SINGAPORE STAYCATION: Four Seasons Hotel

WHERE Tucked away behind Orchard Road,
yet still in the heart of all the action,
the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore (www.fourseasons.com/singapore)
is also just a 15-minute stroll from the
Singapore Botanic Gardens.

WHY STAY If you're planning a burst of retail therapy and downtown action, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore occupies an ideal vantage point and is renowned for its classic opulence and attention to detail. Every spacious room - from Moderate through to Suite - is sumptuously furnished and luxuriously appointed. Plus, due to the hotel's exclusive partnership with Club21, guests also enjoy complimentary style counsel and personal shopping services in the privacy of their room, or at Club21 boutiques. Check in and cut through Hilton Shopping Arcade to browse labels including Manolo Blahnik,
ISSEY MIYAKE and Mulberry, before relaxing over a candlelit balcony dinner at nearby PS Café at Palais (www.pscafe.sg), or enjoying a late night tipple at the Four Seasons Bar.
          Start the following day with a gym session or laps at one of the hotel's two swimming pools before continental breakfast on the Club floor, or a full American breakfast at the hotel's award-winning One-Ninety restaurant. Shop 'til you drop, then rejuvenate with a relaxing massage, facial or reflexology treatment at the hotel spa, before dining on authentic Cantonese cuisine at Jiang-Nan Chun - which offers unlimited dim sum at its Saturday and Sunday brunch at $53 for adults and $27 for children. Brunch is also the order of the day every Sunday at One-Ninety from 11:45am to 2:45pm, priced at $138 inclusive of free flow Veuve Clicquot, wine and cocktails, or $88 with free flow juices and smoothies. Children aged four to 11 years - and parents - will love the dedicated Kids' Playland and junior buffet, priced at $45.

DAMAGE Weekend stays start at $318 for couples, inclusive of breakfast. Or opt for the Spa Package from $958, inclusive of two nights in a Deluxe room, a 60-minute massage, daily breakfast and a traditional Cantonese lunch at Jiang-Nan Chun.

Posted Nov 2009