It’s not quite paradise on earth, but the Shangri-La provides a super-luxurious retreat from the real world. Located off Orchard Road in spacious, landscaped grounds, it’s got all the marble flooring, dripping chandeliers, soaring ceilings, grand artworks, sumptuous furnishings and polished staff you’d expect of a five-star hotel. There are three sections: the Valley Wing is the most exclusive, with its own entrance, lobby and lifts. Rooms in the low-rise Garden Wing have bougainvillea-draped balconies overlooking the freeform swimming pool, while the extra-large Horizon Club rooms in the Tower Wing are popular with business travellers. Enjoy a lavish buffet breakfast in fashionable poolside restaurant the Line. The Shangri-La hotel group also owns the Rasa Sentosa Resort on the western tip of Sentosa.