Raffles Hotel
Raffles Hotel is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers, in 1887. The hotel was named after British colonial official Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hotel
- Description: Hotel in Singapore
- Also known as: “Raffles Hotel Singapore”, “Raffles Hotel, Singapore”, and “Raffles Singapore”
- Address: 1 Beach Road, Singapore
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Bay and Raffles City Shopping Centre.
Marina Bay
Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside. It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.
Raffles City Shopping Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Merlion444, Public domain.
Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore. Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre. Raffles City Shopping Centre is situated 170 metres southwest of Raffles Hotel.
National Library
Library
Photo: Nlannuzel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library is the flagship national library of Singapore. A subsidiary of the National Library Board, it consists of twin 16-storey blocks, linked by bridges on the upper floors, with three underground basements located on an 11,304-square-metre prime location in Victoria Street within the Downtown Core. National Library is situated 330 metres north of Raffles Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bras Basah and Suntec City.
Bras Basah
Neighborhood
Suntec City
Neighborhood
Photo: DerFussi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Suntec City is a major mixed-use development located in Marina Centre, a subzone of the Downtown Core in Singapore, which combines a shopping mall, office buildings, and a convention centre.
Bugis
Photo: dionhinchcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bugis and Kampong Glam are districts of Singapore, just to the east of the central business district.
Raffles Hotel
- Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.29468° or 1° 17′ 41″ northLongitude
103.85464° or 103° 51′ 17″ eastElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Inception
December 1887Open location code
6PH57VV3+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 11517501222OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotel
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Raffles Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فندق رافلس”
- Armenian: “Ռաֆլզ (հյուրանոց)”
- Armenian: “Ռաֆլզ”
- Central Bikol: “Raffles Hotel”
- Chinese: “來福士酒店”
- Chinese: “莱佛士酒店”
- Chinese: “莱弗士酒店”
- Chinese: “萊佛士酒店”
- Danish: “Raffles Hotel”
- Dutch: “Raffles Hotel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق رافلس”
- Finnish: “Raffles Hotel”
- Finnish: “Raffles-hotelli”
- French: “hôtel Raffles”
- French: “Hôtel Raffles”
- German: “Raffles Hotel”
- Hindi: “रॅफल्स होटल”
- Indonesian: “Hotel Raffles”
- Japanese: “ラッフルズ・ホテル”
- Japanese: “ラッフルズホテル”
- Kannada: “ರಾಫೆಲ್ಸ್ ಹೋಟೆಲ್”
- Korean: “래플스 호텔”
- Malayalam: “റാഫിൽസ് ഹോട്ടൽ”
- Marathi: “रॅफल्स हॉटेल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raffles Hotel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Raffles Hotell”
- Norwegian: “Raffles Hotel”
- Norwegian: “Raffles Hotell”
- Panjabi: “ਰੱਫਲਸ ਹੋਟਲ”
- Russian: “The Raffles Hotel”
- Russian: “Отель Раффлз”
- Russian: “Раффлз Отель”
- Russian: “Раффлз”
- Spanish: “Hotel Raffles”
- Spanish: “Raffles Hotel”
- Swahili: “Raffles Hotel”
- Swedish: “Raffles Hotel”
- Uzbek: “Raffles mehmonxonasi”
- Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Raffles Singapore”
- Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Raffles”
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