Money and costs
Singapore's currency is the Singapore Dollar (SGD). Singapore is a highly sophisticated island nation. ATMs can be found everywhere and credit card payments are widespread. Singapore has a very high cost of living for the average Asian who has Hong Kong as the most obvious example.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is considered expensive. You will not find any accommodation for less than €30 per night. These prices will likely be found in the districts of Geylang, Balestier and Little India. Count on really basic living conditions and make sure you're not staying at one of the many hotels in these areas that rent rooms by the hour for sexual services.
In Singapore, up to €70 per night, for a double room, you will be staying in a hotel considered to be cheap and humble. Intermediate hotels have daily rates in double rooms from €70 to €250. Many of these hotels are the Book which have recently opened in Chinatown and at the mouth of the Singapore River.
From €250 daily, you will be staying in a luxury hotel. The most highly rated are centered on the newly renovated Marina Bay with a privileged view of the Singapore Straits and the entire island of Singapore and around the famous Orchard Road, where most of the shopping centers and fine shops are concentrated. Stay prices fluctuate significantly in Singapore. Any media event is enough for them to soar.
FOOD
The fact that Singapore's population is divided between three major ethnic groups (Chinese, Malay and Indian) makes, in itself, a gastronomic prodigy. The abundance of products, dishes and snacks at the Tekka market, in the vicinity of Little India and many others spread across the island – each neighborhood has at least one market and food pavilion – are living and very dynamic testimonies of this wealth, with mini-restaurants and stalls lined up by the hundreds, with very varied menus and the most affordable prices in Singapore, €5 to €7 for a starter, main course and drink.
Medium-sized restaurants, for example in Chinatown, serve Chinese specialties for €7 to €25. A meal at more sophisticated restaurants in Marine Bay, around the Singapore River and other areas can cost from €25 to €300.
INTERNET
As long as you register via email or SMS, you will be able to use the Singaporean national wi-fi system Wireless@SG, available and free in many areas of the island. At the same time, many hotels, bars, shopping centers etc etc have their own wifi networks open or, more often, accessible with codes provided.
Alternatively, several companies already provide 4G mobile Internet services under different technologies and tariffs. These are the cases of StarHub Mobile and M1. SIM cards cost around €7.
With all this Internet abundance, Internet cafes are rare. Those dispersed around the island charge around €1.50 per hour of navigation.