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The two-storey building was designed in the Art Deco style. It features a hip roof and a rendered finish, with seven individual garage spaces. The entrances to the garages on the ground floor feature half-round arches while staircases on either side of the building lead up to the first floor, which is set behind the front on the ground floor and made up of a single open space, featuring a ...
The Botanic Gardens has been ranked Asia's top park attraction since 2013, by TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. [2] It was declared the inaugural Garden of the Year by the International Garden Tourism Awards in 2012. The Botanic Gardens was founded at its present site in 1859 by the Agri-horticultural Society.
Inverturret, also known as 7 Gallop Road, is a historic bungalow in the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanical Gardens.Previously the residence of the Air Officer Commanding the Far East Air Force and the residence of the French consul-general, the bungalow currently houses the Botanical Art Gallery.
Botanical gardens in Singapore have collections consisting entirely of Singapore native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Singapore, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned.
Singapore Botanic Gardens Central Region , Singapore 1°18′55″N 103°48′58″E / 1.31528°N 103.81611°E / 1.31528; 103.81611 ( Singapore Botanic
Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, a Michelin starred Singaporean hawker stall. The Michelin Guide for Singapore was first published in 2016. At the time, Singapore was the first country in Southeast Asia to have Michelin-starred restaurants and stalls, and was one of the four states in general in the Asia-Pacific along with Japan and the special administrative regions (SAR) of Hong Kong and Macau.
The historic Raffles Hotel is a national monument Orchids at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy. . In 2019, 19,114,002 tourists visited the country, which was the highest recorded number of arrivals since independence in 1965.
The Singapore government acquired the Atbara House from the Straits Trading Company in 1990. Restoration works were carried out on both the Atbara House and the Inverturret by the Singapore Land Authority in 2012. [1] In 2015, it was announced that the house would be a part of the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.