If you ever look for a nice hotel that has a quiet surroundings and away from the crowds, believe it or not, you can find one in Orchard. Meet the Fort Canning Hotel, a 5-star well-known hotel in Singapore with a remarkable building full of heritage. Right in front of it is the iconic Fort Canning Park, which is a park that has a lot of colonial histories.
Curious enough to explore more of the Fort Canning Hotel? Before you decide to spend the next public holiday in Singapore by having a staycation here, it’s better that you learn more first about the Fort Canning Hotel.
The most important thing of a hotel is the comfortable room, where it won’t be a problem if you stay all day long inside. In Fort Canning Hotel, you will meet plenty of room choices with amazing interior design and neat in-room facilities. There are already so many reviews about the rooms in Fort Canning Hotel that won’t make you doubt the quality of their rooms.
What makes the rooms in Fort Canning Hotel special is the space of the room. They all come with a good calculation in space. Thus, you won’t find any room that goes too narrow, even on the smallest room option.
There are 6 types of rooms in total, divided into some rooms and some suites. Here’s the detail that will make you fall in love with this hotel:
In the Fort Canning Hotel, the most basic room is the Deluxe Room. It is a room with the space around 30-35sqm. As the most basic room, the Deluxe Rooms already have all the amenities you are looking for. The comfortable double bed or twin beds, the writing desk in case you are a business traveler, a lounge chair to chill while scrolling on social media, and the bathroom with the great design.
Why great? The bathroom is set with a big window that offers you the view of the city skyline. Your bathing session won’t be the same then.
Don’t claim that you are a lover of nature if you have not finally chosen the Deluxe Garden option in Fort Canning Hotel. To us, this room is the most delightful room option in the Fort Canning Hotel. What makes it so delightful? Of course it is the private garden.
Yes, the Deluxe Garden room is very remarkable because of its private garden that is completed with a sun deck. The size of the garden itself is 23sqm, while the bedroom is 27sqm. Since they have a private garden, all Deluxe Garden rooms are located on the first floor.
From your own garden, you can enjoy the view while relaxing on the sun deck. Going into your room, you can move your relaxing time from the sun deck to the bathtub. The comfortable double bed will be waiting for you after you’ve done your bathtub session.
The next room type in Fort Canning Hotel is the Premium Rooms. This one will spoil you with the view of the park, so there will be lush greenery all over you. The space is great, it is around 39sqm. And not only the bedroom that will feel spacious, but the bathroom too.
Here, you won’t have a private garden like the previous type of room, but you will have a glass-enclosed verandah, from which you can see the view. You can use the verandah as a work area too.
If you are looking for the most spacious room type in Fort Canning Hotel, then the Premium Luxe is the one. The size of the room is 45sqm. It still has the glass-enclosed verandah with the great view of Fort Canning Park. You should absolutely choose this room if you are looking for a room with the utmost sanctuary.
Now, we are moving on to the suite options in the Fort Canning Hotel. The first one is the Majalahit and Governor’s Suite, with the space around 90sqm. Apparently, this is the most spacious accommodation in the Fort Canning Hotel.
The bedroom has a double bed, and the room has a separate area of living room and meeting room. Well, it can be a place where leisure and business is combined.
Things that will help you feel at peace from this suite is the whirlpool bath. After a tight discussion at the meeting room, releasing the stress in the whirlpool bath will be a good solution.
The last option overall from the Fort Canning Hotel is the Studio Suite. As a suite option, this one also offers a living room that is separated with the full-length sliding mirror doors. Eventually, when you let the sliding mirror doors open, the suite will be more spacious.
Fort Canning Hotel is not only about the rooms or the suites. The facilities here are excellent too, and so are the reviews.
All facilities in Fort Canning Hotel that will complete your staycation days, like the Gym, where you can exercise during your stay and the special two landscaped Mineral Pools filled with mineral water that is usually used as astronaut’s drinks. You can swim and enjoy the sky of Singapore at the same time.
Feeling tired? There is the Chinois Spa @ The Legends, the one place in Fort Canning Hotel that will pamper you with plenty of treatments, held by talented therapists. Entering the spa, you can just wave goodbye to sore muscles and tired body.
Last but not least, your hunger will be cured too by the options of dining places in the Fort Canning Hotel. There is The Salon, where you can enjoy your meals in the alfresco area. Taste the signature Lobster Nasi Lemak or Hokkien Mee. Not only some signature local foods, you can also enjoy delicious international menus like Stuffed Chicken Roulade.
You can close your day by hanging out at the Tisettanta Lounge, the part of Fort Canning Hotel where you can enjoy jazz music and the best wines and beverages altogether.
Fort Canning Hotel is also lovable because of its location. When people search for a place full of tranquility, they tend to search one that is located in Sentosa Island. Well, it’s not wrong, really. But you should check the one peaceful getaway that is still near to the city center: this Fort Canning Hotel.
Many people have reviewed that they are satisfied with the location of the Fort Canning Hotel. Only 8 minutes of walking, you can get to the famous Orchard Road. The easy access to Orchard Road is what tourists from outside the country are looking for, as there are so many well known restaurants, coffee shops and shopping malls like Plaza Singapura.
If you want to continue your escape by looking for some good restaurants or a lively night club, you can head to Clarke Quay only by a 5 minutes drive. Visit the Asian Civilisations Museum, take some pictures with the statues of Sir Stamford Raffles, check out the Arts House Screening Room that usually offers some international movies or independent local, and see the Hong San See Temple.
We say that the Fort Canning Hotel is a whole package. You will get the nice rooms, the great facilities, and it will be easy for you to get anywhere! The peaceful ambience that the Fort Canning Hotel offers is what you need for an escape from your daily tasks.
So, if you ask whether the Fort Canning Hotel is a good choice to spend a staycation in Singapore? The answer is ABSOLUTELY YES! Due to the location and ambience of Fort Canning Hotel, there are so many people who have reviewed Fort Canning Hotel on Traveloka and suggested that this hotel is perfect for a romantic getaway.
Hotel Fort Canning
5/10
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Orchard, Singapore
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And even though the Fort Canning Hotel is not one of the cheap hotels in Singapore, it will be worth it too to save some budget to get to stay here!