CHAPTER 2 Destination: Singapore

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Destination: Singapore
Place to stay: Marina Bay sands Hotel
Rating: *****

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore is more than just a hotel; it's like a small city. There's a museum, a luxury¹ shopping center, a casino, and two theaters. If that isn't enough, it also has the most impressive view ofSingapore.

Background²

Building a hotel as huge as the Marina Bay Sands was a challenge. The hardest part of the project was making the rooftop observation deck, called The Skypark. The deck stretches over all three of the hotel's 55-story towers, and it's as long as the Eiffel Tower is tall. To build it, engineers had to use the same technology used to make some of the world's biggest bridges³ In all, more than 15,000 people worked night and day for almost three years to finish the project.

Dining

Many world-famous chefs have opened restaurants at the Marina Bay Sands, including 1s Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck. Guests can feast on all kinds of delicious food, from steak to Singaporean street food like noodles or curry.

Activities

Learn something new at the hotel's Art & Science Museum, go ice-skating, or just relax at the pool. At 20 150 meters, it's the world's longest roof-top pool, so you can go swimming 299_meters up in the sky!

The Marina Bay Sands has so much to offer. There's something here for everyone!

¹ Luxury is very great comfort, especially surrounded by beautiful or expensive things.
² Someone or something's background is information about their or its past.
³ A bridge is a thing that crosses over a river or road so people can go from one side to the other.

Tall and short, big and small, fat and thin. These are very simple adjectives used to describe height, size, and weight. You can show your understanding of English by using more descriptive adjectives.