If you think Singapore is just about shopping, you've got it all wrong. There is a different side to this city, a persona that has gone through changes over the last decade.

Visit several of the new museums, cafes, clubs and shopping centres and understand the newly-invented Singapore.

If you would like to go off the beaten-track, Singapore boasts other areas worth seeing. During the day, visit Katong, a Peranakan area of colonial buildings and old-style rumah makan, and relax under shady 200-year old trees in Fort Canning Park, one of the oldest settlements in town. If you are more adventurous, climb Mount Faber, Singapore's highest hill that stands at 105 metres above the city. The hill is all of lush greenery, old colonial bungalows and villas with an impressive view of the port and Sentosa Island.