With the hotel just a stone’s throw to Arab Street, take your time to browse through hole-in-the wall shops where you can bargain for ethnic gifts and keepsakes from rattan baskets to floor mats and cultural garments. Be drawn in by the heady scent of spices and jasmine garlands just across the street of Little India and experience a bustling hive of sights, sounds and aromas. Check out the dazzling ornaments, colourful Indian customery wear and giant photographs of Indian movie stars. At the other end of Little India is Mustafa Centre, a 24-hour shopping centre where you’ll find an extensive array of items at some of the lowest fixed prices in Singapore.

Nearest Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations

• Bugis station
• Little India station