Lonely Planet India – August 2019

BEST IN ASIA PACIFIC

PHOTOGRAPHS: PAPRIKAWORKS / GETTY IMAGES (JAPAN), MARTIN BARRAUD / GETTY IMAGES (NEW ZEALAND), PIXHOUND / SHUTTERSTOCK (SINGAPORE)

A bird’s-eye view

of New Zealand’s

Bay of Islands

Don’t leave the Lion City
without trying some Michelin-
starred street food (but be
prepared to queue)

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SINGAPORE

Although it missed an Oscar nod,

Singapore was one of the brightest

stars in the 2018 movie blockbuster

Crazy Rich Asians, and the Lion

City is hipper and hotter than ever.

2019 offers a chance to participate in the city's

bicentennial – marking 200 years since the founding of

modern Singapore – but also to celebrate more than

700 years of Singapore's rich, diverse history.

Here, food is an obsession, whatever your budget.

Take your pick from S$2 (`100) plate of Michelin-

starred hawker chicken rice to superlative fine dining

at Odette, newly crowned number one on Asia’s 50

Best Restaurants list. Make advance reservations and

be prepared to queue. Changi Airport’s recently

unveiled futuristic Jewel will leave architecture lovers

gobsmacked, as will the meticulous renovation of

iconic heritage slumber pad Raffles Hotel when it

reopens in August. All in all, Singapore is ready to roar.

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