Carlton City

Chinatown & the CBD


A soaring, polished business hotel in booming Tanjong Pagar, Carlton City delivers smart, generic rooms in muted grey, cocoa and red. Although small, bathrooms are contemporary, with most offering both shower and bathtub. On-site facilities include an outdoor pool, a small gym with modern equipment, and a funky 'sky bar' looking out over the port and Sentosa.

Book online for the best rates, which can plummet to the low S$200s on weekends.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Chinatown & the CBD attractions

1. Seng Wong Beo Temple

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Tucked behind red gates next to the Tanjong Pagar MRT station, this temple, seldom visited by tourists, is dedicated to the Chinese City God, who is not…

2. Pinnacle@Duxton

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For killer city views at a bargain S$6, head to the 50th-floor rooftop of Pinnacle@Duxton, the world’s largest public housing complex. Skybridges…

3. Singapore City Gallery

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See into Singapore's future at this interactive city-planning exhibition, which provides compelling insight into the government's resolute policies of…

4. Siang Cho Keong Temple

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Small, Taoist Siang Cho Keong Temple was built by the Hokkien community in 1867–69. Left of the temple entrance you’ll see a small ‘dragon well’: drop a…

5. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

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Consecrated in 2008, this hulking, five-storey Buddhist temple is home to what is reputedly a tooth of the Buddha, discovered in a collapsed stupa …

6. Al-Abrar Mosque

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Incorporated in a row of shophouses, Al-Abrar Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Singapore. At prayer times worshippers often spill out onto the…

7. Singapore Musical Box Museum

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Walk through music history and be captivated by the exquisite melodies of these antique music boxes, some more than 200 years old. Peer into the inner…

8. Thian Hock Keng Mural

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Spanning 44m, this mural, painted by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong (accountant by weekday, artist by weekend), tells the story of Singapore's early…