The Best Hotels in Singapore

Philip Starck designed this hotel, and the interiors make sure you know it, with deliberately odd furniture pieces sitting alongside rotating digital artworks. Rooms look out over Marina Bay, putting Gardens by the Bay and the waterfront within easy walking distance. The neighborhood pulls hard, so it takes some discipline to linger, but the lobby alone gives you a reason to slow down before heading out.

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Nine bars and restaurants in one hotel is either a bold lifestyle statement or a very long walk to check-in. Mondrian Singapore Duxton sits on Duxton Hill and brings 302 rooms done in clean lines, stainless steel, and wood panels softened by green marble that nods quietly to the tropics. The outdoor pool has vertiginous skyscraper views, but the building's real center of gravity is the drinking and dining, which runs around the clock.

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A 13-metre living wall anchors the lobby of this Marina Bay hotel, part of a design concept that folds more than 2,400 plants into the building rather than around it. The sunlit atrium and neutral-toned rooms lean into an eco-wellness mood that could feel precious but mostly doesn't. Book The Gnome's Burrow or Treehouse rooms if you have children to impress, complete with bunk beds and wooden slides.

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Fifteen acres of tropical gardens sit between this Singapore hotel and the Orchard Road circus outside, which is the whole point. Its 792 rooms spread across three wings, each with a different personality: the Tower Wing skews family, the Garden Wing looks over koi ponds, and the Valley Wing has a private lounge and separate entrance for guests who prefer their anonymity well-staffed.

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