If you have to go to only one place in Singapore to do your shopping, Orchard is the place to be. Shopping malls line the street from end to end, offering mostly high-end retail items from designer labels to cutting-edge electronics.
The Centrepoint (176 Orchard Road; Tel: 6737 9000) houses the Robinsons & Co. department store, as well as stores for optical equipment, electronics, sporting goods, Asian artifacts, books, and clothing.
Ngee Ann City (391 Orchard Road; Tel: 6739 9323) is a humongous shopping complex with some of Singapore's finest stores. The Japanese department store Takashimaya calls Ngee Ann City home, as do brands like Guess, Zara, Mango, and Kinokuniya, the largest book chain in Asia. All in all, over a hundred specialty stores reside in Ngee Ann City, with sports items, electronics, designer clothing, and assorted services on demand. A passageway in the basement leads directly to the underground Orchard MRT station.
Wheelock Place (501 Orchard Road; Tel: 6738 8660) reserves two floors for British chain store Marks & Spencer. There's also a Borders bookstore on the ground floor and a number of medium- to high-end restaurants from the second floor up.
Tangs (320 Orchard Road; Tel: 6737 5500) is Singapore's oldest department store, having repositioned itself over the years as an Asian lifestyle outlet, with exclusive fashion labels and brands from all over the world.
Wisma Atria (435 Orchard Road; Tel : 6235 2103) houses high street fashion outlets like FCUK, Gap, Nike, Topshop, as well as the Japanese department store Isetan.
The Heeren (260 Orchard Road; Tel: 6733 4725) houses HMV, the region's largest music superstore, cutting-edge retail clothing at the fourth and fifth level, and a wide assortment of Asian cuisine on the fifth level.
Paragon Shopping Centre (290 Orchard Road; Tel: 6738 5535) is the ideal destination for fashionistas in search of international brands like Valentino, Escada, and Gucci. Other lifestyle brands in the vicinity include Marks & Spencer, Crabtree and Evelyn, the Food Cellar, and POA Superstore.
Nearest MRT Stops: No less than four MRT stations stop at or near Orchard Road: The North-South Line's Orchard (NS22), Somerset (NS23), Dhoby Ghaut (NE6/NS24) and City Hall (EW13/NS25) stations line Orchard Road itself, with the latter two stations serving as interconnections with the East-West Line.
