Heritage trail · Singapore
Singapore: from samsui women to the city girl
Start in Katong's pastel shophouses, meet the samsui women who built the city, and end at a hawker table.
Heritage stays
Sleep in a piece of history
Hotels in conserved buildings with a story to tell. Book directly on each hotel's own website.
Raffles Hotel Singapore
$$$$Building from 1887
Opened in 1887 by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers and now a National Monument, it is one of the few working hotels in Singapore to survive from the 1800s. Its Neo-Renaissance architecture and long guest history made it a symbol of the city's colonial-era travel scene.
Civic District / Beach Road · 1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
$$$$Building from 1928
The neoclassical Fullerton Building was Singapore's General Post Office and also housed the Exchange, the Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore Club. It was gazetted a National Monument in December 2015.
Raffles Place / Marina Bay · 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore 049178
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore
$$$$Building from Stamford House 1904; Capitol Building 1930s
The hotel occupies the conserved Stamford House and Capitol Building, part of the Capitol Singapore complex beside the restored Capitol Theatre. It opened as a Kempinski hotel on 1 October 2018 after a long restoration of these civic-district landmarks.
Civic District / City Hall · 15 Stamford Road, Singapore 178906
Goodwood Park Hotel
$$$Building from 1900
The hotel is housed in a distinctively designed building dating to 1900 and describes itself as a pioneer of Singapore tourism. Its Grand Tower was gazetted a national monument in 1989.
Orchard / Scotts Road · 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 228221
The Warehouse Hotel
$$$Building from 1895
A riverside godown (warehouse) built in 1895 by businessman Lim Ho Puah, who had inherited the shipping firm Wee Bin & Co. It was restored as a 37-room boutique hotel that keeps the building's industrial heritage.
Robertson Quay · 320 Havelock Road, Singapore 169628
Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong
$$The hotel stands on the historic grounds of the former Joo Chiat Police Station and draws on the Peranakan culture of Katong, which it describes as Singapore's first heritage town. Its packages tie in a guided tour of the nearby Peranakan Mansion.
Katong / Joo Chiat · 86 East Coast Road, Singapore 428788
The Vagabond Club, Singapore, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
$$$Building from 1950s
Housed in a 1950s heritage Art Deco building at the meeting point of Kampong Glam and Little India. It is the first Asian hotel by designer Jacques Garcia.
Kampong Glam / Little India · 39 Syed Alwi Road, Singapore 207630
AMOY by Far East Hospitality
$$$A boutique hotel built around the Fuk Tak Chi Museum, one of Singapore's oldest temples, on a site once a landing point for Chinese immigrants arriving by boat. Guests walk through the former temple building as part of the stay.
Telok Ayer / Chinatown · 76 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 048464
Details from each hotel's official website, checked 4 Nov 2026.