Singapore holidays

Break up your big journey to Australia with a holiday in Singapore. Before the great wide outback enjoy the lush and tropical city, and buy yourself some beachwear from Orchard Road ready for the Aussie sun. Then it’s just under eleven hours from Singapore to Sydney harbour, where you can swap street food for seafood, visit the Blue Mountains or surf on Bondi Beach. We also fly to sunny Brisbane and fashionable Melbourne with our Oneworld partner airlines.

You’ll be forgiven for thinking of them similarly: two high tech cities crammed onto lush islands, but Hong Kong and Singapore are different beasts. Singapore is ordered and tidy, a perfect gateway into the east. Travel on to Hong Kong and you’ll find a chaotic metropolis, busier, wilder, but ultimately captivating. Visit Macau, the Vegas of the east, shop for duty-free fashion and enjoy Cantonese delicacies before taking to a glamorous wine bar in the evening.

The island city-state of Singapore is off the tip of Malaysia. From here it’s easy to head north to Malaysia’s tropical beaches, wildlife and vivid green rainforests. You can take a train to the capital of Kuala Lumpur or even a short flight to see its incredible Petronas Twin Towers. Visit Malaysia’s unspoilt islands: Penang or the Langkawi archipelago and head to Malaysian Borneo for a jungle experience.

After the bright lights and the shopper’s delights of Singapore, visit Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, has cosmopolitan style, lively streets and serene Buddhist shrines. Head to Banglamphu to experience the best of it, before walking below the pagodas at Wat Phra Kaew, the temple of the Emerald Buddha. The country’s second-largest island, Koi Samui, is an ideal break for those who want coconut groves and white beaches.