Capella Singapore

The Hotel

Capella Singapore opened in March 2009 on a 30-acre rainforest parcel on Sentosa Island, the first Capella in Asia and the brand's most decorated property until the 2019 Bangkok opening. The site occupies the former Royal Artillery Officers' Mess and Tanah Merah Country Club buildings, completed in 1880 as part of the British military presence on the island; Foster + Partners (the firm behind Hong Kong International Airport, the Reichstag, and 30 St Mary Axe) restored the original colonial buildings and added two new contemporary wings that step down the hillside, framing the original architecture and the rainforest beyond. The result is the most architecturally serious hotel in Singapore, a working example of restoration-plus-contemporary at the international flagship level. The property has sat at the top of Singapore's hotel rankings for a decade and held Travel + Leisure's #1 hotel in Singapore (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) along with multiple World's Best lists.

There are 112 rooms, suites, villas, and manors across the property. The standard Premier Garden Room runs to 65 square metres with a private balcony or terrace facing the rainforest; the Premier Seaview Rooms, at 75 square metres, face Sentosa Cove and the southern coast. The 38 villas, Garden Villas, Pool Villas, Sentosa Villas, each sit in private rainforest plots with private outdoor areas; the Pool Villas (with private 4-by-9-metre swimming pools) are the brand's signature product. The two restored colonial Manors, Sir Stamford Raffles Manor and Sir Henry Hill Manor, are the property's most exceptional bookings, three-bedroom standalone bungalows with private gardens, plunge pools, and butler service. The interior register, by Jaya International of Singapore, leans tropical contemporary: bleached oak, hand-loomed silk, large-scale ink-and-watercolour works by regional artists, and bathrooms with deep stone soaking tubs and Auriga's signature spa amenities.

The property runs three on-property restaurants. Cassia, the Cantonese dining room set into the original Officers' Mess building, runs a working dim sum programme at lunch and the most considered Cantonese dégustation menu in Singapore at dinner. Fiamma, the Italian room helmed by chef Beppe De Vito (formerly of Aria Roma in Rome), runs the on-property Italian and pizza programme. The Knolls, the all-day room facing the central pool deck, runs a Mediterranean-Asian breakfast and the property's most reliable lunch buffet. Bob's Bar, set into the rainforest's central lawn, runs the property's signature evening cocktail programme and is one of the most photographed garden bars in Asia. The Living Room runs afternoon tea Saturday and Sunday, and the Capella Cooking Studio runs daily classes in Cantonese, Italian, and Singapore street-food techniques.

Auriga Spa, Capella's signature wellness brand, runs nine treatment suites (three for couples), a separate vitality pool, herbal steam, ice fountain, and a six-treatment Lunar Cycle programme; Auriga was one of the first spas in Singapore to receive a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating and has held it consistently. The property's three swimming pools, the central Pool Pavilion (35 metres), the family pool, and the adults-only Cascade Pool, are arranged across the rainforest grounds at different elevations. The fitness centre is open 24 hours; the Pilates and yoga programme runs daily on the Pavilion deck. Sentosa beach is five minutes' walk; the Sentosa Express and the cable car connect to central Singapore in 15 minutes; Changi Airport is 30, 35 minutes by car. For the most architecturally considered, garden-set, full-spa Singapore booking, Capella is the answer.

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