Jerome Lim - Böcker

Let Secret Singapore guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Singapore guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring 160 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Singapore guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.Spot a lighthouse on the top of a 25-storey apartment blockSee unique rocky area that looks like Guilin in ChinaDiscover the remains of a Shinto shrine built in the jungle by prisoners of warFind the houses from the Ming and Qing periods donated by Jackie ChanWitness the bottoms of soya-sauce bottles used to decorate the Sultan MosqueSee the 'leaning tower' of SingaporeExplore the last remaining stretch of natural beachSpot the beautiful modernist door of a former biscuit factoryUncover a hidden kampong (rural village) dwarfed by residential towersMarvel at the splendidly preserved old Changi prison gatesFar from the crowds and the usual cliches, Singapore offers many off-beat experiences and is home to plenty of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Singapore well or would like to discover another side of the city-state. From the publishers of the best-selling Secret London:an unusual guide comes this 2nd edition of Secret Singapore guide. Authors Heidi Sarna and Jerome Lim have thoroughly explored the city streets, seeking out the hidden, eccentric and overlooked to create this definitive insider's guide to Singapore.