If you’re traveling to Singapore, then you may already have set your sights on one of the main attractions of that city-state, the island of Sentosa.  In Maylay, Sentosa means peace and tranquility, so perhaps it’s appropriate that this resort, which an annual visitor population of five million, is home to so many popular attractions.  It features a two kilometer long beach, golf couses and five star hotels, as well as a new theme park: Universal Studios Singapore.

Sentosa gained its name in the early 1970s when the island was developed as a tourist and resort destination.  Over the years a number of attractions have arisen there.  In 1974, a Singapore Cable Car connected Sentosa to Mount Faber and attractions such as Underwater World, the Musical Fountain, a wax museum, and Fort Siloso were established, but it was not until 1992 that a bridge opened to link Sentosa with the mainland.  Earlier, a Sentosa monorail began running in 1982 to take travelers to stations all over the island.  In 2005, the monorail service was halted, in order to provide room for a new Sentosa Express, which began running in January, 2007, just two years ago.

If you come to the island, here’s what you might find after checking in to one of the Singapore Sentosa hotels: The Tiger Sky Tower, a observation tower, standing about 350 feet tall, that allows for a great view of Singapore, Sentosa as well as the Southern Island.  The Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom, a garden containing more than fifty species and fifteen thousand plus living butterflies; the insect kingdom contains rare insects all over the globe — about three thousand species of them.  Dolphin Lagoon and Underwater World.  This is a museum with more than two thousand five hundred fresh-water and marine creatures, representing two hundred and fifty species from all over the planet.  The dolphin lagoon allows visitors to meet and swim with humpback dolphins.  Songs of the Sea.  Sentosa purchased this state-of-the-art entertainment to replace the 25-year-old Musical Fountain show.  It’s actually set in the ocean, with displays of pyrotechnics, and a live cast, with an audience capacity of two thousand five hundred.

Attractions in Sentosa is a post from: Telugu Stuff.com

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