Until quite recently, Singapore tended to be viewed as a nice place to stop over for a day or two en route to another destination. With the city-state's main attractions just 30 minutes’ drive from the dreamily efficient Changi airport, you didn't even have to spend the night – travellers could land, pop out for a quick chilli crab, and be back at the airport in time to catch their connecting flight.
In the years since the 2008 arrival of the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix night race, the opening of the Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa casino, and integrated hotel complexes not long afterwards, visitors have come to rethink a stay in Singapore. Today, the “Little Red Dot” is considered a legitimate destination in its own right, a tropical metropolis worthy of spending a week, maybe more.
Without doubt the best week of the year to visit Singapore occurs during September, when the F1 Grand Prix rolls into town. Though the event was put on hold during the
