
This is the main shopping thoroughfare of Singapore, lined from end to end with swanky malls, punctuated with luxury hotels and office buildings rising to intoxicating heights. The pavement is a seething mass of jostling shoppers and tourists, whilst the road teems with traffic. From November right through to the New Year every year, Orchard Road is an extravaganza of Christmas lights and decorations so grand and brilliant that it makes Disneyworld look drab.


Orchard Road also has its share of nightspots - the most prominent ones near Delfi Orchard. Those with families - be warned - there are typically many hookers in the Delfi Orchard area. If you're uncomfortable with such scenes, make way further down Orchard Road to other nightspots.