Raffles Hotel — Singapore, Singapore
About Raffles Hotel
Rudyard Kipling once gave this travel advice for visitors to Singapore: “Let the traveler take note: Feed at Raffles and sleep at the Hotel de l’Europe.” Perhaps that's because Raffles was expensive even then, or because he recommended the food so highly. Whatever the reason, Kipling himself both dined and stayed at the Raffles. And he hand-edited his draft of The Jungle Book on its terraces. Today, you'll find crisp white walls, dark woods, corinthian columns, cane furniture, as well as Author Suites for multiple notable guests, including Kipling, Conrad, and Maugham. These rooms have clippings and photographs in the sitting rooms, like a Somerset Maugham letter and a Kipling signature. There's also the Writer's Bar, leaning into the literary history with its brass bar, book-lined walls, and vintage typewriters. It's a quiet hideaway where you can sip cocktails inspired by the literary…
Literary significance
The personality suites include authors and the Writers Bar invites intimate conversations to make into future chapters. There's also a resident historian ready to give tours around the history of the Raffles.
Authors
- Joseph Conrad
- Rudyard Kipling
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Noël Coward
- Pablo Neruda
- James Michener
- André Malraux
- Ernest Hemingway
- John Le Carré
Location
1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673, Singapore