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Singapore Botanic Gardens
A UNESCO World Heritage tropical garden featuring the National Orchid Garden with over 1,000 species and hybrids of orchids.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Margaret Drive
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About Margaret Drive
Margaret Drive works well as a base: 2km from Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Margaret Drive is in Singapore, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the left here.
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What is there to see near Margaret Drive?
Within an hour or so of Margaret Drive: Singapore Botanic Gardens (2 km), Tiong Bahru Market (3 km), Haw Par Villa (3 km), Singapore Chinatown (4 km).
Where is Margaret Drive?
Margaret Drive is in Singapore.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 24,160
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Singapore
- Timezone
- Asia/Singapore
- Coordinates
- 1.2968, 103.8084
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Worth the detour from Margaret Drive
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Tiong Bahru Market
A two-storey hawker centre in Singapore's oldest housing estate, where stalls such as Jian Bo Shui Kueh and Hong Heng prawn noodles have traded for decades. Wet market below, food centre above.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Haw Par Villa
A 1937 theme park built by the Tiger Balm brothers, best known for the Ten Courts of Hell: lurid dioramas of Buddhist punishments in painted concrete. Entry is free and it remains defiantly strange.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Singapore Chinatown
A vibrant district blending traditional Chinese temples, heritage shophouses, bustling hawker centers, and modern bars along Pagoda Street.
4 km · about 10 min drive
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Maxwell Food Centre
One of Singapore's most iconic hawker centres serving legendary affordable dishes like Hainanese chicken rice and char kway teow.
4 km · about 10 min drive
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Clarke Quay
A colorful riverside quay in Singapore transformed into a vibrant nightlife and dining hub with restored warehouses along the Singapore River.
4 km · about 10 min drive
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S.E.A. Aquarium Singapore
One of the world's largest aquariums on Sentosa Island with over 100,000 marine animals across 50 habitats.
4 km · about 10 min drive
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National Gallery Singapore
Southeast Asia's largest visual arts institution, housed in two beautifully restored national monuments.
5 km · about 10 min drive
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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