The Raffles Hotel, named after Singapore’s founder Sir Stamford Raffles, is a colonial-styled hotel that was started in 1886 by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers. It is one of the world’s most famous hotels and royalties from all over the world like Europe, Thailand, Japan, the Middle East or even Malaya have occupied rooms in the hotel in the past.
The Raffles Hotel has within it many places of interest to visiting tourists and its own residents. The Long Bar, the Writers’ Bar, the Tiffin Room, and the Raffles Hotel Museum are just examples of these places that should be visited, particularly the Writers’ Bar and the Museum as they contribute to the history of the hotel. The Writer’s Bar has had its share of famous writers who have visited, such as Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling, and Somerset Maugham, hence giving the bar its name. The Museum contains history write-ups and items that belonged to the resident British while they lived here during the Colonial times.
Luggage and an old rattan chair dating from the colonial times. Hanging on the walls are paintings of the Raffles Hotel from the past.
Letters dating from the colonial times
The doormen of the hotel still don the original outfit of the British doormen to create a replica of the past.
