Getting there
Planes, trains, automobiles, or maybe even helicopter – we tell you the best way to go.
- Planes
- Singapore’s excellent Changi Airport is served by more than 70 international carriers: from the UK, fly direct with BA (www.ba.com), Singapore Airlines (www.singaporeair.com), Qantas (www.qantas.com) or Virgin Atlantic (www.virgin-atlantic.com); alternatively, go via Amsterdam with KLM, or via Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines. If you fly with Singapore Airlines, hang on to your boarding pass, as it gives you free bus rides, shopping and dinner deals and discounted entry to the city’s most popular sights.
- Trains
- There’s a fast train transfer to the city from the airport, but you can only take one small piece of luggage on board. Within the city itself, you can’t beat the MRT, Singapore’s own tube system: it’s cheap, clean and super-efficient. Buy a Tourist Day Ticket for unlimited journeys – you can use it on buses, too (www.smrt.com.sg). You can travel to Singapore by train from the Malay peninsula or Thailand.
- Automobiles
- Don’t bother hiring a car; public transport is excellent and taxis plentiful.
