Shopping in Singapore
Clarke Quay has a Sunday flea market and on other days is a fun place to look for antiques and home furnishings, kitschy souvenirs and t-shirts.
Suntec City is Singapore’s second largest mall with over 77,000 square meters that boasts about 150 stores in all, from international chains to exclusive boutiques.
Little India with plenty of brightly-painted shop houses and wonderful aromas, saris and jewelry, spices and incense is exotic and exciting. Note worthy places to see here are Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, the Tekka Centre with a bountiful array of fresh fish, meat, vegetables and flowers, and the Mustafa Centre, a 24-hour mall with a surprisingly vast selection of goods, ranging from electronics to perfume.
VivoCity is Singapore’s most modern and largest mall at over 92,000 square meters with big name retailers, 40 eateries, 15-screen, 24-hour cinema, an amphitheater and a massive pool on the roof.
Sim Lim Square is six floors of electronics dealers crammed under one roof selling PCs, digital cameras, cell phones, software, DVDs and more.
Arab Streets the heart of Singapore’s Muslim community with stalls and quaint little shops brimming with a vast array of goods, from baskets and camel skin bags to cloisonné boxes and fishing tackle. The main trade is in textiles: bolt upon bolt of fabric in every color and pattern imaginable, handmade batiks, French chiffons and Chinese silks, also found in plentiful are woven rugs.
Chinatown a national heritage site has many restored shop houses that feature unique shops selling Chinese medicines and trinkets. Malls here are populated with shops offering Chinese fashions, crafts and foods.
Esplanade Mall is sleek and attractive, with several shops devoted to different aspects of the arts: records and musical instruments, fine art, jewelry and more.
Holland Village shelters everything from quaint curio shops to trendy music stores and buzzing coffee shops, a wet market and several upscale restaurants and pubs.
Orchard Road with high-street fashion, upscale boutiques and quirky local labels is Singapore’s main shopping drag with pleasant, air-conditioned underground walkways.
Companies offering car hire in Singapore include Sixt, Expedia, Avis, Hertz and Budget.