouses, built with more than 3000 panels of glass, steel and grid, which being fully refrigerated, have become the greenhouses without columns biggest in the world.

Flower dome or flower dome

With 9 different gardens, the Flower Dome recreates the climate of 5 continents, in which millenary olive trees and baobabs stand out among hundreds of other species that are a pleasure for the senses.
As a curiosity, we can tell you that the average temperature inside the Dome of the Flowers is around 25 degrees.

Flower dome or flower dome

Cloud Forest or Cloud Forest

This greenhouse is the one that recreates a humid tropical climate that highlights an impressive mountain where you can see a waterfall, which we are sure will not leave you indifferent and has become another of the most famous images of Gardens by the Bay.
In addition to this, you can climb the highest part by elevator and go down the mountain through a system of walkways, which will show you the best perspective of this incredible recreation.

Cloud forest

Price: Standard rate for the 2 greenhouses: 28SGD
Hours: 9 am-9pm
Keep in mind that many days, especially in high season and peak hours, there is quite a line, so it may be advisable to book tickets in advance here.

Cloud forest

Lookouts in Gardens by the Bay

Today, how famous Instagram is and many of the locations of the photos that are published are a reference for many travelers, we leave you a map with the points they have for us. best views of Gardens by the Bay.

Keep in mind that for a complete visit to Gardens by the Bay, you can stay practically all morning, in our case we enter shortly after 9 in the morning and leave the site around 1 noon visiting the gardens, the area of the Super trees, the elevated walkway and the greenhouses.

Lookouts in Gardens by the Bay

It is practically 1 noon when seeing that the weather seems to hold the rain forecast, we decided to return to the Bayfront station, which we arrived yesterday after going from the airport to Singapore, to approach Fort Canning, a park in Singapore that we want visit only with one objective: a photo that we have seen on Instagram, which at the time caught our attention and from which we want to know its location.
With this idea we get back to the subway and in the machines we buy a couple of tickets for three dollars both, which will help us make the four stops that separate us from Fort Canning.

It takes us no more than 20 minutes to reach Fort Canning, another of the points we will visit in Singapore in 1 day, a park also known as "forbidden hill", for being the place where part of the Malaysian nobility was buried, for later, used during the Second World War as a place of defense and where a multitude of outdoor shows are held today. Something that has made it one of the most visited places by the inhabitants of the city.
We, although the place is interesting, come here only for that image that we have seen on Instagram on several occasions and we have to say that when we arrive, from what we see, it has become one of the famous points of Singapore, Since we are not the only tourists who concentrate on the stairs, we are sure, I had not received any tourist visit until someone saw their potential and published it on Instagram.

Fort canning

Even if it is only by way of data and curiosity, if you want to get here, you have to put in Google "Fort Canning Park Tunnel", which is the exact location of the place. We had to go around many times to find it, for not having seen the location in any of the published photographs.
Keep in mind that the park has several entrances, so depending on your origin, it may be more advisable to opt for one or the other, then go through the park inside until you reach the famous staircase.

Staircase in Fort Canning

After taking several photos, the weather forecast is met and the rain appears so without entertaining ourselves too much, we return to the Dhoby Ghaut subway stop and go directly with the yellow line to Bayfront, the Marina Bay Sands Hotel stop where When we arrive and seeing that time does not seem to want to give us a truce, we chose to eat at Craft Burger, one of The Shoppes's most recommended restaurants, the Marina Bay Sands shopping center, where we ordered a salad with falafel and a salad with hamburger of wagyu, water and coffees for 57SGD, which we have to say, they are spectacular!

Eating at The Shoppes

Being more than 3 in the afternoon and seeing that the weather is still very unstable, raining every few minutes, we decided that it is best to take a break in the Singapore tour in one day Approaching the room to rest and charge energy at 5, when the weather seems to improve a little, go back to the streets of the city to continue discovering it.

Taking into account what time it is, we decided to continue Singapore on a day visiting the famous Museum of Art and Science, located next to the hotel and where to stay, we have a 15% discount on the entrance.

Museum of Art and Science

With a permanent exhibition and different itineraries, the Museum of Art and Science of Singapore is another place that you can not miss in the city as well as being one of the essentials in any Singapore tour in one day.
If you want to make a quick visit, we recommend you choose the best known exhibition, Future world which is the permanent exhibition, where you can visit 5 different rooms, in which art and science merge creating magical and incredibly photogenic spaces.

Museum of Art and Science, one of the places to visit on the route through Singapore in one day

Exhibition hall of the Museum of Art and Science

SCHEDULES: Admission times are as follows: 10am, 11:30 am, 1pm, 2:30 pm, 4pm and 5:30 pm. Keep in mind that during the busiest hours of the public, you can find quite long queues, so a good option is to book the ticket here in advance and thus avoid the queues and the lack of availability that there are some weekends.

Exhibition hall of the Museum of Art and Science

We finish the visit when it is practically 6:30 in the afternoon, so we opted to take a walk around The Shoppes, missing out on some of the aisles of the mall, surrounded by luxury shops and invitations to shop, to cross the hotel and go direct, again on this route by Singapore in one day, to Gardens by the Bay, where we enjoy the incredible light and sound show Rhapsody.

Rhapsody night show at Gardens by the Bay

Rhapsody night show at Gardens by the Bay at Christmas

If your trip to Singapore is at Christmas, keep in mind that access to the area of super trees at night, where you can see closely the Gardens by the Bay night show, since late November is paid.
The price is 8SGD per person and you can access the area that is adorned with Christmas, with ice rink and special shows. In this same area, during the day you can access for free since all the premises are closed.
In case you do not want to pay, you can choose to see the show from one of the high viewpoints, which surround the central square of the super trees.

Rhapsody night show at Gardens by the Bay

Singapore route in one day

We leave you the map of today's route through Singapore on a day in which we have visited Gardens by the Bay, Fort Canning, the Museum of Art and Science and the Rhapsody night show, in the Bay Gardens.

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