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Destination: Singapore
Place to stay: Marina Bay sands Hotel
Rating: *****

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore is more than just a hotel; it's like a small city.
There's a museum, a luxury shopping center, a casino, and two theaters. If that isn't
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s enough, it also has the most impressive view of Singapore.
Background 2
Building a hotel as huge as the Marina Bay Sands was a challenge. The hardest part
of the project was making the rooftop observation deck, called The Skypark. The deck
stretches over all three of the hotel's 55-story towers, and it's as long as the Eiffel Tower
1_0 is tall. To build it, engineers had to use the same technology used to make some of
the world's biggest bridges. In all, more than 15,000 people worked night and day for
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almost three years to finish the project.
Dining
Many world-famous chefs have opened restaurants at the Marina Bay Sands, including
1s Mario Batali and Wolfgang Puck. Guests can feast on all kinds of delicious food, from
steak to Singaporean street food like noodles or curry.

Activities
Learn something new at the hotel's Art & Science
Museum, go ice-skating, or just relax at the pool. At
20 150 meters, it's the world's longest roof-top pool, so you
can go swimming 299_ meters up in the sky!

The Marina Bay Sands has so much to offer. There's
something here for everyone!

1 Luxury is very great comfort, especially surrounded by beautiful or expensive things.
2 Someone or something's background is information about their or its past.
3 A bridge is a thing that crosses over a river or road so people can go from one side to the other.
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